The Setting
The Roots
The Artists
The Music
100

During the 1970s, New York City faced periods of power outage, called this, and they resulted in looting and vandalism

What are blackouts?

100

Sound systems are a tradition originally from this Caribbean island

What is Jamaica?

100

DJ originally from Barbados, he is known for perfecting the use of 2 different records on 2 turntables; his hip hop group performed music that provided a social commentary on life in the Bronx; first hip hop artist inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 

Who is Grandmaster Flash?

100
This song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

What is "The Message"?

200

Hip Hop emerged in this borough of New York City

What is the Bronx?

200

The parts of a song without singing, and only instruments playing

What are the breaks?

200

DJ originally from Jamaica that coined the "merry-go-round" technique using 2 turntables; credited with being the "first" hip hop DJ

Who is DJ Kool Herc?

200

This song, the first major hip hop record by Sugarhill Gang

What is Rapper's Delight?

300

When the prices of goods and services increase, but income does not, there is a high rate of this

What is inflation?

300

Before they were called "rappers" they were called this

What are emcees or MCs?

300

Early MC who rapped about romance, instead of hard times; he wanted kids to have a good time at his shows by forgetting about their troubles

Who is LL Cool J?

300

"The Breaks", performed by this early emcee

Who is DJ Kurtis Blow?

400

This DJ is credited for hosting the first hip hop party, "Back to School Jam", on August 11, 1973 at 1520 Sedgwick Ave.

Who is DJ Kool Herc?

400

Early records that were used to create hip hop were soul music, or this other related genre

What is Funk?

400

DJ well known for developing his incredible scratching technique, where the record is moved back and forth on the turntable

Who is Grand Wizzard Theodore?

400

Doug E. Fresh is well known for this vocal technique on the mic

What is beatboxing?

500

It was one of the first highways built through a crowded urban environment, and it deeply affected the community by dividing neighborhoods, lowering property values, and hastening the rate of urban decay.

What is the Cross Bronx Expressway?

500
The practice of rap-like talking over an existing musical track at Caribbean "sound system" dances in the late 1960s

What is toasting?

500

The first major hip hop record was recorded by this group, not without controversy

Who is Sugarhill Gang?

500

"Good Times" was a funky disco record by this group, that was sampled by many other groups, including Sugarhill Gang

Who is Chic?