Q 01/05

Banksy started out in 1990-94 as a freehand graffiti artist in which Bristol collective?

A) DryBreadZ (DBZ)

B) The Wild Bunch

C) Massive Attack

D) The Stokes Croft Boys

Answer · why

A) DryBreadZ (DBZ)

His crewmates were known as Kato and Tes; the wider Bristol scene included Nick Walker, Inkie and 3D.

Q 02/05

Banksy says he took up stencilling after seeing a stencilled serial number while hiding where?

A) In a railway signal box

B) Behind a billboard

C) Under a rubbish lorry

D) In a skip

Answer · why

C) Under a rubbish lorry

Stencils were faster; he had kept getting caught before finishing freehand pieces.

Q 03/05

Banksy's first known large mural, The Mild Mild West (1997), shows a teddy bear doing what?

A) Spraying a police car

B) Lobbing a Molotov cocktail at riot police

C) Sleeping under a Union Jack

D) Holding a 'Free Hugs' sign

Answer · why

B) Lobbing a Molotov cocktail at riot police

It covered advertising on a former solicitors' office in Bristol.

Q 04/05

In the 1990s Banksy played in goal for which Bristol football team, touring Mexico with them in 2001?

A) The Stokes Croft Rovers

B) Bristol Bohemians

C) The Montpelier Rebels

D) The Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls

Answer · why

D) The Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls

His stencils' regular cast includes rats, apes, policemen, soldiers, children and the elderly.

Q 05/05

Banksy's first Los Angeles show in 2002 was called what?

A) Barely Legal

B) Turf War

C) Cut It Out

D) Existencilism

Answer · why

D) Existencilism

It ran at the tiny 33⅓ Gallery in Silver Lake and was billed as 'an Exhibition of Art, Lies and Deviousness'.