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100

This is the decade when Disco first became a popular style. 

Choices: 1970s or 1930s

What are the 1970s?

100

This is the decade when iPods, iPhones, and iTunes were invented.

Choices: 2000s or 1950s

What are the 2000s?

100

Elvis Presley was very popular during this decade.

Choices: 1980s or 1950s

What are the 1950s?

100

The original Woodstock Music and Art Fair took place in this decade.

Choices: 1920s or 1960s

What are the 1960s?

200

This is the decade when Rock and Roll first became a popular style. 

Choices: 1990s or 1950s

What are the 1950s?

200

This is a decade when music was only available on the radio, records or a jukebox.

Choices: 1920s or 1990s

What are the 1920s?

200

Boy bands like NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys became popular at the end of this decade.

Choices: 1990s or 1940s

What are the 1990s?

200

The singing competition show American Idol began in this decade.

Choices: 2000s or 1980s

What are the 2000s?

300

This is the decade when jazz and swing music were very popular styles.

Choices: 1980s or 1930s

What are the 1930s?

300

This decade was famous for using CDs and boomboxes to play music.

Choices: 1980s or 1940s

What are the 1980s?

300

ABBA and the Bee Gees were two famous bands from this decade.

Choices: 1930s or 1970s

What are the 1970s?

300

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opened in Cleveland Ohio in this decade.

Choices: 1940s or 1990s

What are the 1990s?

400

Hip-hop music first began at the very end of this decade.

Choices: 1970s or 1920s

What are the 1970s?

400

Cassettes and 8-track tapes were invented in this decade. 

Choices: 1960s or 1930s

What are the 1960s?

400

Duke Ellington led his jazz orchestra during this decade.

Choices: 1960s or 1920s

What are the 1920s?

400

The Live Aid Concert to raise money for victims of famine took place in this decade.

Choices: 1980s or 1950s

What are the 1980s?

500

Contemporary R&B was the most popular style in this decade. 

Choices: 1940s or 2000s

What are the 2000s?

500

Synthesizers were mostly used in music of the 1970s and 1980s, but were actually invented in this decade.

Choices: 1920s or 1950s

What are the 1950s?

500

Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis could be heard trumpeting throughout this decade.

Choices: 2000s or 1940s

What are the 1940s?

500

The Grand Ole Opry moved from a radio show to a live theater show in this decade.

Choices: 1930s or 1970s

What are the 1930s?