Q 01/05

Which piece of equipment, nicknamed Dédé, completed Bérurier Noir's original line-up of a singer and a guitarist?

A) A synthesizer

B) A drum machine

C) A tape recorder

D) A megaphone

Answer · why

B) A drum machine

A drum machine, an Electro-Harmonix DRM-16, kept the beat because the band never had a drummer, an idea borrowed from earlier Paris punks.

Q 02/05

The name Bérurier comes from a police inspector in the San-Antonio novels of which French crime writer?

A) Georges Simenon

B) Léo Malet

C) Frédéric Dard

D) Maurice Leblanc

Answer · why

C) Frédéric Dard

Frédéric Dard made Inspector Bérurier the best friend of Commissaire San-Antonio and gave him several novels of his own.

Q 03/05

Which Bérurier Noir song gained a chanted live refrain against the National Front that became a French protest slogan?

A) Porcherie

B) Lobotomie

C) Camouflage

D) Captain Kirk

Answer · why

A) Porcherie

Porcherie only carries the chant in concert versions, from 1988 onward; the 1985 studio recording does not have it.

Q 04/05

Helno, a backing singer and stage joker in Bérurier Noir, went on to front which French band, formed in 1987?

A) Les Innocents

B) Les Rita Mitsouko

C) Les Tambours du Bronx

D) Les Négresses Vertes

Answer · why

D) Les Négresses Vertes

Les Négresses Vertes took Helno to stages from England to Tokyo, and his stage name is his first name, Noël, said backwards.

Q 05/05

Which Stanley Kubrick film, a touchstone for Bérurier Noir, is honoured by a song on the band's 1989 studio album?

A) Full Metal Jacket

B) A Clockwork Orange

C) Dr. Strangelove

D) 2001: A Space Odyssey

Answer · why

B) A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange inspired the track Clockwork Béru, which appears only on the CD and cassette editions of the album.