| Coverage : Dead Kennedys Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of this famous band. How much do you think you really know about Dead Kennedys? This Dead Kennedys Quiz will give you new insight into the work and history of this famous band. |
| 1. | The Dead Kennedys are a what band from San Francisco, California? |
| a. | | hardcore punk |
| b. | | heavy metal |
| c. | | gothic rock |
| d. | | indie punk rock |
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| 2. | The Kennedys' songs mix the deliberately shocking lyrics of punk with a humorous, acerbic, satirical, and sarcastic left-wing commentary on current social and what issues? |
| a. | | religious |
| b. | | political |
| c. | | scientific |
| d. | | world |
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| 3. | During the what, the band gained a large underground following in the international punk and hardcore music scenes? |
| a. | | 1960s |
| b. | | 1970s |
| c. | | 1980s |
| d. | | 1990s |
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| 4. | Their music mixed the more experimental elements of English 1970s punk with the raw energy of the 1980s American hardcore punk scene? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 5. | Many of the band's songs criticize the right-wing ideologies of the religious right and the what administration? |
| a. | | Clinton |
| b. | | George Bush |
| c. | | Ronald Reagan |
| d. | | Kennedy |
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| 6. | In the late 1980s, the band was embroiled in an obscenity trial in the US over the what Frankenchrist album, which included a poster with art that depicted penises? |
| a. | | 1983 |
| b. | | 1984 |
| c. | | 1985 |
| d. | | 1986 |
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| 7. | The band officially disbanded in what year? |
| a. | | 1998 |
| b. | | 1995 |
| c. | | 1986 |
| d. | | 1985 |
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| 8. | The band re-formed and began touring with a new vocalist over the objections of former lead singer Jello Biafra, who after losing the lawsuit and being found liable for fraud, filed two appeals which he later lost in? |
| a. | | 2000 |
| b. | | 2001 |
| c. | | 2002 |
| d. | | 2003 |
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| 9. | The Dead Kennedys formed in June what, after guitarist Raymond Pepperell advertised for bandmates after seeing a punk show at the Mabuhay Gardens? |
| a. | | 1977 |
| b. | | 1978 |
| c. | | 1979 |
| d. | | 1980 |
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| 10. | The band released their first single, "California šber Alles", on Alternative Tentacles in? |
| a. | | 1979 |
| b. | | 1980 |
| c. | | 1975 |
| d. | | 1984 |
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