Q 01/05

In which New York City neighbourhood was Run-DMC formed?

A) Bedford-Stuyvesant

B) Harlem

C) Hollis, Queens

D) The South Bronx

Answer · why

C) Hollis, Queens

Hollis, Queens. All three grew up in the middle-class neighbourhood, where Run and DMC first rapped for local DJ Jam Master Jay in a park.

Q 02/05

Run-DMC's 1988 single 'Mary, Mary' reworked a 1960s song by which pop group?

A) The Turtles

B) The Monkees

C) The Beach Boys

D) The Lovin' Spoonful

Answer · why

B) The Monkees

The Monkees. Michael Nesmith wrote it before he joined the TV band, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band recorded it before the Monkees released their ...

Q 03/05

Which member of Run-DMC handled the turntables?

A) Jason Mizell

B) Joseph Simmons

C) Darryl McDaniels

D) Larry Smith

Answer · why

A) Jason Mizell

Jason Mizell. Run had started out as a DJ himself, but the group's turntables went to Jam Master Jay, already the most popular DJ in their neighbourho...

Q 04/05

Which promoter, the elder brother of one member, managed Run-DMC?

A) Russell Simmons

B) Lyor Cohen

C) Cory Robbins

D) Danny Simmons

Answer · why

A) Russell Simmons

Russell Simmons. He co-founded Def Jam, yet the act he managed, his own brother's group, never recorded for the label.

Q 05/05

As a teenager, the future Run worked the turntables onstage for which older rapper?

A) Afrika Bambaataa

B) Melle Mel

C) Kurtis Blow

D) Grandmaster Flash

Answer · why

C) Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Blow. Blow's manager was Run's own elder brother, and the teenage DJ was billed as 'the Son of Kurtis Blow'.