The Unofficial Trivia Thread!!

not allowed 2 answer this ....>>>!!! ( ARGGHH!!!) * dennis seals Alfons's mouth with scoth tape*

ok just for the fun of it .....IIT Madras...!!hahhahahaha
 
Morello and adam jones were together in high school.
They played together in a garage band called electric sheep or smthing....adam played bass in that band.
 
Shred guitar quiz:
1) Which classical piece did Yngwie Malmsteen shamelessly rip off for Icarus' Dream Suite Opus 4?
2) Which classical piece's chord structure did Jason Becker not-so-shamelessly use for 'End of the Beginning'?
3) A dialogue from which movie is the basis for Steve Morse's tongue in cheek neoclassical song 'Tumeni Notes'? (EXTREMELY workable)
4) Who said the famous words 'I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds' which Satriani used as a song title on Time Machine? (Bonus Points: Which holy book is that quote a translation from?)
5) On John Petrucci's solo record Suspended Animation there is a song called I.B.S. What does I.B.S. stand for?
6) There is this side project starring Victor Wooten, Scott Henderson and Steve Smith called Vital Tech Tones. What is the funda of the band's name?
7) Which classical piece is the basis for Steve Vai's famous 'Eugene's Trick Bag' in the movie Crossroads (NOT the Britney Spears starrer)?
8) Which country-ish guitarist played guitar on the Jason Becker composition 'End of the Beginning' since Becker has ALS (sorry for the 2nd question about the same song, but its in my top 10 of all time list)
9) With which prog-rock guitarist did Brian Eno (later producer for U2) record the ambient rock album Robert Fripp?
10) Simple one to end-Which band did Randy Rhoads play for before he joined Ozzy's band?
 
abhijitnath said:
5) On John Petrucci's solo record Suspended Animation there is a song called I.B.S. What does I.B.S. stand for?

10) Simple one to end-Which band did Randy Rhoads play for before he joined Ozzy's band?
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I is for integrated....dont remember the B and S

randy played with Quiet Riots
 
Sorry about the time I took:

1.No idea, perhaps the Moto Perpetuo?
2.Again No idea
3.Amadeus?
4.Easy, Oppenheimer
5.Integrated Bull Shit :))
6.No Idea again
7.I think this one the Moto Perpetua(Paganini)
8.Is this Michael Lee Firkins...btw who were the 3 guys paying for him
9.Adrian Below??
10. Quiet Riots
 
Nice Dennis:-)
I think I should start posting quizzes exclusively for you
1) Tomaso Albinioni's Adagio in G
2) Pachelbel's Canon in D
3) Awesome...Amadeus it is
4) Oppenheimer it is (for the unititiated, the creator of the atom bombs used in WWII). The quote is takne from the Bhagwad Gita
5) Irritable Bowel Syndrome
6) Vital Transformation-Steve Smith's band
Tribal Tech-Scott Henderson's band
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones-Victor Wooten's band
7) This is Paganini's 5th caprice, not Moto Perpetuo
8) It is Michael Lee Firkins..what does "paying for him mean"?
9) Actually I typed the question wrong..the answer is Robert Fripp..the album is called No Pussyfootin'..sincere apologies
10) Isnt the band calle Quiet Riot and not Quiet Riots?
 
LOl...thats what i thought, an album named Robert Fripp!, ihave No PussyFootin with me.

Chalo, heres my set (some of em might have been asked before, but what the hell)

Very Easy Stuff:
1.Who were the Toxic Twins?
2.How did Led Zep get its name?
3.How did Rage Against the Machine get its name?
4.Which not so very famous guitarist is Mike Trmontis teacher?
5.Not a question on music but what the hell : What does Che in Che Guevara mean?
6.This cool, what is/are Frippertronics?
7.Whats Sanjeev Babu's claim to fame in the context of guitar music?
8.How did Steely Dan get their name(this was awesome)?
9.What does Paul Gilberts song YRO stand for?
10. Second part to the above question: if you have heard this song in the middle the band stops and Paul plays a symphonic piece. Name that piece.
 
1.Who were the Toxic Twins?---Steven Tyler and Joe Perry
2.How did Led Zep get its name?---After the Keith Moon comment that they would fall faster than a lead zepplin..
3.How did Rage Against the Machine get its name?---Pass
4.Which not so very famous guitarist is Mike Tremonti's teacher?---no clue....i thot he was self taught
5.Not a question on music but what the hell : What does Che in Che Guevara mean?--Pass
6.This cool, what is/are Frippertronics?--Pass
7.Whats Sanjeev Babu's claim to fame in the context of guitar music?--Pass
8.How did Steely Dan get their name(this was awesome)?--Pass
9.What does Paul Gilberts song YRO stand for?---Yngwie rip off :grin:
10. Second part to the above question: if you have heard this song in the middle the band stops and Paul plays a symphonic piece. Name that piece.--fuk...forgot this one :(
 
1. Tyler/Perry ofAerosmith
2. Actually, he said go down like a lead balloon not a lead zeppelin
3.Karl Marx quote
4. Troy Stetina (I sense a fellow user of Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar)
5. It can mean either "Hey!' or 'friend'!
6. The tape delay/loop thing Robert Fripp does
7. El Paso
8. Its the name of the dildo in A clockwork Orange
9. Yngwie Rip Off (
10. Moto Perpetuo?
dennis said:
LOl...thats what i thought, an album named Robert Fripp!, ihave No PussyFootin with me.

Chalo, heres my set (some of em might have been asked before, but what the hell)

Very Easy Stuff:
1.Who were the Toxic Twins?
2.How did Led Zep get its name?
3.How did Rage Against the Machine get its name?
4.Which not so very famous guitarist is Mike Trmontis teacher?
5.Not a question on music but what the hell : What does Che in Che Guevara mean?
6.This cool, what is/are Frippertronics?
7.Whats Sanjeev Babu's claim to fame in the context of guitar music?
8.How did Steely Dan get their name(this was awesome)?
9.What does Paul Gilberts song YRO stand for?
10. Second part to the above question: if you have heard this song in the middle the band stops and Paul plays a symphonic piece. Name that piece.
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abhijitnath said:
2. Actually, he said go down like a lead balloon not a lead zeppelin


8. Its the name of the dildo in A clockwork Orange
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the huge baloon like airships are called Zeppelin

sh!t how did i forget Steely Dan....shame on me for being a Kubrick fan :Worried:
 
Yeah yeah I know
What Keith Moon said was "Itll go down like a lead balloon"
To which Page replied, "Even worse, like a lead Zeppelin".

the_wizard said:
the huge baloon like airships are called Zeppelin

sh!t how did i forget Steely Dan....shame on me for being a Kubrick fan :Worried:
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Holy Scheisse, both of you got almost all of em right.

2. Led Zep was Keith Moon saying that the band will go down like the Lead Baloon Zeppelin( those airships, prolly referring to the Hindenburg)
3. Ohh, i dint know about the Karl Marx thing, was that a guess?? As far as I know it was the name of a Song written by Zach in his previous band.
4. Yes, Speed Mechanics :P: , Troy Stetinas the answer
5. yup, Che means Friend
6. Okie Frippertronics is a kind of an effect which Fripp Uses :
https://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/frippertronics/frippertronics.html
7. Sanjeev Babu holds the Guiness record for playing the guitar nonstop for 24 hrs.
8. Hehe, abhijit got this right, Clockwork Orange is one amazing movie
9. Yup Yngwie Rip Off .lol
10. Yup its the Moto Perpetuo

Okie..Wizard y dont ya post a set
 
Karl Marx apparently said in some rally once that the poor must rise up and rage against the capitalist machine
Dunno..maybe its one of those ****ob Mukherjee type fraudulent questions
 
dennis said:
Clockwork Orange is one amazing movie


Okie..Wizard y dont ya post a set
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Kubrick :nw:

here are sm simple ones..

1. What was the name of Frank Zappa's first band?

2. What was the name of the band with which Slash recorded the album 'It's Five O'Clock Somewhere'?

3. Ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo is back with a new band. Together with Gus Chambers (vocals), Jason Viebrooks (bass) and Waldemar Sorychta (guitars) he records the album 'Power Of Inner Strength'. What is the name of this band?

4. What band is Peter Steele the singer of?

5. Who was Bruce Dickinson's successor, singing on the album 'X-Factor'?

6. Before naming the band 'Tool', Maynard James Keegan (lead vocalist Tool) wanted to name it something else? What was that name?

7. This frontman of a punk rock band hold a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at University of Southern California. Also he possess a pilot's license, and made a solo trip around the world in 10 days. Who is he?
 
1. The Mothers of Invention?
2. Snakepit
3. Grip Inc.
4. Type O Negative
5. Blaze Bailey
6.Pass
7. Steve Morse has a pilots licence but I dont know the answer...the Offspring's vocalist?
 
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