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Ballroom Dancing Trivia Quiz
How well do you know ballroom dancing trivia?
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1. Which dance is not considered to be an "American Smooth" dance?
Waltz
Tango
West Coast Swing
Foxtrot
2. Which dance is not considered to be an "American Rhythm" dance?
Cha Cha
Waltz
Rumba
East Coast Swing
3. The International Olympic committee recognizes which organization as the governing body for ballroom dancing?
World Dance Council
International Professional DanceSport Council
Arthur Murray Council
International DanceSport Federation
4. Arguably, the most famous recurring ballroom dance competition is held where?
Olympics
Balboa Peninsula
Blackpool
Green Mill
5. Which character in "Friends" attempts ballroom dancing in order to help Monica and Rachel keep their illegal sublet?
Joey
Chandler
Ross
Phoebe
6. The word "waltz" comes from the German word "walzen" which means
to float
to turn
to lift
to revolve
7. Queen Victoria's favoriote dance was the:
waltz
foxtrot
quickstep
tango
8. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers portrayed which couple who made ballroom dancing "respectable" in the early 20th century?
Tom and Daisy Buchanan
Sara and Gerald Murphy
Vernon and Irene Castle
Bonnie and Clyde
9. Lindy Hop is said to have originated primarily where?
Aragon Ballroom
Savoy Ballroom
Arcadia Ballroom
Hollywood Palladium
10. Who said "Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire."?
H.L. Mencken
Oscar Wilde
George Bernard Shaw
Mark Twain
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