Q 01/05

Who plays Freddie Mercury in the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody?

A) Rami Malek

B) Taron Egerton

C) Austin Butler

D) Eddie Redmayne

Answer · why

A) Rami Malek

Rami Malek won the Best Actor Oscar for the part, played in false teeth that copied Mercury's overbite; he spent hours each day studying footage of th...

Q 02/05

What is Freddie Mercury's birth name, which he drops early in the film Bohemian Rhapsody?

A) Georgios Panayiotou

B) Farrokh Bulsara

C) Steven Georgiou

D) Reginald Dwight

Answer · why

B) Farrokh Bulsara

Farrokh Bulsara took his new name in two steps: he was already calling himself Freddie at boarding school in India, and legally became Mercury around ...

Q 03/05

What is Freddie's job at the start of the story in the film Bohemian Rhapsody?

A) Market stallholder in Kensington

B) Baggage handler at Heathrow

C) Roadie for a pub band

D) Record shop clerk in Soho

Answer · why

B) Baggage handler at Heathrow

Baggage handler at Heathrow is true to life, since Mercury really did work there, though the film skips the clothes stall he ran at Kensington Market ...

Q 04/05

In the film Bohemian Rhapsody, what is the name of the band Freddie joins before it becomes Queen?

A) Humpy Bong

B) Wreckage

C) Ibex

D) Smile

Answer · why

D) Smile

Smile loses its singer on the very night Freddie turns up, and he talks his way in; in reality he had been friends with the band since 1969 and knew t...

Q 05/05

Where does Mary Austin work when Freddie meets her in the film Bohemian Rhapsody?

A) Harrods

B) A Kensington Market stall

C) The Marquee Club

D) The boutique Biba

Answer · why

D) The boutique Biba

The boutique Biba really was Mary Austin's workplace, but it was Brian May who dated her first; he recalls Freddie asking whether he was serious about...