Real Band Origins Quiz (Part 2)

About This Quiz

What’s the deal?

We give you a random slice of real life (a movie, a street sign, your grandma’s favorite book—whatever).

Four band names pop up. Tap the one that actually borrowed it.

Wrong answers look legit, but they won’t bite.

Sources shuffle every round, so everyone gets a lane they know.

See what weird facts actually stick.

START QUIZ

1/20

Named after a sex toy in the William Burroughs novel 'The Naked Lunch'?

[B] Steely Dan | Burroughs' fictional steam-powered dildo became sophisticated jazz rock. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker turned literary smut into Grammy-winning studio perfectionism.

2/20

The guitarist liked the description ''mischievous little elves' in a dictionary?

[C] Pixies | Black Francis found dictionary elves compelling. These supernatural troublemakers perfectly captured their loud-quiet-loud dynamics and surreal Boston alternative rock.

3/20

Named after a lethal, acute disease and biological weapon, gained fame after the deadly leak in Sverdlovsk?

[D] Anthrax | Scott Ian chose biological warfare terminology for thrash metal. Sverdlovsk's tragedy made headlines while NYC metalheads made mosh pit medicine.

4/20

Named after the Austrian Archduke whose assassination was a factor in the outbreak of First World War?

[B] Franz Ferdinand | Glasgow art students named themselves after history's most consequential murder victim. One bullet in Sarajevo inspired countless dance floor bullets.

5/20

Named after the last name of the lead singer, whose first name is Jon?

[A] Bon Jovi | John Bongiovi shortened his surname for marquee appeal. Italian-American heritage became arena rock royalty through strategic vowel removal.

6/20

According to his schoolteacher, William was very idle?

[C] Billy Idol | Teacher called William Broad idle. He kept the insult, added punk sneer, making detention slip vocabulary into MTV platinum success.

7/20

Fusion between the bands Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns?

[D] Guns n' Roses | Two struggling bands merged names and members. Axl's Hollywood Rose met Tracii's L.A. Guns, creating Sunset Strip's most dangerous chemistry.

8/20

The last name of the Dutch-born drummer and guitarist of this American band?

[A] Van Halen | Eddie and Alex's Dutch surname became American rock royalty. Immigration from Netherlands to Pasadena produced finger-tapping revolution history.

9/20

Named after the town this Massachusetts' band is based?

[C] Boston | Tom Scholz's basement studio location became the brand. Geographic simplicity worked: MIT engineer made spaceship guitars sound like hometown pride.

10/20

The band was founded on the 41st day of the summer?

[B] Sum 41 | Ajax teenagers counted summer days forming their band. Math homework finally proved useful: day 41 equals pop-punk success formula.

11/20

A synonym for Satan, 'The Red Lord'?

[D] King Crimson | Pete Sinfield suggested this Beelzebub nickname. Prog rock needed regal darkness: Satan's aristocratic title suited their complex time signatures perfectly.

12/20

Taken from a 1950 Muddy Waters blues song?

[A] The Rolling Stones | Muddy Waters sang about rolling stones gathering no moss. British boys borrowed Chicago blues wisdom for eternal touring philosophy.

13/20

Named after a French fashion magazine, translated 'fashion news dispatch'?

[B] Depeche Mode | Basildon lads picked French fashion magazine title. "Fast fashion" became synthesizer scripture, turning runway reports into electronic devotion worldwide.

14/20

The British guitarist of this American band felt like one?

[D] Foreigner | Mick Jones felt British alienation in American rock. Immigration anxiety became FM radio dominance through power ballad assimilation success.

15/20

The term used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe UFOs?

[C] Foo Fighters | WWII pilots called mysterious lights "foo fighters." Dave Grohl resurrected military UFO slang for post-Nirvana rock redemption project.

16/20

A female housemate of the singer was addicted to drugs?

[A] Jane's Addiction | Perry Farrell's housemate Jane Bainter struggled with heroin. Personal tragedy became alternative rock poetry and Lollapalooza's founding inspiration.

17/20

A play on Santa Monica's 'Lincoln Park'?

[B] Linkin Park | Chester Bennington's band needed unique spelling after Lincoln Park. Domain name availability forced creativity: misspelling launched nu-metal internet generation.

18/20

Ed, the guitarist's younger brother made a picture of his other brother Jim shoving the Earth up his mouth?

[C] Jimmy Eat World | Tom Linton's crayon masterpiece depicted brother Jim consuming Earth. Childhood art became emo anthem inspiration through sibling rivalry.

19/20

The first name of a famous 50's actress and the last name of an infamous convicted criminal and cultleader?

[A] Marilyn Manson | Brian Warner combined Marilyn Monroe with Charles Manson. Beauty icon meets murder icon: shock rock mathematics for parental nightmares.

20/20

Named after the German town where in 1988 a deadly airshow disaster took place?

[D] Rammstein | Ramstein airbase tragedy inspired deliberate misspelling. German industrial metal commemorates catastrophe through pyrotechnics, making memorial from military accident.