trivia tuesday

The Ultimate Hip Hop Trivia Quiz
This quiz is for the die hard Hip Hop Heads from back in the day! How many can you guess correctly?

Question 1What was D-Nice's other alias?

•  D-Money
•  TR-808
•  Synthesizer
•  Playa D
•  None of the above

Question 2What is Ice Cube's real name?

•  Leonard Wilson
•  Clifford Brownlee
•  Percy Jones
•  O'Shea Jackson
•  Marvin Carter

Question 3The Real Roxanne came out before Roxanne Shante

•  True
•  False

Question 4What female MC was formerly married to KRS-ONE?

•  Queen Pen
•  Rah Digga
•  Ms. Melody
•  Ice Cream Tee
•  Sweet Tee

Question 5Which female MC did MC Lyte have an ongoing battle with?

•  Yo-Yo
•  Queen Latifah
•  Monie Love
•  Sparky Dee
•  Antoinette

Question 6Which movie is missing from this list of Hip Hop Classics: Beat Street, Breakin' 1 & 2, Krush Groove...

•  Brown Sugar
•  The Wood
•  8 Mile
•  Wild Style
•  All of the Above

Question 7Which New York MC was almost deported after being incarcerated?

•  Fredro Starr
•  Beanie Siegal
•  Memphis Bleek
•  Slick Rick
•  None of the above

Question 8Before being threatened with a lawsuit, what was the original name of the Cocoa Brovaz?

•  Smif N' Wessun
•  Black Moon
•  Mobb Deep
•  The Lost Boyz
•  Stetsasonic

Question 9Which of the following female MCs are from the West Coast?

•  Finesse and Synquis/Ice Cream Tee
•  Queen Pen/Lil Kim
•  Conscious Daughters/JJ Fad
•  Sweet Tee/Sparky Dee
•  Ladybug/Isis

Question 10In the hip hop joint, 'Beepers' by Sir Mix-A-Lot, what was the Skypager number given in the verse?

•  1-800-255-7863
•  1-800-654-7845
•  1-800-336-5478
•  1-800-759-7243
•  1-800-854-8875

Question 11Who was the MC in polka dots?

•  Special Ed
•  Kwame
•  Spoonie Gee
•  K-Solo
•  The Intelligent Hoodlum

Question 12What was the coveted honor that Source Magazine bestowed on MCs with the tightest verses?

•  Fly Lyrics
•  Hip Hop Quotables
•  The Hotness
•  Phat Verses
•  Spitfire

Question 13Finish this verse, 'I'm not a ____________ but I'm speaking so that you know...' (Hint: Special Ed)

•  busta
•  playa
•  wimp
•  pimp
•  Puerto Rican

Question 14Who are the members of Brand Nubian?

•  Prodigy/D-Nice/Nas
•  Beanie Siegal/Spliff Starr
•  Lord Tariq/Peter Gunz
•  Grand Puba/Sadat X/Lord Jamar
•  Raekwon/Method Man/GZA

Question 15Prior to becoming a member of the famed Wu-Tang Clan, this MC had released a solo project featuring the joint, 'Come Do Me'. Who is it?

•  Ghostface Killa
•  Ol Dirty Bastard
•  Raekwon
•  GZA The Genius
•  U-God

Question 16Finish the lyric, Alright, stop whatchu doing, cause I'm about to ruin, _______________________" (Hint: Digital Underground)

•  your day and your way
•  your face and your place
•  your house like your spouse
•  the image and the style that you're used to
•  your dress and the rest of that mess

Question 17What song is this lyric from: "I start to think and then I sink into the paper like I was ink. When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines, I escape when I finish the rhyme...."

•  I Know You Got Soul
•  My Melody
•  Paid in Full
•  Move the Crowd
•  Microphone Fiend

Question 18What was the name of the group that Dr. Dre was in before NWA?

•  The LA Dream Team
•  Boogie Boyz
•  World Class Wreckin Crew
•  West Coast Hustlaz
•  The Dogg Pound