The Band Formally Known As Trivia Quiz

Answer: Destiny's Child

Formed in Houston, Texas, in 1990, Girl's Tyme, would go through many lineup and name changes before finally settling on the name Destiny's Child, in 1996. The name was believed to have been taken from a passage in the Book of Isaiah from the Holy Bible. The original group consisted of LaTavia Roberson, Nikki and Nina Taylor, Ashley Tamar Davis, Kelendria Rowland (Kelly), and Beyonce' Knowles.

As the group began to gain more popularity through the years, their lineup continued to shift until it finally settled on the classic trio everyone recognizes: Beyonce' Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. With songs in their musical library like "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "I'm A Survivor", Destiny's Child became one of the greatest and most successful R&B groups of all-time.

Answer: Pearl Jam

Former NBA player, Mookie Blaylock, might've be surprised to know that he inspired one of the greatest bands in Rock and Roll history to take on his name as their band's own back during the early 1990s; that band would become Pearl Jam.

Forming from the band Mother Love Bone after the loss of their lead singer, Andrew Wood, in 1990, Jeff Ament (bassist) and Stone Gossard (guitarist) began a new band with lead guitarist, Mike McCready. Adding Eddie Vedder, who would become the lead vocalist, and Dave Krusen, as their full-time drummer, that group, which was known at the time as "Mookie Blaylock", began making music together under their new name, Pearl Jam.

The band soon established itself as a musical force to be reckoned with after recording such classic albums as, "Ten" and "Vitalogy", and radio-friendly songs like " Jeremy", which thrust the group into superstar status levels. They are, without a doubt, one of Rock and Roll's greatest bands of all time. Pearl Jam was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.

Answer: Outkast

Andre (Andre 3000) Benjamin and Antwan (Big Boi) Patton formed the hip-hop duo, Outkast, in the early 1990s, although 'Outkast' wasn't their first choice for a band name. The first two names the duo came up with, 2 Shades Deep and The Misfits, were already taken, so they settled on a synonym of 'misfit', which became Outkast, albeit phonetically spelled.

With the success of their first album, "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik", which charted in the Top 20 on the 1994 U.S. Billboard Chart, the team was catapulted to superstar status after winning Best New Rap Group at the Source Awards, in 1995.

2003 saw the release of their double album, "Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below", which was was another mega-hit for the duo, garnering them a Grammy for Album of the Year, in 2004.

Answer: The Grateful Dead

Deadheads around the world will be well-versed in the history of their all-time favorite band and know that, in 1965, The Warlocks (formerly, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions) would re-name themselves The Grateful Dead.

While the band's membership would change many times throughout the years, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, and Bob Kreutzmann would be the mainstays of the group until the mid-1990s when Jerry Garcia passed away due to a heart attack, albeit the surviving members would regroup to tour in the 2000s.

The success of The Grateful Dead cannot be fully measured as they had very few radio-friendly hits ("Truckin' "Sugar Magnolia", and "Touch of Grey", probably being their most recognizable songs), but still preserved a massive following. The Grateful Dead were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Answer: Talking Heads

Starting out as a trio in 1974, David Byrne, Marc Kehoe, and Chris Frantz, were known as The Artistics, but after a lineup change which saw Kehoe leave the group and Tina Weymouth and Chris Harrison come in, the now-foursome began calling themselves Talking Heads around 1975.

One of the most influential bands of all time (and one of my personal favorites), Talking Heads maintained the same lineup until they split in the early 1990s. With memorable songs like "Psycho Killer", "Burning Down the House", and "Wild Life", the band has a special place in Rock & Roll history. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

Answer: Depeche Mode

Elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 2020, Depeche Mode first came on the British scene around 1976, after original members Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke came together to form the group No Romance in China, but that band did not last long.

After a couple of other additions and name changes, the band settled on the name Composition of Sound; however, once they added singer David Gahan, in 1980, the group dropped that name and became known as Depeche Mode. With such songs as "Personal Jesus", "People Are People", and "World in My Eyes", Depeche Mode were one of the most-beloved bands to ever come out of the U.K.

Answer: The Fugees

Like a comet rocketing across the midnight sky, The Fugees came and went, but they made an enormous impact on the music industry during their time in the spotlight. The trio of Lauryn Hill, Prakazrel (Pras) Michel, and Wyclef Jean (cousin of Michel) first formed in the late 1980s under the name, The Tranzlator Crew. They would use that name until they signed with Columbia Records, in 1993, whereby they would then become The Fugees.

After their first album, "Blunted on Reality" did not do much commercially, the group went back into the studio and, in 1996, produced one of the most iconic albums of all time, "The Score", which featured such songs as "Killing Me Softly" and "Ready or Not". The Fugees soon disbanded, but each member went on to have their own solo successes; Wyclef produced other artists and focused on solo projects, Pras to continued to rap, and Ms. Hill? Well, she just produced one of the greatest albums ever when she released "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill", in 1998.

Answer: Radiohead

Inducted into the Rock and Roll, in 2019, Radiohead was a group which formed, in 1991, out of Britain. Formerly known as On A Friday, the band was inspired by the likes of The Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, and David Bowie. The core members of Radiohead were all schoolmates at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire and, after a few lineup changes, changed their name from On A Friday to Radiohead, in 1991.

In 1993, the group released their first album, "Pablo Honey", and it was a huge international success as it contained songs like "Stop Whispering", "Thinking About You", and probably their most recognized hit, "Creep".

Answer: Queen

Queen is one of the best-loved rock and roll bands of all time of any genre. If you asked five different people to tell you the first thing that comes to their mind whenever they hear that name, you'll probably get five different answers from people naming their most-popular song," Bohemian Rhapsody", to the movie "Wayne's World", to their beautifully blended vocals, Queen's music affects each individual differently, and that's a good thing.

Growing out of the group, Smile, which featured soon-to-be Queen bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor, in 1967, the duo soon added Freddie Mercury (who was born Farroukh Bulsara), after their lead singer, Tim Staffell, left the group. John Deacon would join around 1971. Queen would go on to have incredible international success with songs such as the aforementioned "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Killer Queen", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", and so many other hits that are just too many to list here.

The band remained intact with the same lineup until Freddie Mercury's death in 1991. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 2001.

Answer: Earth Wind and Fire

Maurice White (who died in 2016), was a former sessions drummer for Chess Records and the Ramsey Lewis Trio. After leaving the band, White would go on to form the supergroup, Earth, Wind, and Fire, in 1969. Blending aspects of jazz, R&B, funk, and Africa rhythms into their sound, EWF would be a consistent hitmaking machine on both the U.S. Billboard Top 40 and R&B charts throughout the 1970's, '80s, and 90s, with unforgettable songs like "Shining Star", "September", and "Boogie Wonderland" (arguably their most successful hit).

They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.