Tré Cool

So we've got Minnie Mouse, Mighty Mouse, and door mouse.

Question number one, musician Tré Cool is best known for playing drums with what rock trio that formed in the Bay Area in 1987? Question number two, what is the alliterative nickname of the London cultural landmark that was renamed to Elizabeth Tower, marking the diamond jubilee of the Queen's reign in 2012? Question number three, what animal represents the zodiac sign Cancer? Question number four, what was the four-letter title to the 2021 debut album released by Olivia Rodrigo that included the hits Good 4 U, Deja Vu, and Driver's License? Question number five, what Will Smith action film shares a title with a 1987 reggae pop hit that was used as the theme song to the TV show Cops? Question number six, voiced by Cameron Diaz, what is the character's name who is a royal ogress and love interest of Shrek? Question number seven, launched in 1998, what film and TV review aggregation website certifies films and series as fresh when at least 60% of reviews are positive? Question number eight, what word can be paired with the first word of the answers for questions one through seven? We'll give you a few seconds of music to wrap things up before we move on to the answers.

[relaxing music] Here are the answers for round one, WAG.

Question number one, musician Tré Cool is best known for playing drums with Green Day.

He was born in Germany.

Did you know that?

it was, it was, it was, it was pretty neat.

Yeah, we also had Tré Cool come in from, from Green Day, and he signed a rubber ducky that was, like, a rock and roll one.

So it was pretty fun.

How cool is that?

Wow.

That is super-

And Tré Cool ca- and so, and Tré Cool came in, too, so it was pretty neat.

Yeah, it was pretty neat.

After the tour in support of that album, their drummer left to attend college.

The drummer from another Bay Area punk band, known as Tré Cool, joined Green Day.

After another album, Kerplunk, followed in 1991, 39/Smooth and Kerplunk sold quite well for a genre-specific indie label, so the majors started circling.

For those who weren't a certain age in the late '80s, early '90s, it bears mentioning that there was a push among the big media companies, primarily record labels and film studios and distributors, to capitalize on the burgeoning indie scene.

You and me had such wonderful times

After FOD, there's an unlisted track, a bit of a Her Majesty situation, although it is apparently listed on some versions of the album.

It's called All By Myself, with lyrics by Tré Cool, who also sings it.

It's about masturbation.

And, you know, it'd be like if, uh, Billie Joe kicked the other guys out of Green Day.

It'd be weird to see a Green Day playing with just him and not Ma- uh, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool.

I agree.

Hopefully Alkaline Trio picked up a bunch of fucking fans that way too.