Q 01/05

Which member of Imagine Dragons plays guitar?

A) Wayne Sermon

B) Ben McKee

C) Daniel Platzman

D) Andrew Tolman

Answer · why

A) Wayne Sermon

McKee plays bass; Platzman was the drummer until 2024, and Tolman the original drummer.

Q 02/05

In which city are Imagine Dragons based?

A) Salt Lake City

B) Phoenix

C) Las Vegas

D) Reno

Answer · why

C) Las Vegas

The singer's hometown; the band first built a following in Provo, Utah, before moving.

Q 03/05

Where did Dan Reynolds meet the band's original drummer in 2008?

A) UNLV in Las Vegas

B) Brigham Young University

C) Berklee College of Music

D) The University of Utah

Answer · why

B) Brigham Young University

Sermon and McKee, by contrast, both came from Berklee.

Q 04/05

What is the band's name, according to Reynolds?

A) A line from a Tolkien poem Reynolds loved

B) A childhood nickname for Reynolds's brother

C) A misheard lyric from a Coldplay song

D) An anagram of a phrase known only to the members

Answer · why

D) An anagram of a phrase known only to the members

Each member had to approve the phrase.

Q 05/05

Whose illness gave the band its first big break at the 2009 Bite of Las Vegas Festival?

A) Killers frontman Brandon Flowers's

B) Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine's

C) Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's

D) Train frontman Pat Monahan's

Answer · why

D) Train frontman Pat Monahan's

They filled in and played to more than 26,000 people.