Q 01/05

The String Cheese Incident re-recorded its song Close Your Eyes in a made-up language for which video game series?

A) Guitar Hero

B) The Sims

C) Rock Band

D) Animal Crossing

Answer · why

B) The Sims

The Sims has its own fictional language, Simlish, and the band's version appeared in the expansion pack The Sims 2: Seasons.

Q 02/05

Which company did the String Cheese Incident sue in 2003 over limits on bands selling concert seats directly to fans?

A) Live Nation

B) StubHub

C) Ticketmaster

D) Clear Channel

Answer · why

C) Ticketmaster

Ticketmaster let bands sell no more than 8% of a venue's seats themselves, so the group's own ticketing arm went to court; the two sides settled in 20...

Q 03/05

Robert Hunter and John Perry Barlow, who co-wrote String Cheese Incident songs, were lyricists for which band?

A) Grateful Dead

B) The Byrds

C) Jefferson Airplane

D) Little Feat

Answer · why

A) Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead lyrics made both men famous; Barlow later wrote with Michael Kang, and Hunter with keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth.

Q 04/05

The String Cheese Incident's 1997 live album closes with a cover of Walk This Way, first recorded by which band?

A) Led Zeppelin

B) Van Halen

C) Bad Company

D) Aerosmith

Answer · why

D) Aerosmith

Aerosmith released it as a single from the 1975 album Toys in the Attic; the Colorado group's version ends a set that opens with Lonesome Fiddle Blues...

Q 05/05

The String Cheese Incident was booked for the 2004 edition of which touring festival, which was then cancelled?

A) Lilith Fair

B) Vans Warped Tour

C) Lollapalooza

D) Family Values Tour

Answer · why

C) Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza was called off that summer after poor ticket sales, so the group rerouted its own tour instead.