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1. Zack de la Rocha's father, Beto, was a prominent Chicano painter and muralist in southern California. What was the name of the influential Chicano art collective that he was a member of?
2. Zack and RATM bassist Tim Commerford first met at the UC Irvine Farm School. What grade were they both in when they met?
3. The father of Tom Morello, RATM's guitar player, Ngethe Njoroge, was a former Mau Mau guerrilla and Kenya's first Ambassador to the United Nations. What was the name of Tom's great-uncle, the first president of Kenya after its independence?
4. Rage's drummer, Brad Wilk, is from a Polish family and is a Buddhist. What automimmune disease does Brad suffer from?
5. Tom Morello graduated high school in 1982 and then attended a prestigious university in New England. What university did Tom graduate from with a political science degree with honors?
6. Before RATM, Zack de la Rocha fronted a hardcore band that had a large following in Irvine and Huntington Beach, CA. What was the name of the band, whose only release was "No Spiritual Surrender"?
7. What band was Tom Morello in when he met Brad Wilk, who had a failed audition for the band?
8. Rage Against the Machine's first album, which was self-titled, features the photo of a Buddhist monk burning himself up in protest of the South Vietnamese government. The picture won the World Press Photo of the Year award in 1963. What was the name of the monk?
9. Rage Against the Machine appeared on Saturday Night Live in April 1996. They were originally scheduled to play two songs, but were kicked off the episode after their first song. What political figure was the guest host for that episode?
10. On New Year's Day in 1994, the EZLN, an Indian rebel army, started an uprising in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Zack de la Rocha made four trips to Chiapas in support of EZLN. What is the "nom de guerre" of EZLN's charismatic spokesperson?
11. After Zack de la Rocha left RATM in 2000; what singer did the remaining bandmembers join with to found Audioslave?
12. Although Tom Morello is well-known for his electric guitar work, he also performs as a folk singer under an alter ego. What is his folksinging alias?
13. Zack de la Rocha recorded a 20-track project in New Orleans with what industrial performer, who says that the collaboration will probably never be released (with the exception of 2004's "We Want It All")?
14. In July 2007, Rage Against the Machine headlined the Rock the Bells hip-hop festival. What band also appeared in the festival, with whom Rage previously appeared for a live performance and recording of "How I Could Just Kill A Man"?
15. What political philosopher did Zack de la Rocha quote when he said on April 29, 2007, at Rage's reunion at the Coachella Festival, that members of the Bush administration should be "hung, and tried, and shot"?
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