ASSESS YOUR ART ATTACK ACUMEN Famous or forgotten? Take our quiz to see if you remember who’s who from this long-running annual concert series. 1. What 2000 Art Attack headliner later scored one of the biggest hits of the new millennium in 2003 with “Hey Ya”? a) Bloodhound Gang b) Coldplay c) Outkast d) One Direction Answer: b) Hey ya, you’re right! The Atlanta hip-hop duo’s single hit No. 1 in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Norway and Sweden. 2. Which city is 2011 Art Attack performer Nelly associated with? a) Chattanooga b) St. Louis c) Baltimore d) Frankfurt Answer: b) Gettin’ hot in herre! Nelly, aka Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., was born in Austin, Texas, but moved to suburban St. Louis when he was 13. 3. 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) A single bitcoin b) Another dime c) Two quarters d) A handful of rubles Answer: b) Back in the early ‘80s, a few dimes in your pocket could keep Foghat, Molly Hatchet and Led Zeppelin cranked all night long! Turn it up! 4. This behemoth of a band that played at UMD in 2001 used to feature singer Fergie. a) Black Eyed Peas b) C+C Music Factory c) Ace of Base d) Jonas Brothers Answer: a) Fergaliciousness abounded at UMD that year. She left the band in 2017 to spend more time with her son, Axl, and pursue a solo career. 5. This band that played at the 2007 Art Attack once lived in a house they called “The Batcave.” a) LInkin Park b) The White Stripes c) Megadeth d) All American Rejects Answer: d) No reason to feel like a reject for knowing that answer! The peppy pop-punk band’s shared house in Oklahoma featured a sign over the door that read, “THE REJECTS.” 6. 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? a) Kendrick Lamar b) Coolio c) Eazy-E d) All of the above Answer: d) With every right answer, your rep gets bigger! N.W.A.’s 1988 debut album, “Straight Outta Compton,” helped pin the L.A.-area city as the epicenter of West Coast gangsta rap. 7. UMD’s Gymkana student acrobat troupe and this musical group have both performed multiple times at Art Attack. a) Prince and the Revolution b) George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic c) Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe d) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Answer: b) Make way for the P-Funk mothership! Clinton brought his space-funk collective to Art Attack in 1996 and 2003. 8. These ’90s pop mainstays came to campus in 1999, just a few months after releasing “Every Morning,” which reached No. 1 on the Billboard modern rock chart. a) The Greatest b) Smashing Pumpkins c) Boom Boom d) Sugar Ray Answer: d) While they didn’t exactly hit with the force of their boxer namesakes Robinson or Leonard, Sugar Ray’s breezy tunes were perfect background music at the beach. 9. The campus-centric first Art Attack in 1984 featured the now-defunct group Improvisations Unlimited, which was known for performing what? a) Improv comedy b) Bluegrass jams c) Modern dance d) Bebop jazz Answer: c) Do the jazz hands! Founded and directed by then-UMD dance Professor Meriam Rosen, the group was active from approximately 1970 to the late 1990s. 10. This act was nearly 20 years out from releasing the first Top 40 rap single when it performed at Art Attack in 1998. a) Run D.M.C. b) The Beastie Boys c) The Charlie Daniels Band d) The Sugarhill Gang Answer: d) To semi-quote Sugarhill Gang’s 1978 “Rapper’s Delight”: Hip-hop, you don’t stop. You made it to the end of the quiz. Now, go enjoy Art Attack this weekend!