Q 01/05

In which city was Maroon 5 formed?

A) Los Angeles

B) San Diego

C) San Francisco

D) Seattle

Answer · why

A) Los Angeles

Los Angeles is where four of the five grew up and first played together as schoolboys; by the time the fifth joined in 2001, the others had already wo...

Q 02/05

Under what name did the future members of Maroon 5 first play together in 1994?

A) Kara's Flowers

B) Square

C) The Fourth World

D) Stagg Street

Answer · why

A) Kara's Flowers

Kara's Flowers made one major-label album of guitar pop while its members were still teenagers; when it flopped they went quiet, then regrouped with a...

Q 03/05

Where did the band that became Maroon 5 get its original name?

A) Adam Levine's grandmother

B) A Beach Boys song

C) A girl they all had a crush on

D) Their first manager's daughter

Answer · why

C) A girl they all had a crush on

A girl they all had a crush on lent the band her name, which it kept until a change of sound in 2001 brought a change of name.

Q 04/05

Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved" video echoes which 1967 film?

A) Bonnie and Clyde

B) Cool Hand Luke

C) Belle de Jour

D) The Graduate

Answer · why

D) The Graduate

The Graduate was the band's own idea: Levine said he wanted to restage its triangle of Mrs Robinson, her daughter Elaine and himself, and Kelly Presto...

Q 05/05

Rob Cavallo, who signed Maroon 5's teenage forerunners and produced their 1997 album, was best known as which band's producer?

A) The Offspring

B) Green Day

C) Blink-182

D) Weezer

Answer · why

B) Green Day

Green Day were Cavallo's great success, and one review at the time tipped his teenage signings to be radio's next overplayed smash; instead their albu...