Q 01/05

In which California town was Green Day formed in 1987?

A) Rodeo

B) Berkeley

C) Oakland

D) Petaluma

Answer · why

A) Rodeo

Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt had met at ten in the cafeteria of Carquinez Middle School.

Q 02/05

What was the band called before it became Green Day in 1989?

A) Blatz

B) Sweet Children

C) Pinhead Gunpowder

D) The Lookouts

Answer · why

B) Sweet Children

Bay Area slang used 'green day' for a day spent doing nothing but smoking marijuana.

Q 03/05

According to the band, what was 'green day' slang for in the Bay Area?

A) A day skipping school to surf

B) A day of nothing but smoking weed

C) A day spent recording

D) A payday spent on records

Answer · why

B) A day of nothing but smoking weed

They swapped the old name partly to avoid confusion with another local band, Sweet Baby.

Q 04/05

Which Berkeley punk club was the centre of the scene Green Day came out of?

A) CBGB

B) The Fillmore

C) The Whisky a Go Go

D) 924 Gilman Street

Answer · why

D) 924 Gilman Street

They played their last show there in September 1993 under the name Blair Hess before being banned for signing to a major label.

Q 05/05

Which independent label put out 39/Smooth and Kerplunk?

A) Epitaph

B) Fat Wreck Chords

C) Lookout!

D) Dischord

Answer · why

C) Lookout!

Kerplunk sold 10,000 copies on its first day and became one of the label's biggest releases.