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Quiz about Green Day Music Videos
Quiz about Green Day Music Videos

Green Day Music Videos Trivia Quiz


How well do you know the music videos of Green Day? Fans of the band should find this easy enough.

A multiple-choice quiz by Lil_Miss_Fickle. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
357,954
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
13 / 15
Plays
904
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 78 (11/15), Guest 172 (13/15), Guest 73 (13/15).
Question 1 of 15
1. Green Day are playing in a brightly-coloured psychiatric hospital. All the other patients are dressed in white smocks and wearing sumo-wrestler masks.

What's the video?
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Question 2 of 15
2. A young man and his girlfriend declare their undying love in a field, before he signs up to the marine corps and goes to war, leaving her to cry alone.

What's the video?
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Question 3 of 15
3. Green Day are playing in a warehouse with a large green American flag as a backdrop. Water cascades down the flag, washing all the colour away, and then green water floods the set, drenching the band.

What's the video?
Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. The band drive their open-top car, standing up in the seats and fooling around. There is a crazy, drunken party and all the guests are played by the band members. Lazy/drunk can-can dancers in green outfits perform in front of the car, as planes fly overhead. The car sputters to a stop, taking us to our next video...

What's the video?
Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. The band's car breaks down. They all start walking down a "lonely road", through bleak scenery and gritty city streets. The band perform in a dark room with holes in the walls, as confetti rains down.

What's the video?
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Question 6 of 15
6. A man buys Green Day records in a shop. He has a big hole in his chest and walks around town trying to catch his heart, which has sprouted legs and run away.

What's the video?
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Question 7 of 15
7. Billie-Joe plays an acoustic guitar alone, sitting on a bed and a couch. The video cuts to various scenes of people going about their daily lives and looking thoughtfully into space.

What's the video?
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Question 8 of 15
8. This is a mainly black and white animated 'graffiti' video. A young boy steps inside a TV. A man climbs out of a grave, steps up to a podium and argues with another man before kissing him. It ends with real-life footage of Green Day playing in the sunset.

What's the video?
Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. The band walk down dark city streets and stark corridors. Various people are looking out of their windows at the other people. A man in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank watches a ballet class. A man in a dark alley watches some teenagers kissing. A young girl is dressed in Edwardian costume.

What's the video?
Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. A boy gets up in the morning and goes about his day flouting rules and ignoring guidelines. He eats before going swimming, runs with scissors, stares into direct sunlight, takes candy from a stranger, eats raw meat and operates machinery after drinking cough medicine.

What's the video?
Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Billie-Joe sits watching TV on a couch, with a monkey. He gets so bored that he trashes the couch before sitting back down with feathers raining down on him.

What's the video?
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Question 12 of 15
12. Green Day are playing on a carnival float traveling through a city. The parade is led by some punky majorettes. There are giant inflatable balloons of the members of the band. At the end they trash the float.

What's the video?
Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Green Day are playing in a colourful room while other people walk around them repeating various actions. A girl climbs out of a window. A woman takes off her dress. A woman picks up a newspaper, and at the end, she screams because her newspaper is gone.

What's the video?
Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. The members of Green Day walk round their neighbourhood oblivious to the mayhem and destruction they are causing. A boy falls off his bike and is almost hit by a car. A piano falls into the street. A police car flies through the air. The band drive off, just as a building collapses.

What's the video?
Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. A blonde Billie-Joe and the band play in a red room through distorted camera lenses. A young man with a pierced tongue gets a tooth extracted by a demented dentist.

What's the video?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Green Day are playing in a brightly-coloured psychiatric hospital. All the other patients are dressed in white smocks and wearing sumo-wrestler masks. What's the video?

Answer: Basket Case

"Basket Case" is taken from Green Day's third album, "Dookie" (1994). In 1995, the "Basket Case" video was nominated for nine 'MTV Video Music awards', including 'Best Breakthrough Video' and the 'Viewers' Choice Award'. It was filmed in a real psychiatric hospital in California. The unusual vivid colour was added after filming it in black and white.
2. A young man and his girlfriend declare their undying love in a field, before he signs up to the marine corps and goes to war, leaving her to cry alone. What's the video?

Answer: Wake Me Up When September Ends

The song is taken from Green Day's seventh album, "American Idiot" (2004). The young man in the video is played by Jamie Bell, famous for playing the lead role in the British film, "Billy Elliot". His girlfriend is played by American actress, Evan Rachel Wood. In October 2012, the couple got married in real life.
3. Green Day are playing in a warehouse with a large green American flag as a backdrop. Water cascades down the flag, washing all the colour away, and then green water floods the set, drenching the band. What's the video?

Answer: American Idiot

"American Idiot" is the title track from Green Day's 2004 album. The "American Idiot" video was directed by Samuel Bayer who also directed seven of their other videos, including four from the 'American Idiot' album. The song reached number one in the "Canadian Hot 100" chart in 2004.
4. The band drive their open-top car, standing up in the seats and fooling around. There is a crazy, drunken party and all the guests are played by the band members. Lazy/drunk can-can dancers in green outfits perform in front of the car, as planes fly overhead. The car sputters to a stop, taking us to our next video... What's the video?

Answer: Holiday

"Holiday" is taken from Green Day's seventh album, "American Idiot" (2004). It is intended to be a prelude to "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" although it was released afterwards. The video to "Holiday" ends where "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" begins. Both videos were directed by Samuel Bayer.
5. The band's car breaks down. They all start walking down a "lonely road", through bleak scenery and gritty city streets. The band perform in a dark room with holes in the walls, as confetti rains down. What's the video?

Answer: Boulevard of Broken Dreams

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is taken from Green Day's seventh album, "American Idiot" (2004). The video won six 'MTV Video Music Awards' in 2005, including 'Video of the Year'. The band arrived at the award ceremony riding in the car featured in this video.
6. A man buys Green Day records in a shop. He has a big hole in his chest and walks around town trying to catch his heart, which has sprouted legs and run away. What's the video?

Answer: Stray Heart

"Stray Heart" is taken from Green Day's tenth album, "iDos!" (2012). The video was filmed in downtown Los Angeles in October 2012 and released in November 2012.
7. Billie-Joe plays an acoustic guitar alone, sitting on a bed and a couch. The video cuts to various scenes of people going about their daily lives and looking thoughtfully into space. What's the video?

Answer: Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

This video won Green Day their first "MTV Video Music Award" for "Best Alternative Video". It features on their fifth album, "Nimrod" (1997).
8. This is a mainly black and white animated 'graffiti' video. A young boy steps inside a TV. A man climbs out of a grave, steps up to a podium and argues with another man before kissing him. It ends with real-life footage of Green Day playing in the sunset. What's the video?

Answer: 21st Century Breakdown

"21st Century Breakdown" is the title track to their ninth album in 2009. The video was directed by Marc Webb, who also directed Green Day's videos for "21 Guns" and "Last of the American Girls".
9. The band walk down dark city streets and stark corridors. Various people are looking out of their windows at the other people. A man in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank watches a ballet class. A man in a dark alley watches some teenagers kissing. A young girl is dressed in Edwardian costume. What's the video?

Answer: When I Come Around

"When I Come Around" is taken from Green Day's third album, "Dookie" (1994). The male teenager kissing his girlfriend in the video is Jason White who went on to become Green Day's backup guitarist. The video was filmed in the Mission District of San Francisco and Berkley, California. It was directed by Mark Khor, who also directed "Basket Case" and "Redundant".
10. A boy gets up in the morning and goes about his day flouting rules and ignoring guidelines. He eats before going swimming, runs with scissors, stares into direct sunlight, takes candy from a stranger, eats raw meat and operates machinery after drinking cough medicine. What's the video?

Answer: Warning

"Warning" is the title track from Green Day's sixth album, released in December 2000. The video was directed by Francis Lawrence.
11. Billie-Joe sits watching TV on a couch, with a monkey. He gets so bored that he trashes the couch before sitting back down with feathers raining down on him. What's the video?

Answer: Longview

"Longview" is taken from Green Day's third album, "Dookie" (1994). Parts of the song were written while singer, Billie-Joe Armstrong, and bassist, Mike Dirnt, were high on LSD. The band first performed the previously unnamed song in Longview, Washington, and was named in the town's honour.
12. Green Day are playing on a carnival float traveling through a city. The parade is led by some punky majorettes. There are giant inflatable balloons of the members of the band. At the end they trash the float. What's the video?

Answer: Minority

"Minority" is taken from Green Day's sixth album, "Warning" (2000). The video was directed by Evan Bernard and was filmed in San Diego. The giant Green Day balloons are in fact computer generated.
13. Green Day are playing in a colourful room while other people walk around them repeating various actions. A girl climbs out of a window. A woman takes off her dress. A woman picks up a newspaper, and at the end, she screams because her newspaper is gone. What's the video?

Answer: Redundant

The video was directed by Mark Khor, who made it as a homage to a short film called "Tango", directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński. It features American burlesque dancer, Dita Von Teese.
14. The members of Green Day walk round their neighbourhood oblivious to the mayhem and destruction they are causing. A boy falls off his bike and is almost hit by a car. A piano falls into the street. A police car flies through the air. The band drive off, just as a building collapses. What's the video?

Answer: Walking Contradiction

"Walking Contradiction" was directed by Roman Coppola and filmed in Los Angeles, California. It was nominated for a Grammy award in 1997 for "Best Music Video, Short Form".
15. A blonde Billie-Joe and the band play in a red room through distorted camera lenses. A young man with a pierced tongue gets a tooth extracted by a demented dentist. What's the video?

Answer: Geek Stink Breath

"Geek Stink Breath" is taken from Green Day's fourth album, "Insomniac" (1995). The man having his tooth extracted is a friend of the band. The video was considered too graphic to be shown during the daytime on MTV.
Source: Author Lil_Miss_Fickle

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