Music Industry Terms
Double Letters
Diners Club
“Round” ‘Em Up
1950-2000
400

INCORPORATING PART OF AN OLD SONG INTO A NEW SONG, OR TRYING A FREE PIECE OF CHEESE AT THE DELI 

WHAT IS SAMPLING?

400

IT'S A DISORDERLY CROWD WAITING FOR ITS "ROUSER"

WHAT IS RABBLE?

400

SWEET POTATOES ARE PACKED WITH THIS RED-ORANGE PIGMENT, A POWERFUL ANTIOXIDANT

WHAT IS BETA CAROTENE?

400

IT WAS ORIGINALLY MADE FOR UTHER PENDRAGON 

WHAT IS THE ROUND TABLE?

400

HE'S THE PRESIDENT SEEN HERE SIGNING INTO LAW THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

WHO IS LYNDON JOHNSON?

800

IF YOUR IPOD DISPLAY READS "DRAKE F/ MAJID JORDAN" THE F/ STANDS FOR THIS 

WHAT IS FEATURING?

800

TERM FOR A YOUNG CHILD KERMIT IS ONE LETTER OFF

WHAT IS MOPPET?

800

THIS CATCH-ALL TERM FOR SPICY, GRAVY-BASED DISHES OF EAST INDIAN ORIGIN COMES FROM THE TAMIL FOR "SAUCE"

WHAT IS CURRY?

800

A JOURNEY THERE & BACK AGAIN

WHAT IS A ROUND TRIP?

800

IN THE EARLY '80S, IT WAS SOMETIMES CALLED "GRID" GAY-RELATED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY

WHAT IS AIDS?

1200

AN ALBUM THAT SELLS 10 MILLION COPIES IS CERTIFIED THIS GEM

WHAT IS DIAMOND?

1200

AN IMPORTER OF ILLEGAL GOODS, WITHOUT PAYMENT OF LEGAL DUTY 

WHAT IS SMUGGLER? (ACC: BOOTLEGGER)

1200

BOTH BAKLAVA & SPANAKOPITA ARE MADE WITH TISSUE-THIN LAYERS OF THIS TYPE OF GREEK DOUGH

WHAT IS PHYLLO DOUGH?

1200

THIS SWEEPING PUNCH IS KIND OF THE SIDE-TO-SIDE VERSION OF AN UPPERCUT

WHAT IS A ROUNDHOUSE?

1200

ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 25TH, 1950, FORCES IN THE NORTH STORMED ACROSS THE 38TH PARALLEL, BEGINNING THIS 3-YEAR LONG CONFLICT 

WHAT IS THE KOREAN WAR?

1600

"AC" STANDS FOR THIS RADIO FORMAT FAVORED BY SOME FOLKS OF A CERTAIN AGE

WHAT IS ADULT CONTEMPORARY?

1600

WHEN AN EGG CELL IN A FLOWER FERTILIZES ITSELF, IT'S CALLED "SELF."

WHAT IS POLLINATION?

1600

CHIPOTLES ARE THE DRIED FORM OF THESE DARK GREEN CHILE PEPPERS

WHAT ARE JALAPENOS?

1600

ENGLISH PASTIME THAT WAS A FORERUNNER OF BASEBALL

WHAT IS ROUNDERS?

1600

THIS SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS COMMUNIST "WITCH HUNTS" OF THE 1950S

WHO IS (JOSEPH) MCCARTHY?

2000

A SONGWRITER CAN MAKE MONEY WRITING THESE; THEY ARE BRIEF CATCHY TUNES TO SELL CARS, TISSUES OR PRUNES

WHAT IS A JINGLE?

2000

ACCORDING TO VATICAN I OF 1870, THE POPE HAS THIS QUALITY WHEN SPEAKING EX CATHEDRA

WHAT IS INFALLIBILITY?

2000

GUMBO GETS ITS NAME FROM AN AFRICAN WORD FOR THIS VEGETABLE

WHAT IS OKRA?

2000

U2 CRUCIAL HILLS IN THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG WERE "BIG" & "LITTLE" THIS

WHAT IS ROUND TOP?

2000

IN 1972, TERRORISM BY A GROUP OF PALESTINIANS MARRED THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN THIS GERMAN CITY 

WHAT IS MUNICH?