Q 01/05

Avenged Sevenfold took their name from the Book of Genesis story of which pair of biblical brothers?

A) Jacob and Esau

B) Cain and Abel

C) Joseph and Benjamin

D) Isaac and Ishmael

Answer · why

B) Cain and Abel

Cain and Abel supplied the name: the phrase 'avenged sevenfold' appears in Genesis 4:24. Singer M. Shadows chose it even though the band is not a reli...

Q 02/05

Avenged Sevenfold's hit 'Bat Country' takes its title and drug-fueled theme from a 1971 novel by which author?

A) Jack Kerouac

B) Charles Bukowski

C) Hunter S. Thompson

D) William S. Burroughs

Answer · why

C) Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and the song's title is a direct quote from the passage where Raoul Duke heads for the city w...

Q 03/05

Which astrophysicist reads a spoken-word piece to close 'Exist', the 15-minute finale of Avenged Sevenfold's The Stage?

A) Neil deGrasse Tyson

B) Stephen Hawking

C) Jocelyn Bell Burnell

D) Michio Kaku

Answer · why

A) Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote his closing speech specially for the album. The music before it was built to evoke the Big Bang and then the formation of Ea...

Q 04/05

Avenged Sevenfold wrote 'Not Ready to Die' and 'Mad Hatter' as hidden songs for Zombies maps in which game series?

A) Resident Evil

B) Left 4 Dead

C) Dead Rising

D) Call of Duty

Answer · why

D) Call of Duty

Call of Duty has used the band's music since Black Ops in 2010. After the credits of Black Ops II, the group appears on screen playing 'Carry On' with...

Q 05/05

Which film composer's work inspired The Rev to write Avenged Sevenfold's macabre, horn-laden 'A Little Piece of Heaven'?

A) Hans Zimmer

B) John Williams

C) Danny Elfman

D) Ennio Morricone

Answer · why

C) Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman and his band Oingo Boingo were the models The Rev named for the song. The band brought in brass and string sections to record it, and its...