Q 01/05

Which organization's name did a young Jack White mishear, giving The White Stripes the title of a stadium anthem?

A) The National Guard

B) The Salvation Army

C) The French Foreign Legion

D) The Peace Corps

Answer · why

B) The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army became 'Seven Nation Army' to a small boy in Detroit. Jack White kept the mishearing as a title, and sports crowds now chant the so...

Q 02/05

Nirvana's breakthrough single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' unknowingly took its title from a brand of which product?

A) Chewing gum

B) Hairspray

C) Lip gloss

D) Deodorant

Answer · why

D) Deodorant

Deodorant called Teen Spirit inspired a joke that a friend wrote on Kurt Cobain's wall. He read it as a revolutionary slogan and only learned it was a...

Q 03/05

Which country legend's 2002 cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt' led Trent Reznor to say the song was no longer his?

A) Johnny Cash

B) Willie Nelson

C) Kris Kristofferson

D) Merle Haggard

Answer · why

A) Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash won over a wary Trent Reznor, who had feared the idea of the cover sounded gimmicky. Reznor later praised the recording for its sincerity ...

Q 04/05

Weezer's 'Buddy Holly' video, directed by Spike Jonze, drops the band into the diner from which classic sitcom?

A) Family Ties

B) The Brady Bunch

C) Happy Days

D) Laverne & Shirley

Answer · why

C) Happy Days

Happy Days footage was spliced with the band playing at Arnold's Drive-In, and cast member Al Molinaro introduced them in character. Microsoft then sh...

Q 05/05

Which Glasgow band behind 'Take Me Out' picked its name after watching a racehorse win a big race in 2001?

A) Kaiser Chiefs

B) Franz Ferdinand

C) Belle and Sebastian

D) Biffy Clyro

Answer · why

B) Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand saw a horse called Archduke Ferdinand win the Northumberland Plate in 2001. Talk turned to the real archduke, whose assassination help...