Answers To The Riddle For The Week Of
September 9-19 1996

  • For 200 pts... What two rap artist did a hip hop remake of Barry Manilow's classic tune 'We Write The Songs'...

    Answer=Biz Markie & Heavy D

  • For 100 pts...Name the original crew Busta Rhymes was down with... For an additional 100 pts..name that crews members..

    Answer=Busta Rhymes was with Leaders Of The New School.. His fello group members were Dinco D, Charlie Brown and Milo

  • For 50 pts each...Name all the former members of X-Clan and their Black Watch affiliates..

    Answers=Professor X, Brother J, Sugar Shaft, Paradise, Isis, Queen Mother Rage, YZ

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    [Remember if you bet and lose.. we take away the gambled pts from your overall point total... Answers are based upon online poll results.]

  • For 200 pts.. What is the all time ultimate rap song? The ultimate rap song of all time was voted to be Rapper's Delight by The Sugar Hill Gang

  • For 200 pts... Imagine if the original Public Enemy and NWA were back together..If they were to have a rhyme battle... who would win?

    NWA was voted to beat Public Enemy with 51% of the total votes casted

    Answer to the Riddle For The Week Of
    August 11-AUGUST 18 1996

    • For 100 pts... What group did the original hip hop song New York New York ?

      ANSWER=Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

    • For 100 pts...What emcee was originally known as the Holy Ghost Boy?

      ANSWER=
      MC Hammer was known as the Holy Ghost Boy.. He had an early song that floar=ted around town as a demo called 'The Word' .. His first release 'Ring 'Em' had the name 'MC Hammer The Holy Ghost Boy' on the cover.

    • For 20 pts each...Lots of rap artists like to take on fancy or lofty titles.. Name as many rappers or rap groups as you can who refer to themselves as 'Lord'.

      Answers:... Lords Of the Underground, Lord Jamar, Lord Finesse, Lord Have Mercy

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      [Remember if you bet and lose.. we take away the gambled pts from your overall point total... Answers are based upon online poll results.]

    • For 200 pts What rap artist puts on the best show...?
      1-KRS-One
      2-Run DMC
      3-Doug E Fresh
      4..Write In your favorite...

      This was a close one the following were the top five vote getters:

      KRS-ONE=30%
      RUN DMC=17%
      FUGEES=15%
      ROOTS=10% WU-TANG=10%

    • For 200 pts If Schoolly D and Ice T were to square off in a rhyme battle... who would win.. Remember these two are credited with creating 'gangsta rap...

      According to our online poll...:
      the winner between Scholly D and Ice T would be:
      SCHOOLLY D= 56%
      ICE T=44 %

    • For 400 pts Who do you think is wackest rapper of all time...?

      This was a runaway category..heres the breakdown:

      VANILLA ICE=35%
      HAMMER=15%
      TIM DOG=8%
      E-40=8%
      SHY D=8%
      2PAC=8%


      Answer To The Riddle For The Week Of
      July 15-July 24 1996

      • For 100 pts...Name two songs in which Chuck D and KRS-One appeared together....

        ANSWER: Chuck D & KRS-One appeared on the hip hop compilation song 'Self Destruction. They appeared on Kool Moe Dee's joint 'Rise N Shine and on X-Clan's compilation song 'Close The Crack House.

      • For 100 pts What artist had his album release delayed and later censored because he depicted himself standing behind a tree ready to assassinate then President Bush?

        ANSWER: Paris the Black Panther Of Hip Hop ran into problems when he tried to release his lp 'Sleepin' With The Enemy'.

      • For 200 pts You may take a gamble.
        If there was a rap battle between Souls Of Mischief and The Pharcyde who would win?

        ANSWER: PHARCYDE

        According to the online poll
        PHARCYDEE =230 votes vs
        SOULS OF MISCHIEF
        =190 votes

      • For 200 pts... You may take another gamble..
        If Naughty By Nature was to square up and battle Mobb Deep who would be going out for the count?

        ANSWER: MOBB DEEP

        According to our online poll
        Mobb Deep=270 votes vs
        Naughty By Nature=150 votes


        Riddle For The Week Of
        June 29-July 7 1996

        • For 100 pts...What group did the song Product Of The Environment?

          ANSWER=3rd Bass

        • For 100 pts...Name two rappers who did songs with Michael Jackson?

          ANSWER=SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, KRIS KROSS, HEAVY D, NOTORIOUS BIG

        • For 100 pts...What was the name of Kool Moe Dee's original group?

          ANSWER=TREACHEROUS 3..

        • For50 pts each..... Name rap artists who've done jail time while signed to a label as a recording artist...

          answer=2Pac, Dr Dre, Notorious BIG, Slick Rick, X-Raided, C-Bo, Celly Cel, Capadonna, Rappin' 4Tay, Pooh-Man, Coughnut, The Deliquents, Seagram, Mac Dre


          Answers To The Riddles For The Week Of
          June 4-11 1996

          • For 100 pts... On LL Cool's big record 'Doing It', who is the female artist rapping with him in the song..?

            Ans=Leshaun

          • For 100 pts...On Positive K's old song 'I Got A Man'...who is the female artist rapping with him??

            Ans=Positive K raps the female part himself

          • For 50 pts each..... Name Hip Hop's Asian rappers..Not djs but emcees

            Ans=The Mountain Brothers, Kool Key, Rono from Black China and Disposable Heroes..., Chris Wong of The 2Live Crew, Asian Disciples, Asia Born... are a few of Asian emcess...


            Answers to the Riddle For The Week Of
            May 10-MAY 19 1996

            For 100 pts... What rap artist is nick named 'The Green Eyed Bandit?

            Ans=ERICK SERMON

            For 100 pts...What old school artist was nick named The Master Of Records?

            ans=AFRIKA BAMBAATAA..he was got this name for his large and hard to find collection of breakbeats..

            For 100 pts...What do rap artist Nonchalant, DJ Kool and Doug Lazy all have in common?

            ans=They are all from Washington DC

          • For 150 BONUS PTS.....For all you record heads out there what song was considered the B-Boy Anthem or the Bronx Anthem? Hint this groove paved the way for Freestyle Music

            ans=Everyone thought it was South Bronx by BDP.. It was infact the song Apache by The Incredible Bongo Band or The Arawk Allstars..
            This song was the one everyone break danced to...back in the late 70s..

            Riddle For The Week Of
            May 1-May 10 1996

            • For 100 pts Who did the song 'Court Is Now In Session'?

              ANSWER=CHILL ROB G

            • For 100 pts Who did the song 'Funky Dividends'?

              ANSWER=3XDOPE

            • For 10 pts each Match the city that each artist comes from?
              (If the artist is from New York City or Southern Cali..I need to know either what buroough or what city)

              Queen Latifah=EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY
              KRS-One=BRONX NEW YORK
              Sir Mix A Lot=SEATTLE WASHINGTON
              MC Lyte=BROOKLYN NEW YORK
              Scarface=HOUSTON TEXAS

              Common Sense=CHICAGO, ILL
              E-40=VALLEJO/BAY AREA CALIFORNIA
              Madd Skillz=RICHMOND, VA
              Luke=MIAMI, FLORIDA
              The Roots=PHILADELPHIA PENN

              Rivalries have long existed within hip hop. Many artists have brought these legendary rivalries to life by dissin' their opponents in a song..For 50 pts each .... Identify the artist or artists that was being dissed in the following songs...

              • KRS-ONE..'The Bridge Is Over'..=MC SHAN, ROXANNE SHANTE, MARLEY MARL
              • ICE T...'Pusherman'...=LL COOL J
              • 3RD BASS.. 'The Gas Face'..=VANILLA ICE, MC HAMMER
              • LL COOL J... 'Jack The Ripper'...=KOOL MOE DEE
              • DR DRE...'Dre Day'...=TIM DOG, EAZY E, LUKE
              • THE LUNIZ...'Playa Hate'...TOO SHORT

              150 BONUS PTS.....

              Who was hip hop's only artist to shoot a video on location at The Great Pyramids Of Egypt?

              ANSWER =LAKIM SHABAZZ


              Riddle For The Week Of
              APRIL 20-APRIL 30 1996

              • For 50 pts each Name as many rap artists or groups as you can who use the word 'Dog' in their stage name.

                ANS= Here are a few of hip hop's many dogs..
                Sen Dogg, Phife Dog, Dre Dog, Dogg Pound, Dog Pound Posse, Tim Dog, Ray Dog, Two Hyped Brothers And A Dog, P-Dog (Paris), Snoop Dogg, Short Dog (Too Short), Nate Dog, Overweight Pooch, Nate Dog, E-Dawg, Ed OG And The Bulldogs, The Puppies....

              • For 50 pts What rap artist did a video where he took on Iron Mike Tyson?

                Ans= Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince

              • For 10 pts eachName each member of the Wu-Tang Clan?

                Ans=Shyhiem The Rugged Child
                Raekwon The Chef
                Olš Dirty Bastard
                Method Man
                The RZA
                The GZA
                Inspektah Deck
                U-God
                Ghost Faced Killa
                Killah Priest
                Cappachino

              • For 100 pts.... Before Suge Knight became a CEO for Death Row..what did he do?
                For an extra 50 pts what did Suge Knight do for a living prior to that job?

                Ans=Suge Knight was a body guard and a former player for the LA Rams... His real name is Marion Knight.


Answers to Riddle For The Week Of
APRIL 5-APRIL 11 1996

Alright party people we are going to dig a bit deeper into hip hop lore. This week I ain't pulling no punches..so good luck :)

  • For 50 pts Tell me what was the Latin Quarters?

    ans=The Latin Quarters was a famous hip hop club in Manhatten.

  • For 50 pts What old school rap artist hailed from a neighborhood called Parkside?

    ans=Schoolly D is the rapper who hails from Parkside.

  • For 10 pts each

    Name 5 rappers or rap acts that have siblings also rapping in the business.. They must be brother or sisters not cousins...

    Suga T & E-40& D-Shot
    Warren G & Dr Dre
    Twin Hype
    The Twins who are with Warren G
    Mc Lyte and Milk Dee Shock G & Humpty Hump
    Mele-Mel & Kid Creole
    KRS-One & Kenny Parker

  • For 50 pts ... What song were the lyrics from Chill Rob G's version of the smash hit The Power taken from?

    ans=The original song was 'Let The Words Flow' which samples from the Talking Heads.

    For 100 pts.... On MC Lyte's first album 'Lyte As A Rock'she has a song called 10% Dis. In it she had harsh words for a rival female emcee...Who was this 'rival rapper'?

    ans=MC Lyte was dissing rival Antoinette

    KOOL G RAP vs RAKIM..
    . For the next several day we will be offering you a chance to gamble on the outcome of a fictional battle. In the left hand corner we have the reknowned MC extraordinaire...from Queens NY.. It's MR Kool G Rap... In the right corner we have from Long Island, NY we have the revered Rakim. The battle is set at Madison Square Gardern.. It's winner take all.

    The winner of this of this fictional battle is none other than RAKIM.

    Rakim=90% of the votes.. Congratulations to all those who placed bets.


Answer to Riddle For The Week Of
March 25-April 4 1996

  • For 50 pts what do the following rappers all have in common...?
    Notorious BIG, E-40, Chubb Rock and Fat Joe

    ANS=THEY ARE ALL PHAT OR LARGE..THEY ARE OVERWEIGHT LOVERS :)

  • For 50 pts what do the following rappers have in common..?
    The Beasty Boys, MC Serch,House Of Pain and Marky Mark

    ANS=THEY'RE ALL WHITE RAP ACTS...

  • For 50 pts.. what do the following rappers have in common..? Dana Dane, Doug E Fresh, Divine Styler and Dr Dre

    ANS= ALL THEIR NAMES START WITH THE LETTER 'D'.

  • For 50 pts ... what do the following rappers have in common..?
    Ice T, Ice Cube, Tone LocTreachBig Daddy Kane and Queen Latifah

    ANS=THEY'VE ALL BEEN FEATURED IN MOVIES...

  • For 100 pts..what do the following rappers have in common..?
    Just-Ice, Queen Latifah, Steady B, and Mad Lion

    ANS=THEY'VE ALL BEEN PRODUCED BY KRS-ONE

  • For 100 pts.. what do the following rappers have in common..?
    YoYo, Conscious Daughters, Suga T, and MC Ren

    ANS=THEY ARE ALL WEST COAST RAP ACTS....

  • 150 BONUS POINTS...should you answer wrong you go on the Hall Of Shame and we deduct 100 points from your score...!
    A while ago KRS-One did a song called 'Still #1'.. KRS-One's lyrics were directed at a rival rapper... When he stated that y'you're old school artist who had his turn...' ..who was he referring to?

    ANS=KRS-ONE WAS REFERRING TO MELE-MEL.. He claims it really wasn't a battle, but the two did have some funk that almost led to a physical confrontation.. He was definitely speaking of Mele when he penned the song Still # 1.


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