Quiz: If You Answer These Questions Correctly You Are Definitely A Reggae Fan

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.

1 In what decade did the Jamaican music genre originated?
1. 1950s
2. 1960s
3. 1970s
4. 1940s
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Wrong!
2 What 1968 Single was the first popular song to use the word "reggae"?
1. Alton Ellis - Rocksteady
2. Toots & The Maytals - Do The Reggay
3. Hopeton Lewis - Boom Shaka Laka
4. 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 "_____".
1. rocksteady, dancehall
2. rocksteady, roots culture
3. rudie blues, rocksteady
4. dancehall, lovers rock
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Wrong!
4 Reggae music is an important means of transporting vital messages for what religious group?
1. Christians
2. Muslims
3. Buddhists
4. Rastafarians
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Wrong!
5 The tempo of reggae is usually slower paced than both ska and ________.
1. Dancehall
2. Mento
3. Rocksteady
4. Roots
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Wrong!
6 The sound of Reggae music is typically led by the drum and _______.
1. Guitar & Piano
2. Drum & Bass
3. Piano & Drum
4. Trumpet & Piano
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Wrong!
7 Which popular Jamaican singer claimed that the word reggae came from a Spanish term that means "the king's music"?
1. Bob Andy
2. Jacob Miller
3. Peter Tosh
4. Bob Marley
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Wrong!
8 In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of _______ playing a variety of Jamaican music.
1. Musicians
2. Singers, MC's & Fans
3. Disc Jockeys, Engineers & MC's
4. Fans, MC's and Singers
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Wrong!
9 Which Sound System has the longest history in Reggae Music?
1. Bass Oddessey
2. Metro Media
3. David Rodigan
4. Stone Love
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Wrong!
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"?
1. Millie Small
2. Judy Mowatt
3. Marcia Griffiths
4. Pioneers
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11 The sound system concept first became popular in what decade and which parish of Jamaica?
1. 1950s, St. Andrew
2. 1960s, Kingston
3. 1940's, Kingston
4. 1980s, St. Catherine
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Wrong!
12 What was the name of the first Jamaican superstar DJ and MC that rose to prominence in the mid 1950s?
1. Count Machuki
2. Duke Reid
3. Sir Coxsone Dodd
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Wrong!

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1 In what decade did the Jamaican music genre originated?

2 What 1968 Single was the first popular song to use the word "reggae"?

3 Reggae spread into a commercialized jazz field, being known first as "_", then "ska", later "blue beat", and then "_".

4 Reggae music is an important means of transporting vital messages for what religious group?

5 The tempo of reggae is usually slower paced than both ska and ________.

6 The sound of Reggae music is typically led by the drum and _______.

7 Which popular Jamaican singer claimed that the word reggae came from a Spanish term that means "the king's music"?

8 In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of _______ playing a variety of Jamaican music.

9 Which Sound System has the longest history in Reggae Music?

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"?

11 The sound system concept first became popular in what decade and which parish of Jamaica?

12 What was the name of the first Jamaican superstar DJ and MC that rose to prominence in the mid 1950s?

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1 In what decade did the Jamaican music genre originated?

2 What 1968 Single was the first popular song to use the word "reggae"?

3 Reggae spread into a commercialized jazz field, being known first as "_____", then "ska", later "blue beat", and then "_____".

4 Reggae music is an important means of transporting vital messages for what religious group?

5 The tempo of reggae is usually slower paced than both ska and ________.

6 The sound of Reggae music is typically led by the drum and _______.

7 Which popular Jamaican singer claimed that the word reggae came from a Spanish term that means "the king's music"?

8 In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of _______ playing a variety of Jamaican music.

9 Which Sound System has the longest history in Reggae Music?

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"?

11 The sound system concept first became popular in what decade and which parish of Jamaica?

12 What was the name of the first Jamaican superstar DJ and MC that rose to prominence in the mid 1950s?

Quiz: If You Answer These Questions Correctly You Are Definitely A Reggae Fan

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3 Reggae spread into a commercialized jazz field, being known first as "_", then "ska", later "blue beat", and then "_".