This quiz is Red Hot
Think you know the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
So you know all the words to “Under the Bridge,” huh? Well congratu-fucking-lations, you must be the biggest Red Hot Chili Peppers fan around. Forgive me if I sound bitter, it’s just that I was given the assignment to write an original piece about the band to correspond with its Thursday, Oct. 26, concert at the Gwinnett Center, only to find out that it’s impossible to write anything original about RHCP. As one of the most popular bands in the world for the last 20 years, there’s really not much left unsaid about it. As a result, everyone seems to know everything there is to know about the band ... or do they?
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Take this little quiz to see if your wealth of Chili Pepper knowledge is really up to snuff.
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1) The original name of the band was .__
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a. Fried Green Tomatoes
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b. The Red Hot Jalapeños
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c. Tony Flow & the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem
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d. Four Funky Fools From Fairfax
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2) The original band members were .__
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a. Anthony Kiedis, Michael “Flea” Balzary, John Frusciante and Chad Smith
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b. Anthony Kiedis, Michael “Flea” Balzary, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons
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c. Anthony Kiedis, Michael “Flea” Balzary, Dave Navarro and Chad Smith
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d. Anthony Kiedis, Michael “Flea” Balzary, Kurt Cobain and Tre Cool
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3) Which of the following is NOT one of their albums?
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a. Freaky Styley
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b. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
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c. Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
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d. One Hot Second
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4) Flea has NOT been in a movie with?
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a. Robert De Niro
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b. Pauly Shore
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c. Michael J. Fox
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d. Jeff Bridges
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5) Who did Anthony Kiedis lose his virginity to?
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a. Gwen Stefani
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b. one of his father’s girlfriends
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c. a leather couch
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d. Madonna
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6) The Red Hot Chili Peppers have performed wearing .__
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a. giant light-bulb head pieces
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b. nothing
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c. nothing but tube socks covering their genitalia
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d. all of the above
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7) Guitarist John Frusciante originally left the band to?
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a. Do heroin and start a solo career.
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b. Do heroin and shoot a porno.
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c. Do heroin and paint.
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d. Teach sixth-grade English.
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8) The Red Hot Chili Peppers have an album produced by all of the following EXCEPT?
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a. George Clinton
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b. Rick Rubin
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c. Andy Gill
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d. David Bowie
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9) How many albums have the Red Hot Chili Peppers sold?
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a. 45 million
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b. 100 million
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c. 60 million
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d. 37 million
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10) Which one of the following two artists has the band covered on one of its albums?
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a. Stevie Wonder
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b. Jimi Hendrix
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noah.gardenswartz@creativeloafing.com
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Answers: 1) c. 2) b. 3) d. 4) a. 5) b. 6) d. 7) c. 8) d. 9) c. 10) Trick question; both. It covered Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” on Mother’s Milk and Jimi Hendrix’ “Fire” on What Hits!?.