Trivia Quiz on Alternative Rock

1. Shirley Manson Is The Lead Singer With Which Group

A) Garbage

B) Blondie

C) Hole

D) No Doubt

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2. In Which US City Were The Band REM Formed

A) Anthens (Georgia)

B) Atlanta, Georgia

C) Nashville, Tennessee

D) Birmingham, Alabama

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3. Who recorded 'hey jealousy'

A) Goo Goo Dolls

B) Counting Crows

C) The Cranberries

D) Gin blossoms

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4. Siamese Dream' was which chicago-based group's breakthrough second album

A) Wilco

B) Fall Out Boy

C) Smashing Pumpkins

D) Stone Temple Pilots

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5. Which group had the hit album 'Urban Hymns'

A) Radiohead

B) Oasis

C) Blur

D) The verve

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6. Whose second album was the chart-topping 'no need to argue'

A) Alanis Morissette

B) No Doubt

C) Cranberries

D) Spice Girls

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7. Which group sang the song "Original Prankster"?

A) Green Day

B) Sum 41

C) NOFX

D) Offspring

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8. New Miserable Experience' was which group's first album in 1993

A) Alice in Chains

B) Gin

C) R.E.M.

D) Stone Temple Pilots

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9. What is the name of the lead singer for the Smiths?

A) Mick Jagger

B) Robert Smith

C) Freddie Mercury

D) Morrisey

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10. Amnesiac and The Bends albums of which UK group

A) Oasis

B) Blur

C) Coldplay

D) Radiohead

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11. Which Band Released The 1992 Album Entitled "Automatic For The People"

A) Radiohead

B) Nirvana

C) REM

D) U2

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12. My Name is Mud' was on pork soda released in 1993 by which group

A) Nirvana

B) Tool

C) Primus

D) Rage Against the Machine

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13. Whic group won the inaugural 'Mercury' music Prize in 1992?

A) The Stone Roses

B) Massive Attack

C) Primal Scream

D) The Prodigy

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14. Who Had Minor Hits With "Dogs Of Lust", "Slow Emotion Replay" And "Dis -Infected" EP

A) Depeche Mode

B) Siouxsie and the Banshees

C) The The

D) Nine Inch Nails

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15. Who Is Placebo's Outrageous Lead Singer

A) Mika

B) Matt Bellamy

C) Brian Molko

D) Brandon Boyd

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16. Bluebird, Tishbite & Violaine Were All Minor Hits For Whom

A) Lush

B) Spiritualized

C) My Bloody Valentine

D) The Cocteau Twins

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17. Who Is Beck Hansen

A) Beck

B) Beck Hansen

C) Beck David Hansen

D) Beck Turner

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18. During the 1990’s who recorded the Albums 'Out of Time' & 'New Adventures in Hi Fi'?

A) Radiohead

B) REM

C) Nirvana

D) The Smashing Pumpkins

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19. What Song Features The Lyric "Then Your Children Will Be Next"

A) Motorcycle Emptiness

B) If You Tolerate This

C) A Design for Life

D) You Love Us

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20. What Group Consisted Of James Dean Bradfield, Nick Wire & Sean Moore

A) Stereophonics

B) Catatonia

C) The Manic Street Preachers

D) Lostprophets

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21. Who Recorded The Albums "Nevermind", "Incesticide", An "In Utero"

A) Pearl Jam

B) Soundgarden

C) Nirvana

D) Foo Fighters

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22. Who Had Hits With "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" & "Orange Crush"

A) U2

B) The Police

C) Talking Heads

D) REM

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23. Which Group Had A Hit With "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm"

A) Nirvana

B) Weezer

C) The Crash Test Dummies

D) REM

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24. Who Had A Monkey Gone To Heaven In 1989

A) Nirvana

B) Pixies

C) The Cure

D) Sonic Youth

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25. Who had his first UK top 10 single in ten years in 2004 with Irish Blood, English Heart?

A) Liam Gallagher

B) Jarvis Cocker

C) Morrissey

D) David Gray

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26. What Form Of Transport Featured On A 1992 Manics Single

A) Train

B) Boat

C) Car

D) Motorcycle (Motorcycle Emptiness)

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27. What Kind Of People Did REM Take To No.6 In 1991

A) Shiny Happy People

B) Losing My Religion

C) Everybody Hurts

D) Man on the Moon

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28. The Song 3 Men And A Baby Featured A Song entitled "Back In Time" By Which Band

A) The Clash

B) Big Audio dynamite

C) Duran Duran

D) UB40

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29. Name the band whose debut album is titled 'Suck on This'.

A) Primus

B) Red Hot Chili Peppers

C) Metallica

D) Faith No More

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30. Eddie Vedder Is Lead Singer With Which Band

A) Pearl Jam

B) Nirvana

C) Temple of the Dog

D) Soundgarden

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31. Come As You Are Was A 1992 Hit For Whom

A) Pearl Jam

B) Soundgarden

C) Radiohead

D) Nirvana

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32. Which Group Was Formed In The 1980's & 90's By Evan Dando

A) The Breeders

B) Sonic Youth

C) The Lemonheads

D) Pixies

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33. Who Is The Lead Singer And Prolific Songwriter Of Babybird

A) David Gray

B) Jarvis Cocker

C) Glen Hansard

D) Stephen Jones

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34. Sisters Of Mercy Had A Hit With The Song "this Corossion" Or "This Emotion"

A) This Corrosion

B) This Erosion

C) This Contortion

D) This Emotion

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35. Who Is The Lead Singer With The British Band The Verve

A) Liam Gallagher

B) Jarvis Cocker

C) Richard Ashcroft

D) Graham Coxon

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36. The Sugarcubes Are From Which Country

A) Norway

B) Iceland

C) Sweden

D) Denmark

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37. Who Sang "The Futures So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades"

A) Men at Work

B) Huey Lewis and the News

C) Timbuk 3

D) The Dave Matthews Band

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38. Who Is The Lead Singer With REM?

A) Stuart Murdoch

B) Adam Duritz

C) Michael Stipe

D) Bono

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39. Which group sang the song "Everything you want"?

A) Vertical Horizon

B) Matchbox Twenty

C) Goo Goo Dolls

D) Hoobastank

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40. "It's a Shame About Ray" was released in 1992 and rereleased later with a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs Robinson. which band was it

A) Lemonheads

B) Nirvana

C) Pixies

D) R.E.M.

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41. What was the name of the Bjork-fronted 80's band?

A) The Sugarcubes

B) Kukl

C) Siouxsie and the Banshees

D) The Slits

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42. Fall Down' was a hit for which Santa Barbara band

A) Toad the Wet Sprocket

B) The Harbor Rats

C) Sunset Speak

D) Pacific Velvet

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43. What band recorded the 1990'2 hit 'slide'

A) The Cranberries

B) Goo goo dolls

C) Counting Crows

D) Foo Fighters

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44. Who sings "Imitation Of Life"?

A) The Rolling Stones

B) Radiohead

C) R.E.M.

D) Talking Heads

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45. Band: " _________ And the Bad Seeds"

A) Mick Jagger and the Bad Seeds

B) Iggy Pop and the Bad Seeds

C) Johnny Cash and the Bad Seeds

D) Nick Cave

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46. Name the band - songs include "Add It Up, Blister In The Sun, Kiss Off"?

A) Violet Femmes

B) Violent Femmes

C) Violet Fems

D) Violent Femmez

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