Q 01/05

Gerard Way was interning for which company in New York City on September 11, 2001?

A) Cartoon Network

B) Marvel Comics

C) DC Comics

D) MTV Networks

Answer · why

A) Cartoon Network

He had pitched the network an animated series called The Breakfast Monkey, which it declined; the attacks pushed him toward music instead.

Q 02/05

Mikey Way worked at which store when he saw the Irvine Welsh title that inspired the band's name?

A) Borders

B) Tower Records

C) Sam Goody

D) Barnes & Noble

Answer · why

D) Barnes & Noble

He later worked at Eyeball Records, the New Jersey indie label that would put out the band's first album.

Q 03/05

The band's name comes from the subtitle of which Irvine Welsh book?

A) Filth

B) Trainspotting

C) Ecstasy

D) Glue

Answer · why

C) Ecstasy

The 1996 collection is subtitled Three Tales of Chemical Romance; Mikey had to sharpen his bass skills in about a week after being asked to join.

Q 04/05

Which Thursday frontman produced the debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love?

A) Howard Benson

B) Rob Cavallo

C) Brendan O'Brien

D) Geoff Rickly

Answer · why

D) Geoff Rickly

The band befriended him while playing New Jersey shows; the record was cut at Nada Recording Studio in New Windsor, New York.

Q 05/05

Which band did Frank Iero front before joining My Chemical Romance in 2002?

A) Midtown

B) Senses Fail

C) Pencey Prep

D) Saves the Day

Answer · why

C) Pencey Prep

The name nods to Holden Caulfield's prep school in The Catcher in the Rye.