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All 'bout Green Day Trivia Quiz

This is a pretty hard quiz so you have to be a true Green Day fan to ace it!

A multiple-choice quiz by mooviee. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
mooviee

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
202,414

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
6811

Last 3 plays: Guest 148 (2/10), Guest 84 (8/10), Guest 85 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Billie Joe (the lead singer of Green Day) had a pet who died in his washing machine when he was 7. What is the name of the pet, and what type was it? Hint

Bessy, his frog

Zero, his cat

Jerry, his hamster

Harry, his mouse

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Question 2 of 10

2. When Green Day was just starting off their career, they couldn't afford a tour bus so what did they use? Hint

A bookmobile

A Honda Civic

A Corvette

A chip wagon

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is Tre' Cool's real full name? Hint

Frank Edwin Wright the 3rd

Frank Edwin Wright the 1st

Franklin Edward Wright the 2nd

Frank Edward Wright the 3rd

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the song that goes with the lines "She comes to check on me, making sure I'm on my knees"? Hint

Good Riddance

Basket Case

Pulling Teeth

Chump

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Question 5 of 10

5. What Sesame Street character was on the back cover of "Dookie"? Hint

Ernie

Cookie Monster

Elmo

Harry

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Question 6 of 10

6. What song has the lyrics "Welcome to a new kind of tension"? Hint

American Idiot

St. Jimmy

Letterbomb

Holiday

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Question 7 of 10

7. True or false. Green Day's original name was "Sweet Children".

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. What year did the album "Dookie" come out? Hint

1993

1995

1996

1994

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Question 9 of 10

9. True or False. Billie plays the harmonica, as well as the guitar.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. How old was Billie when his dad died from cancer? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Billie Joe (the lead singer of Green Day) had a pet who died in his washing machine when he was 7. What is the name of the pet, and what type was it?

Answer: Zero, his cat

Zero jumped into the washing machine when Billie and his mother were doing laundry, and they didn't know he'd done it. POOR ZERO.

2. When Green Day was just starting off their career, they couldn't afford a tour bus so what did they use?

Answer: A bookmobile

Tre's dad bought the bookmobile, and fixed it up for them to use. If you own the CD "Dookie", you look in the book with all the lyrics in it. On the back of it, you will see them sitting on the bookmobile.

3. What is Tre' Cool's real full name?

Answer: Frank Edwin Wright the 3rd

Tre' didn't like his name so in 1989 he chose the name Tre' Cool.

4. What is the song that goes with the lines "She comes to check on me, making sure I'm on my knees"?

Answer: Pulling Teeth

"Pulling Teeth" is on the CD "Dookie" along with "Basketcase" and "Chump"; "Good Riddence" is on "Nimrod".

5. What Sesame Street character was on the back cover of "Dookie"?

Answer: Ernie

Green Day sold 1 million copies world wide before Sesame Street threatened to sue them because of Ernie on the back cover. Green Day didn't want to take the chance of being sued. So, they changed the cover to one without any Sesame Street characters.

6. What song has the lyrics "Welcome to a new kind of tension"?

Answer: American Idiot

"American Idiot" is on the album "American Idiot", which won best rock album of the year at the Grammys.

7. True or false. Green Day's original name was "Sweet Children".

Answer: True

Green Day's first name was Sweet Children, but there was another band that was named The Sweet Child; they thought the name was too close, so they changed it to Green Day.

8. What year did the album "Dookie" come out?

Answer: 1994

"Dookie" was made in 1994; it sold 10 million copies world wide, half of them were sold in the U.S alone.

9. True or False. Billie plays the harmonica, as well as the guitar.

Answer: True

Billie plays the guitar, harmonica, drums, mandolin, piano, and the saxophone.

10. How old was Billie when his dad died from cancer?

Answer: 10

His dad died when Billie was 10. The last present he gave Billie was the famous guitar which he named Blue; he has made many other copies of Blue.

Source: Author mooviee

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