Q 01/05

Godsmack got its name after Sully Erna mocked a bandmate's affliction and woke up with which one himself?

A) A stiff neck

B) A cold sore

C) A bald patch

D) A chipped tooth

Answer · why

B) A cold sore

A cold sore appeared on Erna's lip the day after he teased the band's drummer about his, and someone called it a god smack. The name replaced the grou...

Q 02/05

Time spent with which pop superstar inspired Sully Erna to write Godsmack's piano ballad Under Your Scars?

A) Katy Perry

B) Taylor Swift

C) Lady Gaga

D) Kelly Clarkson

Answer · why

C) Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga, a friend of Erna's, made him see that everyone carries wounds they hide. The ballad was the first Godsmack single built on piano, and it to...

Q 03/05

Godsmack wrote its chart-topping single I Stand Alone for which Dwayne Johnson desert epic?

A) The Scorpion King

B) The Mummy Returns

C) The Rundown

D) Walking Tall

Answer · why

A) The Scorpion King

The Scorpion King's director was a Godsmack fan who asked to reuse an older hit, so Erna offered a new song about the film's lonely warrior hero inste...

Q 04/05

Godsmack's songs Awake and Sick of Life were the soundtrack to recruiting commercials for which US military branch?

A) The Army

B) The Air Force

C) The Marine Corps

D) The Navy

Answer · why

D) The Navy

The Navy ran the songs under its adverts through the 2000s after a fan in the service asked permission. Erna agreed, though he stressed that the band ...

Q 05/05

Which city's mayor declared August 6 'Godsmack Day' to honour the band as its album 1000hp was released?

A) Boston

B) Providence

C) Worcester

D) Hartford

Answer · why

A) Boston

Boston mayor Marty Walsh made the declaration in 2014 for a band that had built its following in the city's small bars. 1000hp went on to debut at num...