MUSC 113 - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS RATED A+ 2025/2026
Who was known as the hillbilly cat? - correct answer ✔✔Elvis Presley
Records played on the first phonographs were created used shellac from the lac bug in Thailand.
- correct answer ✔✔true
The Beatles found initial success in Germany rather than their home country of the UK. - correct
answer ✔✔true
Motown was significant because everything was made in-house. - correct answer ✔✔true -
everything from the music to costumes, makeup, and producers were in-house for Motown
(very different in every other music genre)
Splatter Platters refer to a painted record that is still playable. - correct answer ✔✔false - a
splatter platter is a song about teen deaths usually involving motorcycles and/or cars
How is disco seen in modern times? - correct answer ✔✔it's seen as both (a new form of music
forming off of rock and a form of music that took away from what rock could have gone into)
depending on who you ask
Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her" is an example of a splatter platter record. - correct answer
✔✔true
The British invasion ended a dark age of rock - correct answer ✔✔this is still debated - critics
are still divided on how strong the state of rock music was before the invasion
(neither true or false)
, Madonna pushed the limits of pop and music videos - correct answer ✔✔true - Madonna
pushed the boundaries of songwriting in mainstream popular music and the imagery she used
on stage as well as the in music videos
After vowing to not have Elvis Presley on the show, what amount of money did Ed refuse to pay
Elvis for an appearance? - correct answer ✔✔$5,000
After Ed's ratings dropped from having Elvis perform on a rival show, how much money did Ed
end up having to pay Elvis for 3 appearances? - correct answer ✔✔$50,000
What killed the first wave of rock and roll?
What were the three misfortunes of the first wave of rock? - correct answer ✔✔God, Uncle
Sam, and Law/Politics
Meter is... - correct answer ✔✔the organization of beats
What did critics NOT say about rap? - correct answer ✔✔rap was similar to the brit invasion
AND does not push political boundaries
what critics did say: offensive lyrics, race and class, clashes with rock
What were some of the challenges of rap music? - correct answer ✔✔All of the above - having
"live" events, going against status quo, overcoming critics - all were technological and societal
challenges of rock
Motown was centered in California and went on to inspire rap and hip-hop - correct answer
✔✔false
Motown was centered in Detroit
& ANSWERS RATED A+ 2025/2026
Who was known as the hillbilly cat? - correct answer ✔✔Elvis Presley
Records played on the first phonographs were created used shellac from the lac bug in Thailand.
- correct answer ✔✔true
The Beatles found initial success in Germany rather than their home country of the UK. - correct
answer ✔✔true
Motown was significant because everything was made in-house. - correct answer ✔✔true -
everything from the music to costumes, makeup, and producers were in-house for Motown
(very different in every other music genre)
Splatter Platters refer to a painted record that is still playable. - correct answer ✔✔false - a
splatter platter is a song about teen deaths usually involving motorcycles and/or cars
How is disco seen in modern times? - correct answer ✔✔it's seen as both (a new form of music
forming off of rock and a form of music that took away from what rock could have gone into)
depending on who you ask
Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her" is an example of a splatter platter record. - correct answer
✔✔true
The British invasion ended a dark age of rock - correct answer ✔✔this is still debated - critics
are still divided on how strong the state of rock music was before the invasion
(neither true or false)
, Madonna pushed the limits of pop and music videos - correct answer ✔✔true - Madonna
pushed the boundaries of songwriting in mainstream popular music and the imagery she used
on stage as well as the in music videos
After vowing to not have Elvis Presley on the show, what amount of money did Ed refuse to pay
Elvis for an appearance? - correct answer ✔✔$5,000
After Ed's ratings dropped from having Elvis perform on a rival show, how much money did Ed
end up having to pay Elvis for 3 appearances? - correct answer ✔✔$50,000
What killed the first wave of rock and roll?
What were the three misfortunes of the first wave of rock? - correct answer ✔✔God, Uncle
Sam, and Law/Politics
Meter is... - correct answer ✔✔the organization of beats
What did critics NOT say about rap? - correct answer ✔✔rap was similar to the brit invasion
AND does not push political boundaries
what critics did say: offensive lyrics, race and class, clashes with rock
What were some of the challenges of rap music? - correct answer ✔✔All of the above - having
"live" events, going against status quo, overcoming critics - all were technological and societal
challenges of rock
Motown was centered in California and went on to inspire rap and hip-hop - correct answer
✔✔false
Motown was centered in Detroit
