Q 01/05

Arctic Monkeys formed in which English city?

A) Sheffield

B) Manchester

C) Leeds

D) Liverpool

Answer · why

A) Sheffield

Sheffield. When the band came home for two park shows in 2023, the 74,000 fans who turned up were reckoned to have brought the city more than £4 milli...

Q 02/05

Alex Turner wrote the soundtrack songs for which 2010 coming-of-age film, directed by his friend Richard Ayoade?

A) Four Lions

B) Submarine

C) Attack the Block

D) The Double

Answer · why

B) Submarine

Submarine. Turner said he didn't feel qualified to score a film but made an exception for Ayoade, who had directed several of the band's videos.

Q 03/05

Who is Arctic Monkeys' drummer?

A) Jamie Cook

B) Pete Thomas

C) Matt Helders

D) James Ford

Answer · why

C) Matt Helders

Matt Helders. He never set out to drum: the others already had guitars when the friends formed the band, so he bought a kit because it was "the only t...

Q 04/05

Which Arctic Monkeys guitarist was Turner's neighbour?

A) Jamie Cook

B) Miles Kane

C) Bill Ryder-Jones

D) Tom Rowley

Answer · why

A) Jamie Cook

Jamie Cook. He and Alex Turner each got a guitar for Christmas in 2001, and the two presents became a band the following summer, with Turner agreeing ...

Q 05/05

Which co-founder left Arctic Monkeys in 2006, shortly after the debut album?

A) Andy Nicholson

B) Jamie Cook

C) Nick O'Malley

D) Matt Helders

Answer · why

A) Andy Nicholson

Andy Nicholson. He sat out a North American tour with fatigue, his stand-in stayed for good, and he later called being told he was out "soul destroyin...