Q 01/05

Which compilation series took its name from an old Danish bacon poster featuring a pig?

A) The Hits Album Volume 1

B) Now That's What I Call Music!

C) Smash Hits Party Album

D) Top of the Pops Collection

Answer · why

B) Now That's What I Call Music!

Now That's What I Call Music! got its name from a Danish Bacon poster Richard Branson found in a London shop and gave to Virgin's Simon Draper.

Q 02/05

Which rap-metal band's 1992 single beat X Factor winner Joe McElderry to the 2009 Christmas number one?

A) Rage Against the Machine

B) Red Hot Chili Peppers

C) Nine Inch Nails

D) System of a Down

Answer · why

A) Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine's 'Killing in the Name' got there through an online campaign, and the band thanked fans with a free London concert.

Q 03/05

Whose 16 simultaneous top-20 entries in March 2017 pushed the UK chart to cap each artist at three songs?

A) Drake

B) Ed Sheeran

C) Lewis Capaldi

D) Stormzy

Answer · why

B) Ed Sheeran

After Ed Sheeran's run, the July 2017 revamp that brought the cap also halved the streaming weight of older, fading songs, so they dropped out faster ...

Q 04/05

Which Welsh singer is the only artist to have performed more than one official James Bond theme?

A) Shirley Bassey

B) Bonnie Tyler

C) Katherine Jenkins

D) Cerys Matthews

Answer · why

A) Shirley Bassey

Shirley Bassey also recorded 'Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' for Thunderball, but the producers wanted the film's title in the theme, so Tom Jones got the jo...

Q 05/05

Which pink, yellow-spotted Noel's House Party character had a UK Christmas number one in 1993?

A) Roland Rat

B) Zippy

C) Mr Blobby

D) Gordon the Gopher

Answer · why

C) Mr Blobby

Mr Blobby was knocked off the top after a week, then made a surprise return to number one on Christmas Day.