Q 01/05

Which partner dance was born in the 1880s in port areas along the Río de la Plata?

A) Tango

B) Samba

C) Rumba

D) Merengue

Answer · why

A) Tango

The tango grew up in the 1880s in the port districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo; Argentina and Uruguay jointly had it inscribed on UNESCO's Intang...

Q 02/05

Ballet originated during the Renaissance of the fifteenth century in which country?

A) France

B) Italy

C) Russia

D) Spain

Answer · why

B) Italy

Ballet began in Italy, in the lavish court spectacles of 15th-century Renaissance princes; it was later refined in France and Russia, which is why its...

Q 03/05

The waltz is danced in which time signature?

A) 2/4

B) 4/4

C) 3/4

D) 6/8

Answer · why

C) 3/4

The waltz is in 3/4 time, one strong beat followed by two lighter ones per bar. The name comes from the German walzen, to roll or turn, and the close ...

Q 04/05

Which singer made the moonwalk famous during "Billie Jean" on Motown 25 in 1983?

A) Bobby Brown

B) Lionel Richie

C) Stevie Wonder

D) Michael Jackson

Answer · why

D) Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson performed the moonwalk during Billie Jean on the Motown 25 special in 1983. The glide itself was decades old; Marcel Marceau had mimed...

Q 05/05

Breaking (breakdancing) made its debut as an Olympic sport at which Games?

A) Paris 2024

B) Tokyo 2020

C) Rio 2016

D) London 2012

Answer · why

A) Paris 2024

Paris 2024 was breaking's Olympic debut, approved by the IOC in December 2020; many practitioners see 'breakdancing' as a media label and prefer the t...