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Can you name the hometowns of these bands? Enter a city in the box below Correctly named cities will show up in the table below Click any empty Band or Hometown to answer for that location This game was contributed by Sporcle user: weizenugb You have 6 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 3505 TV Shows (U.S.) 2788 Broadway Opening Lines 2731 You Do Know Jack 1213 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1125 Same Last Name 988 And more...
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Band	Hometown
The Beatles
Soundgarden
Barenaked Ladies
Aerosmith
Oasis
Beastie Boys
Led Zeppelin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Smashing Pumpkins
U2

Band	Hometown
The White Stripes
Def Leppard
Grateful Dead
AC/DC
Scorpions
ABBA
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Duran Duran
Men Without Hats
ZZ Top

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	DerKomissar:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 08:22 GMT	8 points
	Great quiz, can't wait for sequels. Good to see Men Without Hats getting some love. Safety Dance rules!

	JohnJF:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 08:22 GMT	8 points
	Past history of Sporcle quizzes would indicate that having Nickelback as an example would not go over too well. Nevertheless, I found this quiz quite enjoyable though it also revealed my arrogance, as I was for some reason just positive that Men Without Hats was Scottish. Must've been the Safety Dance video.

	Unidentifiedkiwi:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 08:27 GMT	10 points
	I knew what countries bands like AC/DC, Barenaked Ladies, etc were from and guessed the major cities. It paid off.

	nut:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 08:29 GMT	32 points
	i thought Men Without Hats were Australian but i must have confused them with Men At Work

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	Eliot:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 08:50 GMT	7 points
	Lots of fun. Typed "Houston" for ZZ Top to save time, but I was secretly wondering whether "Arlen, Texas" would be accepted. :-)

	Yojimbo28:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 08:54 GMT	12 points
	I went through nearly the whole Bundesliga for the Scorpions but didn't get the right answer. That had to be the only major German city I didn't guess. Oh well.

	OldHickory:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 08:59 GMT	25 points
	Nickelback sucks.

	Co_Flo:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 09:04 GMT	2 points
	@Yojimbo: I did the exact same thing, but when I got to Hanover, I spelled it the German way with two n's.

	tobinw:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 09:10 GMT	2 points
	Brilliant quiz! Hope to see many more of these.

	Guinevere:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 09:13 GMT	3 points
	@nut - I did the same thing! Though I realized my mistake before time ran out. Unfortunately, it didn't help, as I had no idea where Men without Hats were from.

	DanW:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 09:14 GMT	1 point
	great quiz weizen! although i may have had a little to do with it ;)

	xander:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 09:22 GMT	4 points
	Combining a geography quiz with a music quiz? I like :) Now it's time to listen to that Seattle band...

	mwelch13:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 09:26 GMT	3 points
	awesome quiz! Hope to see more like this it was fun

	Sneuticles:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 09:27 GMT	-2 points
	Hmmmm.... where do The Jonas Brothers hail from?

	marpocky:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 09:45 GMT	23 points
	@Sneuticles: Hell

	toocool:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:13 GMT	3 points
	@sneuticles Disneyland,more specifically Its a Small World Ride where they were forced to work like Stewie Griffin

	clavinfield:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:58 GMT	4 points
	My approach to this quiz was one-quarter knowledge, one-quarter educated guesses, and one-big-honking-half lucky guesses. I clued in about halfway that guessing the city venues from Rock Band yielded some correct answers!

	Freddie:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 12:14 GMT	-2 points
	If Sporcle were a purely British site, Oasis would no doubt be right behind the Beatles in second place as you must have your head buried underground to not know where they hail from.

	Welius Caesar:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 13:06 GMT	1 point
	Hanover, damn i knew the scorpions were german. Named all German cities.....except one. 16/20, not bat though imho

	LoveShack:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 13:11 GMT	-4 points
	got all but one of the British ones [Def Leppard]. 8/20 but not a single american one...

	UEAdam:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 14:30 GMT	0 points
	@Freddie - I agree. I was surprised that under 50% of people knew where they were from. A good quiz overall and one that challenged without being impossible.

	brownowl:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 15:30 GMT	0 points
	Managed to get 12 right through a lot of inspired guesswork! Though I did kick myself over a few that I missed (tried New York and San Francisco for several options apart from the correct ones). Great idea for a quiz though!

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	zigra:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 16:20 GMT	4 points
	I read "Men at Work" instead of "Men Without Hats" and spent way too long guessing every Australian town I could think of.

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	Tommy_C:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 17:36 GMT	3 points
	Smug middle-aged Canadians everywhere celebrate their knowledge of Men Without Hats, who previously had only been a source of embarassment.

	dav_uz:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 17:48 GMT	-2 points
	Got all except the two Canadian bands, the scorpions and ZZ Top. Must have tried about twenty german cities for Scorpions but missed Hanover! D'oh!

	Catherine_F:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 18:07 GMT	4 points
	@Musegal: Devon is not a city. I believe Muse are from the town of Teignmouth which has a population of about 15,000 and is not really likely to be remembered even by Muse fans.

	JohnJF:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 18:12 GMT	3 points
	@Jimmy: I would agree that some of the non-US ones are more significantly associated with their band (Beatles, Oasis), but how could you not even try playing the "Let's name big US cities for these bands" game.

	HudsonHawk:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 18:46 GMT	1 point
	I went through every German and English cities I could think of for the Scorps and Def Leppard, respectively, but came up empty. And I've seen both bands live, so had to smack myself in the head when the answers were revealed. Also, Brooklyn should be accepted for the Beasties...

	Unidentifiedkiwi:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 18:54 GMT	1 point
	But Brooklyn isn't its own city. And I recall at least one Beastie Boys song where Ad-Rock says "I'm from Manhattan."

	LONG DON DIEGO:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 19:13 GMT	-1 points
	I have also thought that ZZ top came out of ft. worth

	Smux:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 19:45 GMT	0 points
	obviously this quizmaker isn't from jersey, or he would have included bon jovi

	bean:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 20:46 GMT	3 points
	Great selection of bands here, for once.

	jaymc:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 21:00 GMT	0 points
	@Unidentifiedkiwi: You're right that Brooklyn isn't its own city. However "New York, New York, USA" usually means "Manhattan." "New York City" would be fine.

	Sparky:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 21:16 GMT	1 point
	Oh! How embarrassing. I didn't know Def Leppard came from Sheffield (my Uni city). Arctic Monkeys I would have got.