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10 Grunge quizzes and 120 Grunge trivia questions.
1.
  The "Grunge" Era    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is for all of you who were big 'grunge' fans in the early nineties. If you were there this should be a piece of cake.
Average, 10 Qns, Sarah606, Aug 12 06
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  Grunge by Lyrics   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Redefining rock is not easy. Grunge did this in the early 1990's and the music world has never been the same. Your job is to find the alternative rock band that sang the lyric- good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, strudi74, Dec 02 18
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Dec 02 18
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  Seattle Grunge Pioneers    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden defined a generation with the Seattle grunge music scene. The answers will be either one of the four bands that are mentioned above.
Tough, 10 Qns, 13enemyz, Nov 17 17
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  90's Grunge Rock: An Expression of Teenage Angst    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
When generation X ruled the world, when plaid flannel shirts and Doc Martens defined one's identity, grunge rock was born. Here are some popular lyrics from the decade; all you have to do is complete them and have some fun.
Average, 10 Qns, empty_bliss, Jun 07 11
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  The Grungy 1990s    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If you were able to think and have memories of the early 1990s, then you remember or heard grunge. This quiz recounts some of the lyrics from those flannel days.
Average, 10 Qns, dawgfan1995, Mar 03 12
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  Grunge Knowledge    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
This quiz contains questions about several grunge topics. Be aware, it's not only about the "top of the iceberg" bands.
Difficult, 25 Qns, multiverse, Mar 01 24
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multiverse
Mar 01 24
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7.
  1990s Grunge Music    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Grunge was a great era! Here are some tid bits that I hope you enjoy.
Tough, 10 Qns, brentano, Feb 26 09
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  Grunge Lyrics Mixture    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A mixture of lyrics from my favourite movement in rock history: the grunge era!
Tough, 10 Qns, HANDSALLOVER, Sep 30 07
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  Grunge - Short and Sweet    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I have found that quality grunge quizzes are lacking. This should be pretty easy for the diehard grunge fan.
Difficult, 10 Qns, andylovebone, May 07 23
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andylovebone
May 07 23
1578 plays
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  Grunge Music    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz about grunge music!
Tough, 15 Qns, aliceinchains11, Apr 29 21
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Apr 29 21
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trivia question Quick Question
What song by Hole includes the following lyrics: "Beautiful garbage, beautiful dresses/Can you stand up or will you just fall down?"

From Quiz "The Grungy 1990s"





Grunge Trivia Questions
1. What Pearl Jam song features the following lyrics: "And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds/of what was everything"?

From Quiz The Grungy 1990s

Answer: Black

Lead singer Eddie Vedder wrote the lyrics for this song shortly after first meeting the rest of the band on his arrival in Seattle from San Diego. Vedder has said that the song "Western Sky" by American Music Club was the inspiration for his lyrics. "Black" was voted the ninth best ballad of all time by readers of "Rolling Stone" in 2011.

2. Nirvana's front man Kurt Cobain mumbles his way through "Smells Like Teen Spirit", so pay attention and complete the lyrics. "With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now _________".

From Quiz 90's Grunge Rock: An Expression of Teenage Angst

Answer: entertain us

Nirvana's song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was off their second album "Nevermind" (released in the U.S. in 1991), which was produced by Butch Vig and reached number six on "The Billboard Hot 100". After the record hit shelves, Weird Al Yankovic later went on to write a parody of the song in which he titled "Smells Like Nirvana". Kurt Cobain claimed in an interview that he was "flattered' about the parody. Sadly on April 5, 1994 Kurt Cobain was found dead at his Seattle home, from a self-inflicted gun shot wound. He was only 27 years old.

3. Which band came up with the following lyrics? "You hang me out to dry But, I can't see you every night Free"

From Quiz Grunge by Lyrics

Answer: Nirvana

"About a Girl" was written by Kurt Cobain about an ex-girlfriend with whom he had a stormy relationship. It was also the only single from "Bleach" to survive into the band's later live shows, and the only one included on their "MTV Unplugged in New York" release.

4. From which Soundgarden album can these lyrics be found "You have a good day, It's not your fault, I know it hurts"?

From Quiz Grunge Lyrics Mixture

Answer: Louder Than Love

According to a magazine interview the song is taken straight from a note Hiro Yamamoto's girlfriend left him one morning before she went to work.

5. What band wanted "Somebody to Shove"?

From Quiz 1990s Grunge Music

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.

6. What was the first grunge band to sign a record contract with a major label?

From Quiz Grunge Knowledge

Answer: Soundgarden

Soundgarden released "Louder Than Love" in 1989 with A&M. That was the last album that featured Hiro Yamamoto on bass.

7. What city was associated with Grunge?

From Quiz The "Grunge" Era

Answer: Seattle

Bands like Soundgarden, Nirvana and Pearl Jam were all from the Seattle, Washington area. Grunge is sometimes called 'The Seattle Sound'.

8. What bands has Matt Cameron been in?

From Quiz Grunge Music

Answer: Soundgarden and Pearl Jam

After Soundgarden broke up, he left for Pearl Jam.

9. What song by Hole includes the following lyrics: "Beautiful garbage, beautiful dresses/Can you stand up or will you just fall down?"

From Quiz The Grungy 1990s

Answer: Celebrity Skin

The song "Celebrity Skin" came from Hole's fourth full-length album and third studio album, which was also called "Celebrity Skin". Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan is credited with writing the opening guitar riff and opening line of the song.

10. Which Seattle band made the following lyrics famous? "She's gone to heaven so I got to be good So I can see my baby when I leave this world."

From Quiz Grunge by Lyrics

Answer: Pearl Jam

"Last Kiss" was written and recorded by Wayne Cochran in the early sixties after a car crash in which two teenagers were killed. The lyrics poignantly reflect young love and death. Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder discovered the song, leading to one of the band's biggest hits.

11. The ever haunting line "Innocence creates my hell" can be found in a song by which classic grunge pioneers?

From Quiz Grunge Lyrics Mixture

Answer: Alice In Chains

Layne Staley didn't write a lot of the lyrics for the first two albums, though his songs have always been live favourites: "Angry Chair", "Man In The Box" (which was their first big surprise hit), "Again" and "Love, Hate, Love" was always a live favourite. Layne put on a haunting performance for every time they played this song, it clearly meant a lot to him.

12. David Abbruzzese was the drummer for which band?

From Quiz Seattle Grunge Pioneers

Answer: Pearl Jam

David Abbruzzese played the drums for Pearl Jam and was with the band when they recorded the albums 'Vs', and 'Vitalogy'. Former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron joined the band in 1998.

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

From Quiz 1990s Grunge Music

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.

14. Jack Endino is a legendary producer. He engineered and produced Nirvana's "Bleach" album. What is the name of the band that features him as a permanent member?

From Quiz Grunge Knowledge

Answer: Skin Yard

Jack Endino's band never got recognition outside Seattle with his band Skin Yard which is one of the city's underground classic bands.

15. What was the name of Nirvana's first full length album?

From Quiz The "Grunge" Era

Answer: Bleach

"Bleach" was released in 1989 on Sub Pop. Sub Pop catalog number #0034.

16. Which pessimistic Mudhoney song claims that, "Everybody loves us, everybody loves our town."?

From Quiz Grunge - Short and Sweet

Answer: Overblown

Mark Arm wrote this song after seeing the video for "Outshined" by Soundgarden.

17. What is the name of the baby on the cover of the Nirvana's CD 'Nevermind'?

From Quiz Grunge Music

Answer: Spencer

18. What Mad Season song are these lyrics from: "I could either drown/Or pull off my skin and swim to shore"?

From Quiz The Grungy 1990s

Answer: River of Deceit

Mad Season was a grunge supergroup, featuring Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, Layne Staley from Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, and John Baker Saunders (whose background was in jazz). Mad Season's only album, "Above" also featured vocals from Screaming Trees lead singer Mark Lanegan. The band disbanded when Saunders died in 1999.

19. Name the band who hit with the following lyrics: "Feel the rhythm with your hands Steal the rhythm while you can"

From Quiz Grunge by Lyrics

Answer: Soundgarden

"Spoonman" was a single of Soundgarden's album "Superunknown", and was written by frontman Chris Cornell about a street performer in California. It was also featured in Cameron Crowe's ground-breaking grunge film "Singles".

20. On which classic Nirvana album does Kurt Cobain deliver the disturbing line "Peepee pressed against my lip"?

From Quiz Grunge Lyrics Mixture

Answer: Bleach

Cobain was known to be quite arrogant about his band, often citing other grunge bands as imitators - though Nirvana were not the first grunge band at all. I've found that Cobain's "look" is very similar to that of Mark Arm's in his Green River days, and the album cover to "Bleach" is coincidentally very similar to that of Soundgarden's "Ultramega OK" album...

21. Which band's debut album was called 'Bleach'?

From Quiz Seattle Grunge Pioneers

Answer: Nirvana

Nirvana released their debut album 'Bleach' in 1989, and contained the songs 'About A Girl', 'Negative Creep', and 'Love Buzz'. The album was released before drummer Dave Grohl joined the band.

22. 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?

From Quiz 1990s Grunge Music

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.

23. Who was the lead singer for Pearl Jam?

From Quiz The "Grunge" Era

Answer: Eddie Vedder & Vedder

Eddie Vedder is famous for standing up against Ticket Master. He also appeared in the movie "Singles".

24. What was the first band to record for the Seattle indie label, Sub Pop?

From Quiz Grunge - Short and Sweet

Answer: Green River

This band included members of Mother Love Bone and Mudhoney. Mother Love Bone broke up and along came Temple of the Dog. When that was over Pearl Jam was formed.

25. Sonic Youth began in what year?

From Quiz Grunge Music

Answer: 1981

26. What Alice in Chains song includes the following lyrics: "Wife and kids household pet/Army green was no safe bet/The bullets scream to me from somewhere"?

From Quiz The Grungy 1990s

Answer: Rooster

"Rooster" has been featured on a number of Alice in Chains albums, including its second studio album (Dirt) and its "MTV Unplugged" album. "Rooster" was written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell for and about his father, whose nickname was Rooster.

27. The band Blind Melon sang of a tired life in this hit "No Rain". Can you find the missing lyric? "And I don't understand why I __________ all day And I start to complain that there's no rain"

From Quiz 90's Grunge Rock: An Expression of Teenage Angst

Answer: Sleep

"No Rain" was off Blind Melon's first album which was self-titled. Unfortunately their front man Shannon Hoon died of a drug overdose after their second album. Although it may have caused a set-back to the band, they added a new lead singer and continued to make new music.

28. Another Seattle band started the grunge scene with these lyrics. What is the name of the band? "I'm diseased, I don't mind I'll make you love me 'till the day you die"

From Quiz Grunge by Lyrics

Answer: Mudhoney

"Touch me, I'm sick" was the debut single by Seattle-based outfit Mudhoney. It was one of the first alternative rock songs that displayed the gritty vocals and angst that the genre is known for. Mudhoney truly was one of the fathers of alternative rock and grunge.

29. "She holds the hand that holds her down" can be heard in a hugely popular acoustic hit by which Seattle band?

From Quiz Grunge Lyrics Mixture

Answer: Pearl Jam

When Pearl Jam's "Vs" record was first released it was simply called "Pearl Jam" - with a memorable album cover - though it was later re-issued with the title "Vs" printed on the side.

30. Which band released a cover version of the Beatles song 'Come Together'?

From Quiz Seattle Grunge Pioneers

Answer: Soundgarden

'Come Together', by Soundgarden, features on the single 'Hands All Over', which was released in 1990. Soundgarden did not like the version that they produced, and this resulted in lead singer Chris Cornell leaving the studio in disgust with how the end result turned out.

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