Q 01/05

In which California city was Linkin Park formed?

A) Agoura Hills

B) Pasadena

C) Santa Monica

D) Long Beach

Answer · why

A) Agoura Hills

Agoura Hills is where three of the founders met at the local high school, though the park behind the band's name lies in another city altogether.

Q 02/05

Where was Linkin Park's first demo recorded?

A) A warehouse

B) Shinoda's bedroom

C) A classroom

D) Delson's garage

Answer · why

B) Shinoda's bedroom

Shinoda's bedroom, in his parents' house, held the mixing desk for the four-song demo, which failed to win a record deal and cost the band its origina...

Q 03/05

What was Linkin Park originally called, before it had a record deal?

A) Xero

B) Relative Degree

C) Tasty Snax

D) Plear

Answer · why

A) Xero

Xero was the name on the 1997 demo tape that failed to land a record deal; a new singer arrived, and two more band names followed before the first alb...

Q 04/05

After Chester Bennington joined, Linkin Park briefly used which name, later the title of its debut album?

A) Meteora

B) Minutes to Midnight

C) Hybrid Theory

D) Reanimation

Answer · why

C) Hybrid Theory

Hybrid Theory had to go when the label warned of confusion with an electronic act called Hybrid, so the name the band had picked for itself survived o...

Q 05/05

Linkin Park borrowed its name from Lincoln Park, a public park in which California city?

A) Santa Barbara

B) Santa Monica

C) Huntington Beach

D) Pasadena

Answer · why

B) Santa Monica

Santa Monica had in fact renamed the park after a late mayor in 1997, more than two years before the band adopted its old name.