1. History of Rock and Roll
Jeopardy
Blues Famous People Ragtime Jazz Vocab
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2. True or False:
Blues music is predominately
a vocal tradition

3. True or False:
Blues music is a melting pot
Of many different people and
Their cultures

4. This person was nicknamed
the “Empress of the Blues”

5. This person was nicknamed
the “Father of the Blues”

6. Please name something famous
that happened or something
that was invented during the
Blues era

7. Who did Ma Rainey marry?

8. Who wrote Beale St. Blues?

9. What instrument did Louis
Armstrong play?

10. What instrument did Benny
Goodman play?

11. What instrument did Duke
Ellington play?

12. A steady beat is kept in
which hand when playing
the piano?

13. Scott Joplin wrote which two
songs that we listened to in
class?

14. What does syncopation mean?

15. What form does Ragtime and
Blues music follow?

16. Please name something historic
that happened or something
that was invented during the
Ragtime Era

17. Another term for early Jazz is

18. Early Jazz was developing
around the time of which
World War?

19. What is the correct form for
most Jazz music?

20. Please name four cities that
Jazz became popular in

21. Please name the six most
commonly used instruments
used in the Dixieland Band

22. What is Scat Singing?

23. What is a work song?

24. What is a Ballad?

25. What is a Call and Response
Song?

26. What does ragging mean?