Q 01/05

In which Tennessee town was Paramore formed in 2004?

A) Murfreesboro

B) Knoxville

C) Chattanooga

D) Franklin

Answer · why

D) Franklin

Franklin: Williams moved there at 13 and met her future bandmates at a weekly program for home-schooled students.

Q 02/05

Which Atlantic subsidiary label released Paramore's music?

A) Epitaph

B) Fueled by Ramen

C) Hopeless Records

D) Rise Records

Answer · why

B) Fueled by Ramen

Fueled by Ramen: Atlantic chose not to launch the band as a major-label act, and let it grow slowly through the indie label.

Q 03/05

Hayley Williams moved to Tennessee at 13 from which hometown?

A) Mobile, Alabama

B) Shreveport, Louisiana

C) Meridian, Mississippi

D) Tupelo, Mississippi

Answer · why

C) Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian, Mississippi: soon after the move, a label wanted to make her a solo pop act, but she held out for a band.

Q 04/05

What was the title of Paramore's 2005 debut album?

A) All We Know Is Falling

B) Brand New Eyes

C) The Final Riot!

D) Hello Cold World

Answer · why

A) All We Know Is Falling

All We Know Is Falling peaked at only No. 30 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, and went gold years later after the band broke through.

Q 05/05

According to Williams, the band name came from the maiden name of whose mother?

A) Their first manager

B) Williams' vocal coach

C) One of their first bass players

D) Josh Farro's girlfriend

Answer · why

C) One of their first bass players

Once they learned the homophone paramour meant 'secret lover', they kept it with the Paramore spelling.