General Drag History - Drag Club at UC Riverside

Question 1

14. When did Rupaul's Drag Race premiere on Television?

Accepted Answer

2009

Question 2

28. Former Kardashian makeup artist, Joyce Bonelli, has previously stated that her techniques are inspired by...

Accepted Answer

“Drag anything and everything.”

Question 3

27. Did the origin of the saying “yas” come from the film “Paris is Burning”?

Accepted Answer

Yas, Yes

Question 4

31. What year did the Stonewall Riots happen?

Accepted Answer

1969

Question 5

16. Who is William Dorsey Swann?

Accepted Answer

First person in the United States to lead a queer resistance group, First known person to self-identify as a "queen of drag"., Former Slave, American gay liberation activist, c. 1858

Question 6

29. Were people arrested for 'crossdressing' in the United States?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

9. Did Ball culture gain mainstream exposure in 1990 when its voguing dance style was featured in Madonna's "Vogue"?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

23. Does actor-playwright-screenwriter-producer Tyler Perry have a drag persona/character?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

24. What is the name of the cult hit movie musical that inspired people to attend performances in drag?

Accepted Answer

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Question 10

1. What does the word "Drag" mean or refer to?

Accepted Answer

Performance of Gender Expression, Dressing Feminine, Dressing Masculine

Question 11

In Romantic opera, certain roles of young boys were written for alto and soprano voices and acted by women...

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

If able to, should you tip a Drag performer during/after a show?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Why did the Stonewall Riots and similar incidents happen during the late 60s?

Accepted Answer

Historical context of different rights movements in the 60s., Police Brutality torwards patrons of the Stonewall Inn and other places.

Question 14

7. What is a "House", a longstanding tradition in LGBTQ+ communities?

Accepted Answer

Where chosen families of friends live in households together

Question 15

22. What drag troupe coined the term "genderfuck"?

Accepted Answer

The Cockettes

Question 16

25. However, possibly the most famous drag artist in music in the 1990s was...

Accepted Answer

Rupaul

Question 17

10. What American television series showcased Harlem's ball culture scene of the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

POSE

Question 18

10. Besides Madonna's "Vogue" what also brought ball culture into the mainstream?

Accepted Answer

Jennie Livingston's documentary Paris is Burning

Question 19

18. Finnochio's Club and Black Cat Bar where Bars in San Francisco that had Drag Shows in the 1920s-30s...

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

19. What Early Hollywood films included Drag?

Accepted Answer

1959 - Some Like it Hot, 1935 - Sylvia Scarlett, 1919 - Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Question 21

21. The Cockettes were a Rock and Roll band in the 1970s...

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

7. What happens in a "Ball"?

Accepted Answer

"Houses" compete against each other, Attendees dance, vogue, walk, pose, and support one another in categories

Question 23

Who is Dame Edna?

Accepted Answer

The internationally famous Drag persona of Australian Barry Humphries.

Question 24

26. "Bio Queens" are genetically engineered drag superstars of the world...

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

6. Did Ballroom Culture originate in 1920s New York?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

17. In the early 20th century, drag—as an art form and culture—began to flourish with what in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Minstrel shows and vaudeville

Question 27

15. In the United States, early examples of drag clothing can be found in gold rush saloons of California.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

3. In 15th Century England in Shakespearean plays, female actors would play women.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

20. In the 1960s, Andy Warhol and his Factory scene included superstar drag queens, such as...

Accepted Answer

Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn

Question 30

When is International Drag Day celebrated?

Accepted Answer

July 16th

Question 31

2. The use of the word "drag" appeared in print as early as...?

Accepted Answer

1870

Question 32

5. Drag shows were popular night club entertainment in New York in the 20s, then were forced underground, until...

Accepted Answer

Jewel Box Revue" played Harlem's Apollo Theater in the 1950s

Question 33

Do you benefit from past LGBTQ+ activists and their impact on today's freedoms?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

30. What were the“masquerade laws”?

Accepted Answer

Existing laws against costumed dress, used to punish gender variance.

Question 35

4. Does Drag still hold a place in theatre productions in England, after Elizabethan times?

Accepted Answer

Yes, in modern British pantomime there are traditional Drag roles!

General Drag History - Drag Club at UC Riverside

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General Drag History - Drag Club at UC Riverside

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