Into the Groove Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jitterbug

The above line is the first sentence from Wham's 1984 hit "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go". The term jitterbug, repeated four times, precedes it as the opening to the song.
The jitterbug was an extremely popular dance during the "swing" era of the early twentieth century in the United States.

Answer: Limbo

We weren't allowed to cLIMB Over the bar.

The limbo is the unofficial national dance of Trinidad and Tobago. It reached a large, mainstream audience during the 1960s with the release of Chubby Checker's hit song "Limbo Rock", which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Answer: Lion Dance

The lion dance is a traditional dance in many Asian countries though its strongest association is with Chinese culture. Usually performed at Chinese New Year celebrations, the routine involves performers dressing in lion costumes and mimicking the movements of the beast. The outfit is operated by two dancers who are inside the costume. This differentiates it from the dragon dance which involves a number of dancers with the dragon apparatus strung out on a series of poles.

American doo-wop band The Tokens had a hit in 1961 with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".

Answer: Square

Piccadilly Square & Square Root

The opening lyric is from the Elvis Presley song "Jailhouse Rock" and the word square follows next.
The earliest documents that spoke of square dancing appeared in 17th century Europe but it wasn't until the dance was taken by the Europeans to North America that it really accelerated in popularity.

Answer: Hustle

The hustle began life as a five step line dance in 1972 but the term soon became a phrase that encompassed a wide range of disco dance moves. The line hustle gained greater popularity with the release of the song "(Do) The Hustle" by Van McCoy in 1975 (from which the opening line in this question is part of its lyric) and the 1977 film "Saturday Night Fever".

Answer: Big Apple

The origins of the Big Apple dance are unclear though the most popular theory put forward is that it began as a ring dance in the Big Apple Club, a juke joint, in Columbia, South Carolina. The moves, though improvisational in nature, are similar to those in the Black Bottom and the Lindy Hop. At times it was used as a warm up dance for the latter.

Answer: Macarena

At the start is an instruction to use the first letters from the words that follow. (M)odels (A)nd (C)rows (A)re (R)ated (E)qually (N)ot (A)lluringly = MACARENA. The definition is in the final sentence "Spanish dance".

In 1992, Los del Rio received an invite to perform in Venezuela. At one of these functions they were treated to a performance by a local flamenco dancer that so astonished their singer, Antonio Mange, that he jumped up and randomly sang "Give your body some joy, Magdalena, 'cause your body is for giving joy and good things to". These words would become the basis of the chorus for their hit song "Macarena" and the dance craze that followed.

Answer: Paso Doble

The film "Strictly Ballroom" (1992) was Baz Luhrmann's directorial debut and the paso doble steps featured prominently. The pasodoble is a lively dance that is full of drama. The lead dancer is said to be the matador while the follower represents his cape.

Answer: Conga

The Conga or Conga line is a procession of dancers holding each other at the hips. It involves shuffling forward for three beats and, just prior to the fourth beat being delivered, a slight kick sideways.

Answer: Twist

In 1974 British glam band The Sweet released a cover of the song "Peppermint Twist" as a single. The original version of the song, by Joey Dee and the Starliters, replaced Chubby Checker's "The Twist" at the top of Billboard's Hot 100 charts in 1961.