Q 01/05

A 1993 Pearl Jam concert at a California polo field helped inspire which music festival?

A) Lollapalooza

B) Outside Lands

C) Coachella

D) Bonnaroo

Answer · why

C) Coachella

Coachella grew from that show: promoter Paul Tollett found the Empire Polo Club while seeking a venue for Pearl Jam, and staged the first festival the...

Q 02/05

Under what name did Pearl Jam briefly perform before settling on their permanent name?

A) Muggsy Bogues

B) Mookie Blaylock

C) Spud Webb

D) Manute Bol

Answer · why

B) Mookie Blaylock

Mookie Blaylock was then an NBA point guard; the band dropped his name as it signed with Epic Records, but named its debut album Ten after his jersey ...

Q 03/05

Which Vs. single topped both the Billboard Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts in 1994?

A) Go

B) Daughter

C) Dissident

D) Animal

Answer · why

B) Daughter

Daughter is about a girl whose learning disability was mistaken for misbehaviour, Vedder said, and such kids often got beaten for it.

Q 04/05

The 'Jam' half of Pearl Jam's name was inspired by a concert by which musician?

A) Bob Dylan

B) Bruce Springsteen

C) Jerry Garcia

D) Neil Young

Answer · why

D) Neil Young

Neil Young stretched songs into long jams at a show the band saw, Ament said; Vedder later admitted his tale of a great-grandmother's peyote jam was m...

Q 05/05

Gossard and Ament's earlier band, Mother Love Bone, ended when Andrew Wood died of what?

A) A heroin overdose

B) A car crash

C) A stage fall

D) A house fire

Answer · why

A) A heroin overdose

A heroin overdose killed Andrew Wood on March 19, 1990, months before Mother Love Bone's debut album Apple reached stores; Temple of the Dog was forme...