Q 01/05

Which rapper had 1995's top-selling US single with Gangsta's Paradise, the theme song of Dangerous Minds?

A) Warren G

B) Coolio

C) Ice Cube

D) Snoop Dogg

Answer · why

B) Coolio

Coolio freestyled the opening lines and said the rest arrived in one sitting; the single went on to top the charts in more than a dozen countries.

Q 02/05

Which Motown star let the Dangerous Minds hit Gangsta's Paradise rework his song, but only without profanity?

A) Marvin Gaye

B) Smokey Robinson

C) Stevie Wonder

D) Lionel Richie

Answer · why

C) Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder disliked hearing his 1976 melody paired with curses, so the lyric was cleaned up, and he later joined the performance at the Billboard M...

Q 03/05

Dangerous Minds teacher LouAnne Johnson is a veteran of which branch of the US military?

A) Marine Corps

B) Coast Guard

C) Air Force

D) National Guard

Answer · why

A) Marine Corps

Marine Corps service was real: the true LouAnne Johnson was a Navy journalist who went on to train as a Marine officer.

Q 04/05

After her Dangerous Minds class mocks her on day one, what does LouAnne Johnson come back and teach them?

A) Boxing

B) Fencing

C) Wrestling

D) Karate

Answer · why

D) Karate

Karate moves, shown off in a leather jacket, finally get the room watching, though the demonstration puts her at odds with the principal.

Q 05/05

Which 1965 song, a number one for the Byrds, does LouAnne Johnson teach as poetry in Dangerous Minds?

A) Like a Rolling Stone

B) Mr. Tambourine Man

C) Blowin' in the Wind

D) Turn! Turn! Turn!

Answer · why

B) Mr. Tambourine Man

Mr. Tambourine Man hooks the class once she suggests its title figure could be a drug dealer, and the lesson on metaphor grows from there.