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Tacoma Rock City
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Posted by Ernest Jasmin @ 12:28:07 pm

Stoked for the Radiohead show yet? Well, let’s see how much you know about Wednesday night’s main attraction at the White River Amphitheatre.

Radiohead trivia challenge

1. The band’s lineup is Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien and …

A. Liam Gallagher
B. Phil Selway
C. Damon Albarn
D. Pete Doherty

2. The band’s name comes from a song by …

A. Public Image Limited
B. The Sex Pistols
C. The Cure
D. Talking Heads

3. The band’s creative breakthrough, and it’s most acclaimed album, is this 1997 disc, which includes “Paranoid Android,” “Karma Police” and “Lucky.”

A. “The Bends”
B. “OK Computer”
C. “Amnesiac”
D. “My Iron Lung”

4. This 1998 documentary chronicled the band’s angst-ridden tour in support of that album.

A. “Meeting People Is Easy”
B. “Creeps: Radiohead Live”
C. “Kicking Squealing Gucci Little Piggy”
D. “Most Gigantic Lying Mouth in the World”

5. The band hails from what English city?

A. Manchester
B. Liverpool
C. Oxford
D. Bristol

6. This guy produced the band’s most critically acclaimed recordings.

A. Rick Rubin
B. Nigel Godrich
C. Butch Vig
D. Steve Fisk

7. This song is an outtake from the “In Rainbows” sessions, available as a bonus track on limited edition copies of the album.

A. “Talk Show Host”
B. “Follow Me Around”
C. “Banana Co.”
D. “Bangers and Mash”

8. This 2000 album represented a departure from melodic, guitar-driven rock towards glitchy electronic textures.

A. “Amnesiac”
B. “Kid A”
C. “In Rainbows”
D. “Pablo Honey”

9. The alternate title of Radiohead’s 2003 album “Hail to the Theif” is …

A. “The Gloaming”
B. “The Sky Is Falling”
C. “As Dead As Leaves”
D. “Snakes & Ladders”

10. On the side, multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood has written music for the films “Bodysong” and …

A. “No Country for Old Men”
B. “There Will Be Blood”
C. “Children of Men”
D. “28 Days Later”

11. Finish the lyric: “Kicking squealing …”

A. “… alienated and creepy.”
B. “… but everything’s in it’s right place.”
C. “… Gucci little piggy.”
D. “… fighting against this.”

12. Finish the lyric: “I’m an animal …”

A. “… and I’ll hunt you down.”
B. “… filled with this desire.”
C. “… with his leg caught in a trap.”
D. “… trapped in your hot car.”

13. This EP includes “OK Computer” outtakes “Polyethylene” and “Palo Alto.”

A. “Itch”
B. “My Iron Lung”
C. “COM LAG”
D. “Airbag/How Am I Driving?”

14. The song “This Mess We’re In” is a duet featuring Thom Yorke and …

A. PJ Harvey
B. Beth Gibbons
C. Fiona Apple
D. Emiliana Torrini

15. Yorke’s solo album is called …

A. “The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time”
B. “The Eraser”
C. “Running From Demons”
D. “Pop Is Dead”

16. Radiohead’s first No. 1 album in the States was …

A. “The Bends”
B. “OK Computer”
C. “Kid A”
D. “In Rainbows”