Comments for
How Well Do You Know: Bandslam
Email this quiz



Users are allowed and even encouraged to submit specific feedback about quizzes.
Please keep in mind that some of these comments may spoil individual quiz questions.

Looking for the quiz that goes along with these comments?
Find it here.


Comments are the sole responsibility of the person posting them.
By posting, you agree not to post comments that are off topic,
defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening or an invasion of privacy.
Violators may be banned.
You must be logged in to post or rate comments.
Please log in or register.
Comments

Answers:

1. This should be a gimme.

Will Burton writes often to his musical inspiration: Dear _____________
Iggy Pop
Eric Clapton
David Bowie
Johnny Rotten
 
2. Will and his mother flee this city, where Will is known by this nickname which recalls a serious family trauma:
Dewey
Lucky
Lefty
Bucky
 
3. Moving to New Jersey, Will says the best new thing about his new school is:
Reinvention
Anonymity
Appreciation of music
Conformity
 
4. Will catches the eye of Sam, who drinks pop through:
Cheerios
Life Savers
Pixy Stix
Twizzler
 
5. Sam spells her name with this number (which is silent):
6
5
12
3
 
6. Sam used to have this affliction:
Dyslexia
Attention deficit disorder
Rickets
Stuttering
 
7. Will becomes aware of pseudo-rival Ben Wheatley, whose popular band Glory Dog has recently:
Been reformed with new members
Changed from heavy metal to a poppier sound
Changed its name
Won Bandslam
 
8. Will earns a Good Samaritan title after he helps a student who is knocked over by Ben....and who goes on to play this instrument in I Can't Go On, I'll Go On:
Piano
Cello
Trumpet
Drums
 
9. Charlotte ropes Will into this venture:
Visiting a nursing home
Volunteering at a hospital
Running a day care
Working at an animal shelter
 
10. Omar, the band's guitar player, assumes a/n __________ accent:
English
Australian
French
Mexican
 
11. The band's bass player insists he doesn't want to be Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers...though he has assumed this name:
Tick
Bug
Weevil
Arachnid
 
12. Sam warns Will about Charlotte. The year before the movie takes place, Charlotte was each of the following, except:
A cheerleader
On the Honor Roll
Junior prom queen
A member of Glory Dogs
 
13. Sam and Charlotte have this connection in their past:
They used to date the same guy
Charlotte used to babysit Sam
Sam used to tutor Charlotte
They used to be on the same lacrosse team
 
14. Basher is a great drummer, but he has anger issues. Will is able to get him to join the band, largely because Basher has a crush on:
Sam
Charlotte
Will
Will's mom
 
15. Will and Sam have to work on a class project with each other. They must:
Do a chemistry experiment together
Perform a psychological test on strangers
Solve a no-win situation
Make a presentation about each other
 
16. Will takes Sam to this NYC music establishment:
CBGB's
The Village Underground
Fillmore East
The Village Underground
 
17. Charlotte gives Will instructions on how to kiss:
In the bathroom at his house
Right after the band's rehearsal
In her car outside his house
Under the football stadium bleachers
 
18. When he finally kiss Sam, Will starts be removing this article of her clothing - awkwardly:
Hat
Scarf
Coat
Glove
 
19. Sam invites Will to a screening of this horror classic, which she says is her favorite movie ever:
The People Under the Stairs
Children of the Corn
I Spit On Your Grave
Evil Dead 2
 
20. Will stands up Sam for their movie date so he can go with Charlotte:
To visit her dad in the hospital
To go to the Overlook
To see a band
To break into the school
 
21. Who shows Will a tape of Sam's lovely rendition of Everything I Own?
Sam herself
Charlotte
Sam's mother
Ben Wheatley
 
22. For her presentation about Will, Sam uses:
A mirror
A butterfly net
A hair dryer
A tricycle
 
23. Ben finds out about Will's family past:
From Charlotte
Because he has his minions dig up dirt on Will in the school office
From harassing Will's mom
By getting Will drunk
 
24. Charlotte gives Will a song for the band to perform at Bandslam. The song bears this name, inspired by Charlotte's dad:
Phil's Song
Eddie's Song
Ricky's Song
Christian's Song
 
25. Will and Charlotte's relationship takes a hard left-hand turn when:
She finds out about Will's dad
She starts drinking
Will finds out her motivations for forming the band
Her father dies
 
26. Charlotte reveals that her recent stark character transformation was done:
So her dad wouldn't die
To make her dad proud of her
As part of her effort to get sober
To win back Ben
 
27. When Glory Dogs performs Phil's Song at Bandslam, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On hastily works out an arrangement of a song to perform:
In a restroom
In an alley
In a dressing room
In the balcony
 
28. The band ultimate performs Everything I Own at Bandslam. But do you know the band which originally made the song famous?
Velvet Underground
Bread
America
Canned Heat
 
29. One of the bands that figures prominently into the film wins Bandslam, right?
Right, it is Burning Hotels
Of course, Glory Dogs wins
Woohoo! I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
Nope, the winner is a band that only appears at Bandslam for a few seconds
 
30. David Bowie finally writes Will! Bowie tells Will:
He was at Bandslam in person
He wants to sign I Can't Go On, I'll Go On to an indie record deal
He wants to host I Can't Go On, I'll Go On on his radio show
He will post on the band's MySpace page
 




Upcoming Quizzes:
Plus each Friday:
This is So Last Week
(Pop culture week in review)
...and each Monday:
Overpaid Jerks
(Sports week in review)


Advertisement