Q 01/05

The beat of which Saturday Night Fever hit is used to teach the right rhythm for CPR chest compressions?

A) Night Fever

B) Stayin' Alive

C) Disco Inferno

D) More Than a Woman

Answer · why

B) Stayin' Alive

Stayin' Alive runs at about 103 beats per minute, inside the 100 to 120 chest compressions a minute that rescuers are trained to give.

Q 02/05

Which band wrote the disco smash 'Le Freak' after being turned away from Studio 54 on New Year's Eve?

A) Chic

B) Tavares

C) Heatwave

D) Odyssey

Answer · why

A) Chic

Chic's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards had been invited by Grace Jones, who forgot to tell the door staff. Their revenge song topped the Hot 100 thre...

Q 03/05

Which Village People hit got its famous arm-waving dance from an American Bandstand audience rather than the group?

A) Macho Man

B) In the Navy

C) Y.M.C.A.

D) Go West

Answer · why

C) Y.M.C.A.

Y.M.C.A. had the group simply clapping overhead until the studio crowd turned the move into letters, and host Dick Clark urged singer Victor Willis to...

Q 04/05

Which baseball team had to forfeit a game after its Disco Demolition Night promotion ended in a riot on the field?

A) Chicago Cubs

B) Cleveland Indians

C) Chicago White Sox

D) Philadelphia Phillies

Answer · why

C) Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox fans stormed the field after DJ Steve Dahl blew up a crate of disco records between games, and the wrecked turf handed the second ga...

Q 05/05

Which singer's 'I Will Survive' was released as a B-side until club DJs flipped the record over?

A) Gloria Gaynor

B) Cheryl Lynn

C) Candi Staton

D) Vicki Sue Robinson

Answer · why

A) Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor's anthem went on to win the Grammy for Best Disco Recording in 1980, the only year that award was ever handed out.