Art Attack 2022 Quiz

Famous or forgotten? Take our quiz to see if you remember who’s who from this long-running annual concert series.

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Assess Your ArtAttack Acumen

1. What 2000 Art Attack headliner later scored one of the biggest hits of the new millennium in 2003 with “Hey Ya”?

THe Bloodhound Gang

coldplay

outkast

one direction

The Atlanta hip-hop duo’s single hit No. 1 in theUnited States, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic,Norway and Sweden.

Hey ya, you’re right!

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2. Which city is 2011 Art Attackperformer Nelly associated with?

Chattanooga

st. louis

Baltimore

Frankfurt

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Nelly, aka Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., was born in Austin, Texas,but moved to suburban St. Louis when he was 13.

Gettin' hot in herre!

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What currency and how much did Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, who played at Art Attack in 1994, urge listeners to put in the jukebox in the 1982 smash “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll?”

a single bitcoin

another dime

two quarters

a handful of rubles

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Back in the early ’80s, a few dimes in your pocket could keepFoghat, Molly Hatchet and Led Zeppelin cranked all night long!

Turn it up!

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This behemoth of a band that played at UMD in 2001 used to feature singer Fergie.

Black Eyed Peas

C+C Music Factory

Ace of Base

Jonas brothers

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abounded at UMD that year. She left the band in 2017to spend more time with her son, Axl, and pursue a solo career.

Fergaliciousness

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This band that played at the 2007 Art Attack once lived in a house they called “The Batcave.”

Linkin Park

The White stripes

megadeth

all american rejects

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No reason to feel like a reject for knowing that answer!The peppy pop-punk band’s shared house in Oklahoma featureda sign over the door that read,

"THE REJECTS."

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2018 Art Attack performer Vince Staples moved away from Compton, Calif., because his mom wanted a safer place to raise him. What other famed rappers hail from there?

KENDRICK LAMAR

COOLIO

EAZY-E

ALL OF THE ABOVE

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With every right answer, your rep gets bigger! N.W.A.’s 1988 debut album, helped pin the L.A.-area city as the epicenter of West Coast gangsta rap.

"Straight Outta Compton,"

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UMD’s Gymkana student acrobat troupe andthis musical group have both performed multiple times at Art Attack.

Prince and the revolution

crosby, stills, nash and young

george clinton and parliament-funkadelic

anderson bruford wakeman howe

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Clinton brought his space-funk collective to Art Attack in 1996 and 2003.

Make way for the P-Funk mothership!

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These ’90s pop mainstays came to campusin 1999, just a few months after releasing“Every Morning,” which reached No. 1 on the Billboard modern rock chart.

The Greatest

sugar ray

Smashing Pumpkins

boom boom

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While they didn’t exactly hit with the force of their boxer namesakesRobinson or Leonard, Sugar Ray’s breezy tunes were perfect background music at the beach.

You’re ready to "Fly"!

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The campus-centric first Art Attack in 1984 featured the now-defunct group Improvisations Unlimited, which was known for performing what?

improv comedy

bebop jazz

bluegrass jams

modern dance

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Founded and directed by then-UMD dance Professor Meriam Rosen,the group was active from approximately 1970 to the late 1990s.

Do the jazz hands!

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This act was nearly 20 years out fromreleasing the first-ever Top 40 rap single whenit performed at Art Attack in 1998.

run d.m.c.

the sugarhill gang

the beastie boys

the charlie daniels band

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To semi-quote Sugarhill Gang’s 1978 “Rapper’s Delight”:You made it to the end of the quiz. Now, go enjoy Art Attack this weekend!

Hip-hop, you don’t stop.