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1990s Grunge Music Trivia Quiz

Grunge was a great era! Here are some tid bits that I hope you enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by brentano. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
brentano

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
214,495

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1105

Last 3 plays: Guest 99 (4/10), Guest 173 (8/10), Guest 104 (2/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What band wanted "Somebody to Shove"? Hint

Green Day

Better Than Ezra

Soul Asylum

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Question 2 of 10

2. What movie featured Seattle grunge bands including Soundgarden and Pearl Jam? Hint

Threesome

Reality Bites

Singles

Tank Girl

3. Pearl Jam have only released four music videos. "Jeremy" was very popular and introduced them into the main stream. They also did a video for "Alive." Their last video was "Do the Evolution." What was the other video? Hint

Daughter

Why

Even Flow

Black

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Question 4 of 10

4. What band performed the song "Laid" about a dysfunctional relationship? Hint

Dinosaur Jr.

James

The Breeders

Bad Medicen

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Question 5 of 10

5. What year was the single "Round Here" released? Hint

1993

1995

1994

1997

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Question 6 of 10

6. What Chicago band was said to have taken over as the voice of grunge movement after Kurt Cobain died? Hint

Chicago

Stone Temple Pilots

Blur

Smashing Pumpkins

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Question 7 of 10

7. What Stone Temple Pilots song asked: "So is it rainin' in your bedroom?"? Hint

Sex Type Thing

Tripin' on a Hole in Paper Heart

Interstate Love Song

Plush

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Question 8 of 10

8. For which of these bands did Phillip Rhodes play drums. Hint

Blind Melon

Nirvana

Soundgarden

Gin Blossoms

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Question 9 of 10

9. What all girl band told us we "Can't fight the Seether"? Hint

The Breeders

Veruca Salt

4 Non Blondes

The Go Go's

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who had a hit with "Dirt" in 1992? Hint

Alice in Chains

Dinosaur Jr.

Soundgarden

James

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What band wanted "Somebody to Shove"?

Answer: Soul Asylum

Soul Asylum was well known for "Run Away Train" on this same album. Their follow up record, "Let Your Dim Light Shine", didn't do as well.

2. What movie featured Seattle grunge bands including Soundgarden and Pearl Jam?

Answer: Singles

You'll also see Mudhoney and other bands in this film that tries to capture the attitude of 20-something Americans in the mid 90s.

Answer: Even Flow

After their first taste of mainstream success, they decided they did not want to be a part of it. They wanted to let the music do the talking.

4. What band performed the song "Laid" about a dysfunctional relationship?

Answer: James

The video includes the band dressed up in women's clothes.

5. What year was the single "Round Here" released?

Answer: 1994

The Counting Crows hit it big with their first album "August and Everything After" which was released September, 1993.

6. What Chicago band was said to have taken over as the voice of grunge movement after Kurt Cobain died?

Answer: Smashing Pumpkins

Smashing Pumpkins hated being called a grunge band. With the release of "Siamese Dream" in 1993, they got thrown on the bandwagon.

7. What Stone Temple Pilots song asked: "So is it rainin' in your bedroom?"?

Answer: Plush

This was a great song that seems to be about how he buried some girl and how the "Dogs will find her".

8. For which of these bands did Phillip Rhodes play drums.

Answer: Gin Blossoms

He had an uneasy relationship with the bad, joining and leaving several times.

9. What all girl band told us we "Can't fight the Seether"?

Answer: Veruca Salt

So "the Seether is nethier black or white" eh, to this day, I have no idea what the freak it is.

10. Who had a hit with "Dirt" in 1992?

Answer: Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains might have personified grunge. This album included "Would", one of their biggest hits.

Source: Author brentano

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