Q 01/05

Bob Marley was born on 6 February of which year?

A) 1945

B) 1948

C) 1951

D) 1954

Answer · why

A) 1945

He was born on his grandfather's farm in the hill village of Nine Mile, where he is now buried in a mausoleum.

Q 02/05

What was Bob Marley's middle name?

A) Norval

B) Nesta

C) Nathaniel

D) Nelson

Answer · why

B) Nesta

Nesta. By an often-told account it came first on his birth papers, until a passport official swapped his two names around because Nesta sounded like a...

Q 03/05

Which Grammy-winning singer had five children with Bob Marley's son Rohan?

A) Erykah Badu

B) Lauryn Hill

C) Mary J. Blige

D) Alicia Keys

Answer · why

B) Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill. Her song 'To Zion' is about choosing to have their first child, and in 1999 she turned Bob Marley's 'Turn Your Lights Down Low' into a po...

Q 04/05

At age 12 Marley moved with his mother to which Kingston neighbourhood?

A) Tivoli Gardens

B) Half Way Tree

C) Trenchtown

D) Port Royal

Answer · why

C) Trenchtown

Trenchtown. Its crowded government yards, each shared by several families, raised so many ska and reggae singers that the district is known as the bir...

Q 05/05

Which Bob Marley song did Ajax supporters adopt as their anthem after hearing it at a 2008 friendly in Cardiff?

A) One Love

B) Three Little Birds

C) Get Up, Stand Up

D) Could You Be Loved

Answer · why

B) Three Little Birds

Three Little Birds. The stadium played it during the trip to Cardiff, the travelling Dutch fans sang along, and it has been the club's unofficial anth...