QUIZ #1

Which White actor invented the minstrel character "Jim Crow?"

Thomas Dartmouth Rice

Which of the following was an influential ragtime pianist and composer?

Scott Joplin

Which Latin dance style did Irene and Vernon Castle and movie star Rudolph Valentino help popularize in the early twentieth century?

Tango

Which film, released in 1927, became the first to exploit sound successfully?

The Jazz Singer

The quality of sound, sometimes called "tone color," is:

Timbre

Which song recorded by the Paul Whiteman Band sold 2 million copies and featured the Swanee whistle (slide whistle), a novelty that helped sell the record?

"Whispering"

Which of the following is NOT true about James Reese Europe?

He was a cornet player and leader of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.

Which of the following is true about African American ballads of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

They celebrated the exploits of black heroes and "bad men."

What role did song pluggers play in the music industry from the nineteenth century until the 1920s?

They promoted songs and convinced big stars to perform them.

Who invented the phonograph?

Thomas Alva Edison