Q 01/05

In which California town was Green Day formed in 1987?

A) Rodeo

B) Richmond

C) Oakland

D) Petaluma

Answer · why

A) Rodeo

Green Day formed in 1987 in Rodeo, the small Contra Costa County refinery town where Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt grew up, before gravitating t...

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

Armstrong and Dirnt's band went by Sweet Children from 1987 until 1989, when they renamed it Green Day, partly to avoid confusion with the local band ...

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

The band said 'green day' was Bay Area slang for a day of nothing but smoking weed; Armstrong also wrote a song called 'Green Day' that appeared on 39...

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

924 Gilman Street, the volunteer-run, all-ages Berkeley club that opened on New Year's Eve 1986, was the hub of the East Bay punk scene; its no-major-...

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.