If you don’t know what Reggae music is, then you have been living under a rock for the last 60 years. Just like all other music genres Reggae music has a very rich history. Lets see if you can be considered a Reggae scholar.
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1 In what decade did the Jamaican music genre originated?
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1940s
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2 What 1968 Single was the first popular song to use the word "reggae"?
- Alton Ellis - Rocksteady
- Toots & The Maytals - Do The Reggay
- Hopeton Lewis - Boom Shaka Laka
- Slim Smith - People Get Ready
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3 Reggae spread into a commercialized jazz field, being known first as "_____", then "ska", later "blue beat", and then "_____".
- rocksteady, dancehall
- rocksteady, roots culture
- rudie blues, rocksteady
- dancehall, lovers rock
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4 Reggae music is an important means of transporting vital messages for what religious group?
- Christians
- Muslims
- Buddhists
- Rastafarians
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5 The tempo of reggae is usually slower paced than both ska and ________.
- Dancehall
- Mento
- Rocksteady
- Roots
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6 The sound of Reggae music is typically led by the drum and _______.
- Guitar & Piano
- Drum & Bass
- Piano & Drum
- Trumpet & Piano
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7 Which popular Jamaican singer claimed that the word reggae came from a Spanish term that means "the king's music"?
- Bob Andy
- Jacob Miller
- Peter Tosh
- Bob Marley
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8 In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of _______ playing a variety of Jamaican music.
- Musicians
- Singers, MC's & Fans
- Disc Jockeys, Engineers & MC's
- Fans, MC's and Singers
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9 Which Sound System has the longest history in Reggae Music?
- Bass Oddessey
- Metro Media
- David Rodigan
- Stone Love
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10 What was the name of the teenage sensation that made the top of the charts in the 60's with the hit "My Boy Lollipop"?
- Millie Small
- Judy Mowatt
- Marcia Griffiths
- Pioneers
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11 The sound system concept first became popular in what decade and which parish of Jamaica?
- 1950s, St. Andrew
- 1960s, Kingston
- 1940's, Kingston
- 1980s, St. Catherine
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12 What was the name of the first Jamaican superstar DJ and MC that rose to prominence in the mid 1950s?
- Count Machuki
- Duke Reid
- Sir Coxsone Dodd
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