Q 01/05

In which Birmingham district did Black Sabbath form in 1968?

A) Digbeth

B) Edgbaston

C) Aston

D) Handsworth

Answer · why

C) Aston

All four grew up within a short walk of each other.

Q 02/05

What did the group call itself first, before Earth?

A) Polka Tulk

B) Mythology

C) Rare Breed

D) Henry's Blues

Answer · why

A) Polka Tulk

The name came either from a talcum powder brand or an Indian clothing shop; nobody is sure.

Q 03/05

Which band did Tony Iommi briefly leave Earth to join in December 1968?

A) Deep Purple

B) Fleetwood Mac

C) The Move

D) Jethro Tull

Answer · why

D) Jethro Tull

He appeared with them on The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus before returning within the month.

Q 04/05

The band took its name from a 1963 horror film starring whom?

A) Vincent Price

B) Boris Karloff

C) Christopher Lee

D) Peter Cushing

Answer · why

B) Boris Karloff

Mario Bava's film was playing in a cinema across from their rehearsal room.

Q 05/05

The song 'Black Sabbath' uses which musical interval, nicknamed 'the Devil's Interval'?

A) The minor third

B) The tritone

C) The perfect fifth

D) The major seventh

Answer · why

B) The tritone

Rob Halford has called the track 'probably the most evil song ever written'.