Music Quiz: The White Stripes | 15 Questions

Answer: Jack and Meg sing together

In "Your Southern Can is Mine" from De Stijl, "This Protector" from White Blood Cells, and "It's True That We Love One Another" from Elephant, Jack and Meg sing together. For "It's True That We Love One Another," the duo is joined by Holly Golightly.

Answer: You've Got Her in Your Pocket

In "Little Room," Meg plays the cymbals and Jack sings. On "In the Cold, Cold Night," Meg sings while Jack plays various instruments. On "We're Going to be Friends," Jack plays and sings, and Meg very quietly plays with him. When asked about "You've Got Her in Your Pocket," Jack said, "It's the first White Stripes song that only has one of us on it - ever."

Answer: Let's Shake Hands

"Let's Shake Hands" was released as a 7-inch single for Italy Records in 1997.

Answer: anything done in secret

Jack says that the "Astro" is anything people do in secret, and everyone does the "Astro." He says the clue to that is the line "Thomas Edison is AC/DC," where he speculates that Edison knew about alternating current but kept it a secret.

Answer: Candy Cane Children

"Candy Cane Children" was re-released for Christmas 2002, including Jack reading the story of the magi and Meg singing "Silent Night."

Answer: Hotel Yorba

Every single released before "Hotel Yorba" was only on 7-inch vinyl records. After releasing their first two albums on vinyl and cd, the White Stripes released the single "Hotel Yorba" the same way.

Answer: Astro

Jack said he named the song "Astro" after one of his dogs, and put in the line "Maybe Jasper does the Astro" because Jasper was the name of his other dog.

Answer: from a type of microphone that hangs from the celing

"Ball and Biscuit" was written entirely in the studio, and there was a microphone hanging from the celing. Jack asked what it was called, and the producer said it was called a ball and biscuit microphone. Jack then added the lines into the song and made "Ball and Biscuit" the title.

Answer: a chef

Meg once had a job as a bartender to work her way through culinary school. She planned on becoming a chef, and never thought she'd become a drummer.

Answer: Expecting

When asked why Jack chose Toledo as the place he was sent to run an errand, he said, "Well, Toledo has been that sought after destination point. People don't exactly go on vacation there. The girl in the song was sending me to do things for her, like run an errand to Toledo, which probably wouldn't be fun."

Answer: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Meg loved the Dusty Springfield version of this song, and says she was the one who decided they would record it. Jack says she begged him.

Answer: brown

Jack dyed his hair black to fit with the band's theme of everything being red, white, and black.

Answer: Megan Martha White

Although there is controversy over whether Jack and Meg are ex-husband and wife or siblings, all accounts say that Meg's birth name is Megan Martha White, and Jack's is John Anthony Gillis.

Answer: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

The "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" video shows Jack coming home to an empty house, and as he looks for Meg, in his head he sees moments of their happy marriage as "ghosts" in the house.

Answer: You're Pretty Good Looking

In "You're Pretty Good Looking," Jack sings "you're pretty good looking for a girl, but your back is so broken, and this feeling's still gonna linger on until the year 2525 now."