Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. What traveling alternative music festival did Jane's Addiction singer Perry Ferrell create in 1991?
Perry Ferrell originally conceived of Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction; the festival toured annually until 1997.
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2. The MTV alternative music series "______ Minutes" ran from 1986 to 2000.
FUN FACT
The legendary music video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" made its world premiere on "120 Minutes" (1986-2000) in 1991.
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3. What 1980s Midwest alternative band sings the enduring song "Blister in the Sun"?
FUN FACT
Violent Femmes' "Blister in the Sun" (1983) was the first ever English-language song played on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, an Irish-language radio station, in 2005.
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4. What modern alternative duo scored a surprise hit in 2006 with their cover of the Violent Femmes' "Gone Daddy Gone"?
Alternative duo Gnarls Barkley gave new life to the Violent Femmes' "Gone Daddy Gone," their debut single from 1983.
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5. What alternative pop songstress said "see ya later, boy" on her 2002 breakout hit "Sk8er Boi"?
Paramount Pictures optioned the rights to Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" (2002) in 2003 for adaptation into a feature film; as of 2024 the film has still not been made.
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