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Jane's Addiction Trivia Quiz

Senores y Senoras, a quiz devoted to true pioneers of the alternative hard rock genre, Jane's Addiction. My first quiz. Be gentle...

A multiple-choice quiz by TelegramSam1. Estimated time: 4 mins.

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TelegramSam1

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
273,340

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. At which legendary Los Angeles venue was Jane's Addiction's eponymous debut album recorded? Hint

The Troubadour

The Roxy Theatre

The Whiskey

The Metro

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who's voice is sampled on the opening of "Ted, Just Admit It?" Hint

Ted Bundy

Ted Koppel

Charles Manson

Henry Rollins

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Question 3 of 10

3. What band bested Jane's Addiction for the Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album Grammy Award of 1988? Hint

Guns 'N' Roses

Jethro Tull

Faster Pussycat

The Cult

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Question 4 of 10

4. What well known contemporary of Jane's Addiction guests on the song "Idiot's Rule?" Hint

Dave Grohl

Slash

Flea

Dimebag Darryl

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is printed on the less-risque "alternate" cover of 1990's "Ritual De Lo Habitual?" Hint

The Ten Commandments

The Magna Carta

The record label's address

The First Ammendment

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these cover versions did Jane's Addiction NOT record? Hint

"Ripple" - The Grateful Dead

"Sympathy for the Devil" - The Rolling Stones

"War Pigs" - Black Sabbath

Rock and Roll" - The Velvet Underground

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Question 7 of 10

7. What era-defining term did Perry Farrell coin in 1989? Hint

Post Punk

Grunge

Alternative Nation

Nu Metal

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which band was Dave Navarro asked (but declined) to join after Jane's Addiction broke up in 1991? Hint

Smashing Pumpkins

Guns 'N' Roses

Alice In Chains

Helmet

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Question 9 of 10

9. All of the band members were born in Southern California, except Perry Farrell, who was born in: Hint

Miami, Florida

Istanbul, Turkey

Queens, New York

Ontario, Canada

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these films does NOT contain a Jane's Addiction song? Hint

The Crow (1994)

Parenthood (1989)

S.W.A.T. (2003)

Natural Born Killers (1994)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. At which legendary Los Angeles venue was Jane's Addiction's eponymous debut album recorded?

Answer: The Roxy Theatre

Though recorded as live, the tracks were overdubbed in a studio before the album's 1987 commercial release.

2. Who's voice is sampled on the opening of "Ted, Just Admit It?"

Answer: Ted Bundy

The album's title, "Nothing's Shocking," also comes from this song.

3. What band bested Jane's Addiction for the Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album Grammy Award of 1988?

Answer: Jethro Tull

This was the first year this category was presented. They've since come around a bit.

4. What well known contemporary of Jane's Addiction guests on the song "Idiot's Rule?"

Answer: Flea

He plays the trumpet. Flea and Dave Navarro also contributed to Alanis Morrisette's breakthrough album, "Jagged Little Pill."

5. What is printed on the less-risque "alternate" cover of 1990's "Ritual De Lo Habitual?"

Answer: The First Ammendment

The band's response to the threats of larger retailers to refuse to carry the album.

6. Which of these cover versions did Jane's Addiction NOT record?

Answer: "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath

Faith No More, a contemporary of Jane's, did record this song.

7. What era-defining term did Perry Farrell coin in 1989?

Answer: Alternative Nation

MTV took the ball and ran with it, airing a program/daypart under this title.

8. Which band was Dave Navarro asked (but declined) to join after Jane's Addiction broke up in 1991?

Answer: Guns 'N' Roses

Dave was in The Red Hot Chili Peppers for a spell, and in fact did record one song with some incarnation of G 'N' R for the "End of Days" soundtrack in 1999.

9. All of the band members were born in Southern California, except Perry Farrell, who was born in:

Answer: Queens, New York

Born Perry Bernstein, the son of a jeweler father and an artist mother, in 1959. His mother's suicide is referenced in the song "And Then She Did..."

10. Which of these films does NOT contain a Jane's Addiction song?

Answer: The Crow (1994)

Not "The Crow," but most if not all of the artists on that soundtrack owe Jane's Addiction a huge debt of gratitude for the doors they knocked down for alternative rock. Thanks for playing!

Source: Author TelegramSam1

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