{
  "pack": "music-mayhem-v1",
  "category": "hip-hop-rnb",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-001",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which 1979 Sugarhill Gang single is widely credited with bringing hip-hop to a mainstream audience?",
      "options": [
        "The Message",
        "Rapper's Delight",
        "Planet Rock",
        "The Breaks"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Nearly 15 minutes long in its full version, it became one of the first rap singles to reach the US Top 40.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-002",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Run-DMC teamed up with members of which rock band for a 1986 remake of 'Walk This Way'?",
      "options": [
        "Def Leppard",
        "Van Halen",
        "Aerosmith",
        "Bon Jovi"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry joined the remake of their 1975 song, which reached the Billboard Top 5.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-003",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Whose 1998 album became the first hip-hop album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year?",
      "options": [
        "Missy Elliott",
        "OutKast",
        "Kanye West",
        "Lauryn Hill"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill won five Grammys in 1999, including Album of the Year.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-004",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "André 3000 and Big Boi make up which Atlanta hip-hop duo?",
      "options": [
        "OutKast",
        "Kris Kross",
        "Mobb Deep",
        "Eric B. & Rakim"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "OutKast's 'Hey Ya!' became a No. 1 hit in the US in 2003.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-005",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Berry Gordy founded which Detroit record label, whose studio was nicknamed 'Hitsville U.S.A.'?",
      "options": [
        "Stax",
        "Motown",
        "Atlantic",
        "Chess"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Motown launched stars such as the Supremes, the Temptations and Stevie Wonder.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-006",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Booker T. & the M.G.'s served as the house band for which Memphis soul label?",
      "options": [
        "Sun",
        "Chess",
        "Motown",
        "Stax"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Their 1962 instrumental 'Green Onions' became one of Stax's signature records.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-007",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Jay-Z grew up in the Marcy Houses projects in which New York City borough?",
      "options": [
        "Queens",
        "The Bronx",
        "Manhattan",
        "Brooklyn"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Born Shawn Carter, Jay-Z co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-008",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Public Enemy, led by Chuck D and Flavor Flav, formed in which part of New York?",
      "options": [
        "Long Island",
        "Staten Island",
        "The Bronx",
        "Westchester"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Chuck D and Flavor Flav met at Adelphi University on Long Island; the group's debut album came out in 1987.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-009",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which singer is widely known as the 'Queen of Hip-Hop Soul'?",
      "options": [
        "Aaliyah",
        "Mary J. Blige",
        "Faith Evans",
        "Toni Braxton"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Mary J. Blige blended R&B vocals with hip-hop beats on her 1992 debut, What's the 411?",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-010",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Usher's 2004 smash 'Yeah!' featured Ludacris and which crunk star?",
      "options": [
        "Lil Wayne",
        "T.I.",
        "Lil Jon",
        "Nelly"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "'Yeah!' was the lead single from Usher's 2004 album Confessions.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-011",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which singer was nicknamed 'The Godfather of Soul'?",
      "options": [
        "Marvin Gaye",
        "Otis Redding",
        "James Brown",
        "Sam Cooke"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "James Brown was also billed as 'the hardest-working man in show business.'",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop-rnb-012",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In 2018, which rapper became the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music?",
      "options": [
        "Kendrick Lamar",
        "Kanye West",
        "J. Cole",
        "Drake"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "He won for his album DAMN., the first winner from outside classical music and jazz.",
      "wildcard": false
    }
  ]
}