World Events
Millennials are the youngest generation remember this tragic day that happened in the early 2000's.
What is 9/11/2001?
This person is known as the "King of Rock and Roll."
Who is Elvis Presley?
Bing Crosby wrote this famous song about the Great Depression.
What is "Brother, Can you Spare Me a Dime?"
What is a record player?
What is the phonograph?
Martin Luther gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during this movement which he was an activist for.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
The lead singer of Nirvana.
Elvis Presley wrote this famous song and performed a video with dancers wearing *jail* clothing.
What is "Jailhouse Rock"?
Steve jobs invented this piece of technology that uses an ultra-thin hard drive and was considered the most portable device yet in the early 2000's.
What is an iPod?
The 70's are known for this genre (type) of music which was also a dance and trendy style!
What is disco?
This is the name for the time in the 1930's when the stock market crashed and a very large population of the US and other countries became extremely poor/unemployed.
What is the Great Depression?
This person used to be a member of the Beatles and has the famous song "Give Peace a Chance."
Who is John Lennon?
Nina Simone is the singer of this famous song that became famous during the civil right's movement.
What is "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free"?
This rectangle shaped music playing device uses small tapes that are wound up inside the device.
What is a cassette?
Jimi Hendrix played a version of this patriotic song on the guitar at Woodstock.
What is the Star Spangled Banner/ National Anthem?
This famous music festival happened at the end of the 1960's where many famous artists, including Jimi Hendrix, performed.
What is Woodstock?
This group of three women made the famous v-disk "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."
Who are the Andrew Sisters?
Pete Seeger made this song famous during the civil rights movement, even though it had been sung for many years.
What is "We Shall Overcome" ?
These are records made in the early 1900's that were sent specifically to members of the military.
What are V-disks?
This song was the first music video shown on MTV.
This is the movement for women to get the right to vote.
What is Women's Suffrage?
This person wrote the piece "Rhapsody in Blue" which was featured in the Disney movie Fantasia.
Who is George Gershwin?
Scott Joplin wrote this famous rag that shares a name with a plant that makes delicious syrup!
What is "Maple Leaf Rag" ?
80's music used this trendy drum sound that Phil Collins discovered one day in the studio.
What is gated reverb?
Kurt Cobain helped make this genre (type) of music famous in the 90's.