Q 01/05

Breaking developed in which New York City borough?

A) Brooklyn

B) The Bronx

C) Queens

D) Staten Island

Answer · why

B) The Bronx

The Bronx: dancers at its early-1970s parties saved their best moves for a record's drum break, which is why DJs there began stretching those few seco...

Q 02/05

Breaking was one of four sports Paris picked for its 2024 Games, with skateboarding, sport climbing and which other?

A) Surfing

B) Squash

C) Lacrosse

D) Parkour

Answer · why

A) Surfing

Surfing: the other three had all been tried in Tokyo, so breaking was the only brand-new sport Paris picked, and Los Angeles then left it off its own ...

Q 03/05

Which DJ coined the terms 'b-boy' and 'b-girl' for the dancers at his parties?

A) DJ Kool Herc

B) Grandmaster Flash

C) DJ Hollywood

D) Grand Wizzard Theodore

Answer · why

A) DJ Kool Herc

DJ Kool Herc: his shout of 'B-boys go down!' sent dancers to the floor, and he has said 'breaking' was street slang for someone pushed to breaking poi...

Q 04/05

Along with footwork, power moves and freezes, what is the fourth element of breaking?

A) Toprock

B) Popping

C) Drops

D) Threading

Answer · why

A) Toprock

Toprock: the first b-boys danced only upright, and it was the urge to outdo a rival in battle that sent them down to the floor.

Q 05/05

Which future Oscar winner danced as a breaker behind Lionel Richie at the closing ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?

A) Will Smith

B) Cuba Gooding Jr.

C) Jamie Foxx

D) Forest Whitaker

Answer · why

B) Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.: he was 16 and living in the city because his father's soul group had scored a hit and moved the family west; Jerry Maguire won him h...