- 1. What is the name of the Brainstorm album released in 2025?
A) Pagalmi
B) Pūķa Lietošanas Instrukcija
C) Gads bez kalendāra
D) Vēl viena klusā daba
- 2. Who was the bassist for Brainstorm from 1989 until his death in 2004?
A) Māris Mihelsons
B) Gundars Mauševics
C) Renārs Kaupers
D) Jānis Jubalts
- 3. Which instrument does Māris Mihelsons play in the band?
A) Keyboard and accordion
B) Bass guitar
C) Trumpet
D) Drums and percussion
- 4. In which city did Brainstorm perform at the Sziget festival?
A) Moscow
B) Kyiv
C) Budapest
D) Pärnu
- 5. Which international album did the band release in 2000?
A) Online
B) Lonesome Moon
C) Four Shores
D) Among the Suns
- 6. What is the English name of the 2018 Latvian album 'Par to zēnu, kas sit skārda bungas'?
A) Wonderful Day
B) Another Still Life
C) About the Boy Who Plays the Tin Drum
D) Years and Seconds
- 7. In which country did the band perform at the Rock For People festival?
A) Hungary
B) Spain
C) Czech Republic
D) Estonia
- 8. Which single reached number 1 in Poland in 2001?
A) Weekends Are Not My Happy Days
B) Vyhodnye
C) My Star
D) Maybe
- 9. In what year did Renārs Kaupers start his involvement with the band?
A) 1994
B) 2000
C) 1993
D) 1989
- 10. Which festival did the band perform at in Los Angeles?
A) Nashestvie
B) Glastonbury
C) Atlas Weekend
D) Culture Collide Festival
- 11. Which album was released in Russian in 2009?
A) Шаг
B) Чайки На Крышах
C) Год без календаря
D) Wonderful Day
- 12. What is the highest chart position 'My Star' reached in Belgium?
A) 13
B) 42
C) 22
D) 8
- 13. What is the primary instrument of Kaspars Roga?
A) Drums
B) Guitar
C) Bass guitar
D) Keyboard
- 14. Where is the Nashestvie festival held?
A) Moscow, Russia
B) Chelyabinsk, Russia
C) Tver Oblast, Russia
D) Pärnu, Estonia
- 15. Which Latvian album was released in 2023?
A) Pūķa Lietošanas Instrukcija
B) Pagalmi
C) Vēl viena klusā daba
D) Gads bez kalendāra
- 16. In what year did Brainstorm become the first band from the Baltic region to perform at the Glastonbury Festival?
A) 2014
B) 2015
C) 2016
D) 2013
- 17. Who produced Brainstorm's 2015 album?
A) Hansa Studio
B) Nashe Radio
C) Alex Silva
D) Zelta Mikrofons
- 18. In which city did Alex Silva work on Brainstorm's new compositions?
A) Riga
B) Liepāja
C) Moscow
D) Berlin
- 19. What was the name of the first single released on 10 February 2015?
A) Epoha
B) Ziemu apēst
C) Little Raindrops
D) 7 Steps of Fresh Air
- 20. Which festival did Brainstorm draw condemnation for headlining in 2015?
A) VK Fest
B) Nashestvie
C) Bosco Fresh Fest
D) A-Fest
- 21. What award did the song 'Ziemu apēst' receive at the 'Muzikālā Banka' ceremony in 2016?
A) Leaders of the Chart
B) Best sound engineer
C) Most valuable song of 2015
D) Alfa song of the year
- 22. How many shows did Brainstorm play in the United Kingdom during their 2016 spring tour?
A) 5
B) 7
C) 1
D) 2
- 23. For which song did Brainstorm receive an award from 'Nashe Radio' in 2016?
A) Little Raindrops
B) Epoha
C) Ziemu apēst
D) 7 soļi svaiga gaisa
- 24. What is the English version of the song 'Ziemu apēst' called?
A) Between shores
B) Epoha
C) 7 Steps of Fresh Air
D) Little Raindrops
- 25. How many total 'Golden Microphone' awards had the band received by 2016?
A) 5
B) 28
C) 31
D) 7
- 26. Where was the 20 August 2016 concert held?
A) Stadium Daugava, Liepāja
B) Riga
C) Hansa Studio, Berlin
D) Moscow
- 27. Approximately how many people attended the Liepāja concert in 2016?
A) Exactly 10 000
B) More than 28 000
C) Less than 5 000
D) Almost 50 000
- 28. What award did the documentary 'Brainstorm: Between shores' win at the 'Lielais Kristaps' ceremony?
A) Best documentary
B) Best cinematography
C) Best song
D) Best sound engineer
- 29. How many categories was Brainstorm nominated for at the 2012 Annual Latvian Music Recording Awards?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Six
D) Four
- 30. How many awards did Brainstorm win at the 2012 Annual Latvian Music Recording Awards?
A) Two
B) One
C) Three
D) Four
- 31. In which city was the album Another Still Life recorded?
A) Hudson
B) Oxford
C) Riga
D) London
- 32. Where is Hudson, the town where Another Still Life was recorded, located?
A) Oxfordshire
B) Latvia
C) New York’s Hudson Valley
D) Russia
- 33. Where did the mixing for the album Another Still Life take place?
A) Moscow, Russia
B) Riga, Latvia
C) Hudson, New York
D) Oxford, England
- 34. The mixing studio for Another Still Life was located beneath the office of which band?
A) Coldplay
B) Radiohead
C) The Beatles
D) Brainstorm
- 35. What is the source of the lyrics for the title track of Another Still Life?
A) Traditional Latvian folk poems
B) Rearranged painting titles
C) Original prose written in Hudson
D) Band members' childhood diaries
- 36. What was the total audience size for Brainstorm's Latvian tour following the album release?
A) 100,000
B) 50,000
C) 89,500
D) 2,000,000
- 37. How many concerts were held during the Latvian tour in 2012?
A) Twelve
B) Four
C) Ten
D) Seven
- 38. In which country did Brainstorm perform at the Sziget festival?
A) Latvia
B) Czech Republic
C) Hungary
D) Singapore
- 39. Which festival did Brainstorm perform at in Singapore?
A) The Great Escape
B) Rock for People
C) Culture Collide
D) Music Matters
- 40. Which festival did Brainstorm perform at in Spain?
A) Red Rocks
B) Krilya
C) Live Sessions Day
D) Watergate
- 41. What is the population of Latvia mentioned as a comparison to the tour attendance?
A) One million
B) 89,500
C) Two million
D) Five million
- 42. In which year was the album Online released?
A) 2001
B) 2003
C) 2006
D) 2005
- 43. Where was the music video for the track "Maybe" shot?
A) Prague
B) Latvia
C) Finland
D) Germany
- 44. Where was the video for the single "Waterfall" shot?
A) Finland
B) Prague
C) Russia
D) Denmark
- 45. The track "Spogulīt, spogulīt" contains lines from a fairytale by which authors?
A) The band members
B) Alex Silva
C) Hans Christian Andersen
D) Brothers Grimm
- 46. In what year was the album A Day Before Tomorrow released?
A) 2003
B) 2005
C) 2004
D) 2001
- 47. Who produced the majority of the album A Day Before Tomorrow?
A) Steve Lyon
B) Alex Silva
C) Ingars Viļums
D) The Rolling Stones
- 48. Which band did Brainstorm support in Prague in 2003?
A) Bi-2
B) Beirut
C) MTV Europe
D) The Rolling Stones
- 49. What gift did Brainstorm present to Mick Jagger for his birthday?
A) A guitar
B) An album
C) A portrait
D) A saxophone
- 50. What was the nickname of the bassist Gundars Mauševics?
A) Bi-2
B) Prague
C) Tims
D) Mumiņš
- 51. With which Belarusian band did Brainstorm record "Skol'zkie Ulitsy"?
A) Beirut
B) MTV
C) Bi-2
D) The Rolling Stones
- 52. In which year did Brainstorm release the album Četri krasti?
A) 2003
B) 2006
C) 2004
D) 2005
- 53. Who participated in the recording of Četri krasti as a fifth member?
A) Gundars Mauševics
B) Alex Silva
C) Ingars Viļums
D) Steve Lyon
- 54. Which band is Brainstorm compared to that contributes to their UK popularity?
A) Bi-2
B) Beirut
C) The Rolling Stones
D) The Brothers Grimm
- 55. What is the international name of the Latvian band Prāta Vētra?
A) Jelgava Boys
B) Windstorm
C) Thunderstorm
D) Brainstorm
- 56. Where was the band Brainstorm formed?
A) Jelgava
B) Berlin
C) Stockholm
D) Riga
- 57. Which band influenced Brainstorm in their early years?
A) Metallica
B) The Beatles
C) Depeche Mode
D) Queen
- 58. What was the name of Brainstorm's first single released in 1992?
A) My Star
B) Lidmašīnas
C) Ziema
D) Jo tu nāc
- 59. What was the title of Brainstorm's first album?
A) Veronika
B) Among the Suns
C) Starp divām saulēm
D) Vairāk nekā skaļi
- 60. Which song was the main single from the album Vairāk nekā skaļi?
A) Ziema
B) Dārznieks
C) Lec
D) Apelsīns
- 61. What was the name of the maxi-single released in 1994?
A) Vietu nav
B) Lidmašīnas
C) My Star
D) Try
- 62. Which song became the song of the year on Radio Super FM in 1995?
A) Lidmašīnas
B) Tavas mājas manā azotē
C) Ziema
D) My Star
- 63. Which album was released after the band returned to mainstream music?
A) Vairāk nekā skaļi
B) Veronika
C) Starp divām saulēm
D) Viss ir tieši tā kā tu vēlies
- 64. How many weeks did 'Tavas mājas manā azotē' top the Latvian Airplay charts in 1996?
A) 12 weeks
B) 5 weeks
C) 3 weeks
D) 9 weeks
- 65. Which record company did Brainstorm sign with in 1997?
A) Universal Music
B) Microphone Records
C) EMI
D) Sony Music
- 66. What status did the 1997 album 'Viss ir tieši tā kā tu vēlies' attain?
A) Platinum
B) Diamond
C) Gold
D) Silver
- 67. Who produced Brainstorm's first international single, 'Under my wing'?
A) Kaspars Roga
B) Volker Hinkel
C) Māris Mihelsons
D) Renārs Kaupers
- 68. In which country was the band awarded the Grand Prix prize at a music festival?
A) Sweden
B) Germany
C) United Kingdom
D) Latvia
- 69. What place did Brainstorm achieve in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000?
A) Fourth
B) First
C) Third
D) Second
- 70. What was the name of the song performed by Brainstorm at the 2000 Eurovision?
A) Lec
B) My Star
C) Try
D) Under my wing
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