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It's the D.R.E Trivia Quiz

I fancied a Dr Dre quiz, but I looked every where and I only found one. The most anticipated rapper of all time in my opinion. Oh well, this is the second Dr Dre quiz on Funtrivia.com, so enjoy it. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Loseeveryone. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Loseeveryone

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
226,982

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is Dr Dre's birth name? Hint

Jayceon Taylor

O'Shea Jackson

Andre Young

Calvin Cordozar Broadus

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which year did Dre start rapping? Hint

1988

1986

1990

1984

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Question 3 of 10

3. N.W.A consisted of: Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, DJ Yella, MC Ren, The D.O.C and who? Hint

American King

Jamaican Highness

African Lord

Arabian Prince

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Question 4 of 10

4. Name the song that these lyrics come from: 'In a Mercedes-Benz with the windows up and the temp goes up to the mid 80's'.
Hint

The Next Episode

Express Yourself

Forgot About Dre

Still D.R.E

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Question 5 of 10

5. Unfortunately, one of the N.W.A members died in 1995. Who died? Hint

DJ Yella

Eazy-E

The D.O.C

Ice Cube

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which band member started N.W.A off in 1986, and was the man partially responsible for the split? Hint

The D.O.C

Dr Dre

Eazy-E

Ice Cube

7. Dr Dre and Suge Knight got together and started a record label company, it was called Death Row Records. Many rappers joined this label such as Snoop Dogg, 2Pac and Coolio. What connection was between Dre and Suge Knight? Hint

Dre was Suge's former body guard

Suge was Dre's brother

Dre and Suge were in love

Suge was Dre's former bodyguard

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Question 8 of 10

8. Name the song that these lyrics come from: 'I don't smoke weed or sess, cos it's known to give a brother brain damage'. Hint

Express Yourself

100 Miles and Runnin'

Gangsta Gangsta

Elif4Zaggin

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the name of Dre's mother? Hint

Caroline Smith

Verna Griffin

Beverly Green

Debbie Mathers

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Question 10 of 10

10. When did Dre's album: '2001' get released ? Hint

1998

2000

1999

2001

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Dr Dre's birth name?

Answer: Andre Young

Dre's birth name was Andre Young. This is where he gets his rap name from: AnDRE Young. O'Shea Jackson is Ice Cube. Jayceon Taylor is The Game. Calvin Cordozar Broadus is Snoop Dogg.

2. Which year did Dre start rapping?

Answer: 1984

Dre started out in 1984 with The World Class Wrecking Crew. One year later, he started rapping with N.W.A.

3. N.W.A consisted of: Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, DJ Yella, MC Ren, The D.O.C and who?

Answer: Arabian Prince

N.W.A consisted of: Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, DJ Yella and Arabian Prince.

4. Name the song that these lyrics come from: 'In a Mercedes-Benz with the windows up and the temp goes up to the mid 80's'.

Answer: Forgot About Dre

These lyrics come from the song 'Forgot About Dre'. But in reality how could anyone forget about Dre?

5. Unfortunately, one of the N.W.A members died in 1995. Who died?

Answer: Eazy-E

Eazy-E passed away in 1995 from incurable AIDS. He had made amends with Dre and Ice Cube before his death.
R.I.P.

6. Which band member started N.W.A off in 1986, and was the man partially responsible for the split?

Answer: Eazy-E

All of these men had something to do with the split of N.W.A. Arabian Prince started the break-up by leaving N.W.A, this forced Ice Cube to leave shortly after, which despaired Dre and DJ Yella, who also left the group leaving The D.O.C, Eazy-E and MC Ren. They had lost their main rappers and so just decided to call it a day.

Answer: Suge was Dre's former bodyguard

Suge Knight was once a bodyguard for Dr Dre. They split going their different ways a year before N.W.A took off. Dre then found a number for Suge and they met and discussed business. They were making a record label company: 'Death Row Records'!

8. Name the song that these lyrics come from: 'I don't smoke weed or sess, cos it's known to give a brother brain damage'.

Answer: Express Yourself

Dre sings this part from the song 'Express Yourself'.

9. What is the name of Dre's mother?

Answer: Verna Griffin

Dr Dre's mother was named Verna Griffin. She was arrested on gun charges in mid May of 2003. Caroline Smith is Will Smith's mum. Beverly Green is Snoop Dogg's mum and Debbie Mathers is the mum of none other than Eminem.

10. When did Dre's album: '2001' get released ?

Answer: 1999

Although a lot of people think that he released it in 2001, it was actually released in 1999. It was named '2001', because he said that it would sell so many copies, that people would be talking about it two years after.

Source: Author Loseeveryone

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