Alan Freed Test 2 (Pages 4 - 6)
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- Q1Alan Freed’s only crime was supporting black music and introducing it to:teenagers everywherean unruly concert audiencea white middle class audiencean unsuspecting radio audience300s
- Q2While working at WABC radio in New York City Alan Freed was offered a TV show called:Moondog Coronation TV ShowThe Rock & Roll Dance ShowThe Rock & Roll TV ShowThe Big Beat Show300s
- Q3Many of the guests that appeared on Alan Freed's TV Show also appeared on his:radio showradio specialsafternoon matinee showsstage shows300s
- Q4Who was the teenage black performer that had the audacity to dance with a white girl on camera?Stevie WonderLewis LymonMichael JacksonFrankie Lymon300s
- Q5The tragic plane crash that ended the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper became known as:The Day that Music DiedBye Bye Miss American PieThe Plane Crash that Killed Rock & RollThe Tragic Winter Tour Crash300s
- Q6What is Payola?Coin Operated JukeboxA Scheme to rob DJ'sPay for playing recordsQuid Pro Quo300s
- Q7Why was Alan Freed’s house seized?failure to pay his mortgagehe bought it under false pretensesfiling improper income taxbeing convicted of Commercial Bribery300s
- Q8After Alan Freed left K-DAY in Los Angeles, California and then returned to New York where he:hosted the Big Beat TV Showemceed a Live Twist Reviewhosted the Moondog Coronation Ballhosted Live Concerts300s
- Q9In December of 1962 Alan Freed Pleaded guilty to two counts of commercial bribery andapologized to his audiencewent to jail for six monthswas fined $300quit his radio job300s
- Q10Alan Freed is known as:The Big Beat DJThe Father of Rock and RollThe Coronation Ball DJThe Dance Party DJ300s
- Q11Alan Freed died at age 43 from:liver failurealcohol poisoninga drug overdosecancer300s
- Q12Alan Freed’s “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” award was accepted byhimselfhis wifehis managerhis son300s
- Q13What year was “Big Beat Heat: Alan Freed and the early years of rock & roll” published?1988198719911986300s
- Q14What year did Alan Freed receive a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame?1987199119861988300s