Q 01/05

On which household appliance did Angus and Malcolm Young's sister spot the letters AC/DC?

A) Vacuum cleaner

B) Sewing machine

C) Electric kettle

D) Record player

Answer · why

B) Sewing machine

A sewing machine belonging to Margaret Young carried the AC/DC symbol on its power adapter, and her brothers took the label as the name of their new b...

Q 02/05

Nickelback's name comes from the change bassist Mike Kroeger handed customers while working at which chain?

A) Starbucks

B) McDonald's

C) Tim Hortons

D) Subway

Answer · why

A) Starbucks

Starbucks was where Mike Kroeger worked the till, and his habit of telling customers they had a nickel back in their change gave the Canadian band its...

Q 03/05

Fall Out Boy is named after a comic-book character from which long-running animated TV series?

A) Family Guy

B) South Park

C) The Simpsons

D) King of the Hill

Answer · why

C) The Simpsons

The Simpsons supplied the name, which the band's friends chose by vote from a short list. It stuck partly because two members were die-hard fans of th...

Q 04/05

Lynyrd Skynyrd's name is a mocking tribute to Leonard Skinner, who held which job at the members' high school?

A) School principal

B) Bus driver

C) Band director

D) Gym teacher

Answer · why

D) Gym teacher

Gym teacher Leonard Skinner strictly enforced the school's rule against long hair on boys, so the Jacksonville band twisted his name into its own.

Q 05/05

BTS stands for the Korean phrase Bangtan Sonyeondan, which translates literally as which three words?

A) Bulletproof Boy Scouts

B) Beyond the Scene

C) Brilliant Teenage Stars

D) Born to Shine

Answer · why

A) Bulletproof Boy Scouts

Bulletproof Boy Scouts is the literal translation. In 2017 the group announced that its initials would also stand for Beyond the Scene as part of a ne...