Q 01/05

Whose studio voice sang the deep male parts that Bobby Farrell mimed on Boney M.'s biggest hits?

A) Giorgio Moroder

B) Frank Farian

C) Dieter Bohlen

D) Barry White

Answer · why

B) Frank Farian

Frank Farian, the producer who invented Boney M., recorded the male vocals himself and hired Farrell to dance and mime them on stage and television.

Q 02/05

Boney M.'s producer borrowed the group's name from a TV detective series made in which country?

A) Britain

B) New Zealand

C) Australia

D) Canada

Answer · why

C) Australia

Australia produced Boney, an outback detective series of the early 1970s, and the producer liked the sound of the title when he caught its closing cre...

Q 03/05

On the intro of Boney M.'s "Daddy Cool", the producer tapped a rhythm on his own teeth with what?

A) A spoon

B) A coin

C) A drumstick

D) A pencil

Answer · why

D) A pencil

A pencil clicked against his teeth gave the record its odd ticking opening, a percussion gimmick the group reused on "Ma Baker" a year later.

Q 04/05

Bobby Farrell of Boney M. died in which Russian city, on the anniversary of Rasputin's death there?

A) St Petersburg

B) Nizhny Novgorod

C) Yekaterinburg

D) Novosibirsk

Answer · why

A) St Petersburg

St Petersburg is where Farrell was found in his hotel room on 30 December 2010, the morning after a show and 94 years to the day after the mystic's mu...

Q 05/05

The viral TikTok routine set to Boney M.'s "Rasputin" was copied from which video game series?

A) Dance Central

B) Just Dance

C) Guitar Hero

D) Rock Band

Answer · why

B) Just Dance

Just Dance 2 gave the song its high-kicking routine in 2010, and when users copied it on TikTok in early 2021 a single from 1978 went viral.