Dolly Parton
This reading initiative by Dolly Parton has helped increase literacy rates amongst young children significantly since its inception in 1995.
What is the Imagination Library?
Hip Hop began when this DJ hosted a house party that featured a new style of music using repeated rhythms and musical sections.
Who is DJ Kool Herc?
This type of software application is used to make music digitally. It's name is actually an acronym.
What is a DAW?
What was the primary purpose of the Underground Railroad during the 19th century?
To help enslaved people escape to free states up North and Canada.
What is Mr. V's primary instrument?
Trumpet
This 1973 country classic is Dolly Parton's most streamed song.
This form of physical media was commonly used to spread new Hip Hop tracks for young artists to rap over.
What is a cassette tape?
These are the 4 main parts to any song. Without them it just feels incomplete.
What is Melody, Harmony, Bass, Rhythm?
Which cellular structure is primarily responsible for converting glucose into usable energy (ATP) through cellular respiration?
What is the Mitochondria?
Where did Mr. V go to college?
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Dolly Parton famously grew up in a crowded household of this many children.
What is 12?
Which of the following were NOT features of early Hip Hop Lyrics:
A. Politics
B. Community Issues
C. Gas Prices
D. Calls for justice
C. Gas Prices
This "machine" is used to create beats and rhythms using either pre-recorded or synthetic sounds.
What is a Drum Machine?
Which imaginary line of latitude divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
What is the Equator?
2, Bonus if you can guess what I have
Dollywood is famous for many reasons. Among them is their signature Apple Pie made in a skillet. This behemoth of a pie comes in at how many pounds?
A. 12lbs
B. 15lbs
C. 20lbs
D. 25lbs
D. 25lbs
This sweet group debuted one of the first commercially successful rap songs "Rapper's Delight", in 1979.
Who is the Sugarhill Gang?
Like those free goodies at Sam's Club and Costco, when an artist takes a part of a song from another artist they are doing what?
What is Sampling?
Which South American country contains the majority of the Amazon Rainforest?
How many foreign countries has Mr. V been to?
2
Part of Dolly's inspiration for her early literacy program came from her own father's illiteracy. However another key life event helped push her to start the program as well. What was it?
She was unable to have children.
Early DJ's would use this technique with Vinyl records to create a new sound when DJing. This harsh sound technique is known as what?
Vanilla Ice infamously stole the bass line from "Under Pressure" by David Bowie and Queen. They then sued for copyright infringement and settled for this amount.
A. $500k
B. $1.75 million
C. $4 million
D. $5 million
What is $4 million?
Solve for x: 3x - 5 = 16. What is the value of x?
X=7
Where did Mr. V go on vacation this summer? (Hint: It's south of Illinois)
Florida