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Pop Quiz: All About Dancers and Dancing

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1.   In the 1920s, this dance became a symbol of the Flapper:
    Fox Trot
    Charleston
    Hula

2.   The Cha Cha first gained popularity in which decade?
    1950s
    1910s
    1990s

3.   Who said that “Dancers are the athletes of God?"
    George Ballanchine
    Ted Shawn
    Albert Einstein

4.   Which dancer died by strangulation when her scarf got caught in the rear wheel of her car?
    Martha Graham
    Isadora Duncan
    Ruth St. Denis

5.   The kind of dancing became popular in the 1970s, and is characterized by rapid, jerky movements in which different body parts touch the ground:
    Breakdancing
    Hip Hop
    Disco

6.   Dancing the Jitterbug for an hour will burn how many calories?
    130
    326
    814

7.   This kind of dancing is popular in strip clubs:
    Lap dancing
    Soda dancing
    Belly dancing

8.   Which group of people originated tap dancing?
    English
    African-Americans
    Italians

9.   Tap dancing shares roots with this type of dance:
    Clogging
    Polka
    Line dancing

10.   This Harlem dance hall was famous in the 1920s:
    Avalon Ballroom
    Cotton Club
    The Greystone Ballroom

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