Q 01/05

What is Calvin Harris's real name?

A) Adam Wiles

B) Mark Gillespie

C) Craig Hendry

D) Scott Rennie

Answer · why

A) Adam Wiles

Adam Wiles: he calls 'Calvin Harris' an alter ego for the stage and says he finds it horrible to be called Calvin by anyone who knows him.

Q 02/05

In which Scottish town was Calvin Harris born and raised?

A) Perth

B) Stirling

C) Inverness

D) Dumfries

Answer · why

D) Dumfries

Dumfries: after a failed spell away trying to break into the music business he moved back to his parents' house there and made his debut album in his ...

Q 03/05

Before his breakthrough, Calvin Harris spent a miserable spell trying to launch his career in which city?

A) Glasgow

B) London

C) Manchester

D) Berlin

Answer · why

B) London

London: he found so little work and money there that he gave up and went home to Scotland, which is where the songs that made his name were written.

Q 04/05

Under what alias did Calvin Harris release three EPs of house music in 2020?

A) Love Regenerator

B) Polygon Window

C) Mighty Dub Katz

D) Rising Star

Answer · why

A) Love Regenerator

Love Regenerator: he said the alias let him rediscover the way he first made music as a teenager, and he has since used it for club tracks kept apart ...

Q 05/05

In 2008 Calvin Harris claimed his unreleased second album was lost in the chaotic opening of which airport terminal?

A) Gatwick North Terminal

B) Heathrow Terminal 5

C) Madrid Barajas Terminal 4

D) Dubai Terminal 3

Answer · why

B) Heathrow Terminal 5

Heathrow Terminal 5: a year later he admitted the story was a lie, told to buy himself more time from his record label to finish the album.