Q 01/05

Which carol, recorded by Twisted Sister in 2006, does Dee Snider cite as an influence on We're Not Gonna Take It?

A) God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

B) Joy to the World

C) O Come, All Ye Faithful

D) O Little Town of Bethlehem

Answer · why

C) O Come, All Ye Faithful

O Come, All Ye Faithful came full circle on A Twisted Christmas, where the band played the carol exactly in the style of their own hit.

Q 02/05

Which folk singer testified beside Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and Frank Zappa at a 1985 Senate hearing on rock lyrics?

A) John Denver

B) James Taylor

C) Arlo Guthrie

D) Pete Seeger

Answer · why

A) John Denver

John Denver surprised those who expected him to back the campaigners by calling the proposed warning labels censorship, noting that his own Rocky Moun...

Q 03/05

Which actor, later the Maestro on Seinfeld, plays the shouting father in Twisted Sister's We're Not Gonna Take It video?

A) John Vernon

B) Mark Metcalf

C) Kurtwood Smith

D) R. Lee Ermey

Answer · why

B) Mark Metcalf

Mark Metcalf was hired to revive his best-known screen bully, and he came back as the villain of the band's I Wanna Rock video later in 1984.

Q 04/05

The father in Twisted Sister's We're Not Gonna Take It video revives a bullying ROTC officer from which 1978 comedy?

A) Private Benjamin

B) Caddyshack

C) Meatballs

D) Animal House

Answer · why

D) Animal House

Animal House villain Doug Neidermeyer is the model, and the video even gives the father the same first name and middle initial.

Q 05/05

Which pop star played piano on Twisted Sister's Be Chrool to Your Scuel, a song with a Clarence Clemons sax solo?

A) Billy Joel

B) Elton John

C) Barry Manilow

D) Stevie Wonder

Answer · why

A) Billy Joel

Billy Joel was one of several star guests on the 1985 track, which also carries a guitar solo by Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats.