With the terribly sad news of Chester Bennington, the lead singer of US band Linkin Park, passing away last week I just had to do a quiz about the band.
It’s a sad loss and is another reminder that depression and mental illness is very real. Chester could not fight off the demons of a past life of abuse and sadly took his own life.
Let’s see how much you know about the band, Linkin Park.
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Question of
What year did Linkin Park form?
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1994
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1996
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1998
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2000
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Question of
Who shared vocals with Chester and also plays Keyboard and guitar?
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Joe Hahn
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Brad Delson
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Dave Farrel
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Mike Shinoda
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Question of
What was the name of the bands debut album?
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Minutes to Midnight
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A Thousand Suns
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Living Things
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Hybrid Theory
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Question of
Linkin Parks debut album sold a certified 15 million copies, but how many is it estimated to have sold in total?
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18 million copies
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20 million copies
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25 million copies
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30 million copies
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Question of
Who did Chester Bennington replace as lead singer in 1999?
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Kyle Christner
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Trev Walters
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Mark Wakefield
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Brad Johnson
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Question of
The lyrics ‘I had to fall, to lose it all’ are from which Linkin Park song?
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Waiting for the End
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In the End
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Until it Breaks
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Final Masquerade
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Question of
What is the name of Linkin Park’s drummer?
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Rob Bourdon
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Robert Bourbon
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Robert Dourdon
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Rob Borden
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Question of
What is the name of Linkin Park’s latest album, released in 2017?
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Meteora
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The Hunting Party
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Living Things
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One More Light
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Question of
Linkin Park became the first rock band to achieve 1 billion hits on YouTube. True or False?
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True
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False
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Question of
Linkin Park’s music combines Hard Rock and which other music style?
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Pop
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Country
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Rap
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Electronic
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5 right answers, meh.
7 out of 10. I love linkin park, and it’s so heartbreaking about Chester. ?
2/10 I love linkin park though
ya i’m also 5.
I knew very little. SO sad about the singer.
Got 6…RIP to Sir Chester…he’s officially a legend…
Yep, Sir Abraham Linkin will be sadly missed
got 4 out of 10 right.
5/10. An amazing result, considering that I did not know any of the answers about a group that I had never heard of until one of their number – whom I had also never heard of – died!