Belly dance Quiz... for NON bellydancers

[dancingleaf]

Want to be a guinea pig for my "Test your bellydance knowledge" Quiz I've been playing with this morning?

I want this to be have some easy questions for the NON bellydancers in the audience with a few harder questions for my students... along with maybe some informative data just for fun.

I think I have it mostly accurate although if I've made an ERROR!  horrors!  I would appreciate knowing.

I have it done in Word format so if you'd prefer that I email it to you  ... comment with your email address -(It looks much NEATER and easier to read in the actual format... )


a)Aziza
b)Harem
c)Snake Hips
d)Sword
e)Habibi
f)Tabla
g)Radio Bastet
h)Tarkan
i)Poi
j)2006
k)Baba ganoush
l)Maya
m)Morocco
n)Hip Scarf
o)Bedlah
p)Beats Antique
q)Aiyanna
r)Aiwa
s)Hakim
t)American Tribal Style(ATS)
u)Veil/Wings
v)1893
w)Rachel Brice
x)Raqs Sharqui

1)Arabic name for BELLY DANCE

2)Arabic word(s) meaning “Yes/More” frequently shouted at bellydancers - “We love this – show us more!”

3)Musical group popular with Tribal Fusion dancers

4)Amusing autobiography about one woman’s journey in Bellydance

5)Arabic word(s) for “sweetheart”

6)Belly Dancer specializing in American Cabaret Style (Lives in Montreal)

7)Pod casts that you can download free featuring bellydance music of the 70’s, 80’s &
90’s

8)A Maori weapon adapted for belly dance and other dance forms

9)The year your lovely hostess began teaching bellydance in Essex

10)Arabic word(s) for the two piece costume worn by bellydancers adopted in the 1940’s

11)A popular Turkish recording artist

12)A popular food served at Middle Eastern gatherings

13)A bellydance move in a figure 8 pattern

14)Belly Dancer specializing in Folkloric style and traditions (check out her website for awesome articles on the History of Bellydance)

15)Prop(s) used in bellydance developed for American style shows

16)Belly Dancer known for her Tribal Fusion style.

17)Garment worn by students in belly dance classes

18)The Dance name of Your Lovely Hostess!

19)Prop(s) used in bellydance to showcase balance skills

20)A popular Arabic recording artist from Egypt

21)Arabic word(s) meaning “Forbidden”

22)An improvisational dance style originally developed by by Carolena Nericcio in the 1980’s

23)The year Belly Dance was first introduced in North America, at the Chicago World’s Fair

24)A style of drum used in the middle east


Edit to Add - Results...

0-10...Belly Dance newbie - You have minimal knowledge of bellydance. Prepare to be amazed! Thanks for showing your support and attending our event.
11-15... Belly Dance Novice - You are new to bellydance, some of these names and terms sound familiar but you are still getting your bearings.
16-19...Belly Dance Student - You've been paying attention in class and have probably attended more than one bellydance event.
20-23...Belly Dance ADDICT! It's official. When you are not dancing, you are listening to bellydance music, surfing the web & researching your favourite dancers as well as the history of bellydance.
24 ~~ Perfect score!?!~~ You are just as crazy about bellydance as I am!

Comments

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

I know nothing about belly dance. So if you want a representative at the tail end of the bell curve, zap it to me, baby.

[dancingleaf.livejournal.com]

done.

[tangyapple.livejournal.com]

I'm not a newbie at all and I'd probably flunk this!

[tangyapple.livejournal.com]

There are 14 I'm certain of; a few I'm pretty sure of. (A couple of them are confusing with the potential answers--a certain BD move and a popular Turkish artist??) Years ago I probably would've been described as BD addict, but these days, just a student. Health problems getting in the way, and injuries. :\

[dancingleaf.livejournal.com]

Turkish artist - Tarkan. (my latest choreography) Hakim is Egyptian.

Maya is the move
Snake hips is the book.

anything else?

[tangyapple.livejournal.com]

I know maya is a move and Snake Hips is a book and that Hakim is Egyptian! I was thinking Harem was the Turkish artist (Harem Turkish Percussion). I must've typed up the wrong letters somewhere....

Oh, well. :)

[dancingleaf.livejournal.com]

well - the questions posted *might* be in a different order than the ones that I sent in the email...because I was tidying it up when I noticed that I used the word popular about three times in a row. AND that the answers were j ,k ,l all in a row or something.

The word harem means forbidden - anything that is forbidden. That's one of the questions that might get cut/replaced actually. It's just I wanted a *few* arabic word questions.