Genres of Music
Important Musicians
Songs
Technology
Trends
100

This genre of music was what MC Hammer created.

What is Hip-Hop?

100

The album, song, and music video called "Thriller" was a top hit by the King of Pop.

Who is Michael Jackson?

100

The Run DMC hip-hop song that we listened to was called this.

What is "It's Tricky"?

100

This technology became popular in the household but had limitations and made a horrible "dial-up" sound when connecting.

What is the internet?
200

A notable group of this type, such as the Jackson 5, N'SYNC, and One Direction.

What are boy bands?

200

This grunge group has a top song called "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

Who is Nirvana?

200

This was the name of Michael Jackson's famous song with a music video that was also a short film.

What is "Thriller"?

200

This piece of music technology was created so you could listen to music "on the go" with headphones.

What is a walkman?

200

Record shops were still popular, but so were these types of stores where you could rent movies.

What are VHS Rental Shops?

300

These sub-genre's of rock, such as punk rock, are created for this main reason.

What is to express youth rebellion?

300

This male artist created the song "We Didn't Start the Fire" in which he listed current events and celebrities of the times.

Who is Billy Joel?

300

This song by Oasis was our example of alternative rock.

What is "Wonderwall"?
300

This piece of music technology was a large box with speakers that could blast music.

What is a boombox?

300

This is the famous TV channel that originally aired only music videos 24/7.

What is MTV or Music Television?

400

This genre of music sounds like soft rock.

What is grunge?

400

This famous female Mexican-American artist has multiple documentaries about her short-lived life.

Who is Selena?

400

This was the purpose for the charity organization USA for Africa to create the original song "We Are the World".

They were raising money to support Ethiopia during a great famine.

400

This piece of music technology was a bigger version of a cassette tape and could record movies or multiple TV episodes.

What are VHS tapes?

400

Give me two examples of the unique fashion of Gen-X.

What is tall hair, neon colors and lots of bangle bracelets.

500
The song "Walk This Way", a crossover song between rock and hip-hop, was collaborated between these two groups.

Who is Run DMC and Aerosmith?

500

This popular female artist was an 80's icon with the song "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" being a top hit.

Who is Whitney Houston?

500

This song by SoundGarden was an example of the grunge genre.

What is "Black Hole Sun"?

500

This was an example of a popular (illegal) music downloading website.

What is "napster" or "pandora"?

500

This is what it means to be a latch-key kid.

What are kids that come home to an empty house because their parents are both at work?