{
  "pack": "music-mayhem-v1",
  "category": "behind-the-music",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-001",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "The 1969 Woodstock festival was held on a dairy farm in which state?",
      "options": [
        "Vermont",
        "Pennsylvania",
        "New York",
        "New Jersey"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "The festival took place on Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York, in August 1969.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-002",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame museum is located in which city?",
      "options": [
        "Cleveland",
        "Memphis",
        "Detroit",
        "Nashville"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "The I. M. Pei-designed museum opened on Cleveland's Lake Erie waterfront in 1995.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-003",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In February 1964, an estimated 73 million Americans watched the Beatles perform on which TV show?",
      "options": [
        "American Bandstand",
        "The Ed Sullivan Show",
        "The Tonight Show",
        "Shindig!"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Their February 9, 1964, appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show kicked off Beatlemania in the US.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-004",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Elvis Presley's longtime manager was known as 'the Colonel.' What was his name?",
      "options": [
        "Sam Phillips",
        "Brian Epstein",
        "Tom Parker",
        "Dick Clark"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Colonel Tom Parker's title was honorary, and he managed Elvis for more than 20 years.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-005",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In what year was the first Grammy Awards ceremony held?",
      "options": [
        "1949",
        "1959",
        "1964",
        "1971"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "The first Grammys, held in May 1959, honored recordings released in 1958.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-006",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which Chuck Berry song was sent into space aboard the Voyager probes in 1977?",
      "options": [
        "Maybellene",
        "Roll Over Beethoven",
        "Sweet Little Sixteen",
        "Johnny B. Goode"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "It was included on the Golden Record, a sampler of Earth's sounds and music.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-007",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which two companies jointly developed the compact disc?",
      "options": [
        "Sony and Philips",
        "Apple and IBM",
        "Panasonic and RCA",
        "Toshiba and Samsung"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "CDs went on sale in Japan in 1982 before reaching the US and Europe in 1983.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-008",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "The music streaming service Spotify was founded in which country?",
      "options": [
        "Finland",
        "Sweden",
        "Netherlands",
        "Denmark"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Spotify was founded in Stockholm in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-009",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "The cover of the Beatles' 1969 album 'Abbey Road' shows the band doing what?",
      "options": [
        "Sitting on a staircase",
        "Standing on a rooftop",
        "Riding in a taxi",
        "Walking across a crosswalk"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "The photo was taken outside EMI's studios on Abbey Road in London in August 1969.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-010",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which long-running TV dance show was hosted by Dick Clark?",
      "options": [
        "American Bandstand",
        "Soul Train",
        "Solid Gold",
        "The Midnight Special"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Clark took over as host in 1956 and kept the job for more than 30 years.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-011",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which singer scored the very first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, in August 1958?",
      "options": [
        "Elvis Presley",
        "Buddy Holly",
        "Pat Boone",
        "Ricky Nelson"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Ricky Nelson's 'Poor Little Fool' topped the brand-new chart on August 4, 1958.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "behind-the-music-012",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Standard vinyl LP albums are designed to play at what speed?",
      "options": [
        "45 RPM",
        "78 RPM",
        "33 1/3 RPM",
        "16 RPM"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Seven-inch singles usually spin at 45 RPM, while older shellac records ran at 78.",
      "wildcard": true
    }
  ]
}