Dance Craze Quiz - MSN Encarta

What dance of African American origin was intended to lampoon high-strutting white folks at fancy dress balls?

The frug

The cakewalk

The Madison

The bump

The tango, a modern ballroom dance, originated in the suburbs of which city?

Tango Dancing (Image credit: Energy Productions)

Havana, Cuba

Seville, Spain

Acapulco, Mexico

Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Charleston, a 1920s dance fad in the United States, was based on a black folk dance from South Carolina. It became popular after it was featured in which 1923 musical of the black theatre?

Charleston (Image credit: CSU Archives/The Everett Collection, Inc.)

"Shuffle Along"

"Hallelujah"

"Runnin' Wild"

"Porgy and Bess"

The lindy hop, a dance for couples, developed around 1927 in the Savoy Ballroom, a jazz music and dance establishment in New York City's Harlem neighborhood. Who was the dance named after?

Charles Lindbergh, aviator

Jenny Lind, soprano singer

Donald L. Lind, astronaut and space physicist

Paul Lynde, comedian and actor

What teenage American dance craze of the late 1930s and '40s grew out of two earlier dances -- the black bottom and the lindy hop?

The pony

The mashed potato

The jitterbug

The watusi

What rock 'n' roll dance did singer Chubby Checker introduce in 1960?

The jerk

The fish

The twist

The hitchhiker

The hustle, a 1970s dance craze with a Latin style and rhythm originating in the Hispanic communities of New York City and Miami, has both a partner and a line-dancing version. The hustle became more popular than ever after both versions were featured in this 1977 film:

"Rocky"

"Shaft"

"Saturday Night Fever"

"Annie Hall"

Line dancing -- a type of dancing in which participants form one or more lines and do the same movements in unison -- has been around for well over a century, with roots in both folk dancing and country music. In the 1990s, however, line dancing became a dance craze for the masses, with specific dances created for songs of the same title. Which of the following was not a 1990s line dance craze?

"Achy Breaky Heart"

"Swamp Thang"

"The Electric Slide"

"The Macarena"

The rise of rap music in the 1980s brought about the trend known as break dancing -- acrobatic solo dancing incorporating various spins on the back, head and arms, as well as quick footwork, handstands and other moves. In which urban setting did break dancing have its origins?

Run-DMC (Image credit: The Everett Collection, Inc.)

Los Angeles

Chicago

Detroit

New York

Slam dancing -- boisterous dancing to rock music in which young people hurl their bodies against one another -- evolved during the punk rock movement of the 1970s. Which similar form of wildly energetic communal dancing arose in the 1990s?

Pearl Jam (Image credit: Troy Augusto/Getty Images)

Moshing

Pogoing

Raving

Flailing