Q 01/05

Queen guitarist Brian May completed a PhD in which science in 2007, having started the research back in 1971?

A) Meteorology

B) Astrophysics

C) Marine biology

D) Biochemistry

Answer · why

B) Astrophysics

Astrophysics had to wait while Queen conquered the charts. His famous guitar, the Red Special, was built at home with wood from an 18th-century firepl...

Q 02/05

Who voices Brian Griffin, the martini-loving talking dog in Family Guy, using his own normal speaking voice?

A) Seth MacFarlane

B) Trey Parker

C) Dan Castellaneta

D) Mike Judge

Answer · why

A) Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane created Family Guy and also voices Peter, Stewie and Quagmire, but Brian is the only one he plays in his everyday voice.

Q 03/05

Which rock star founded HandMade Films to pay for Monty Python's Life of Brian after EMI pulled out?

A) David Gilmour

B) Freddie Mercury

C) George Harrison

D) Elton John

Answer · why

C) George Harrison

George Harrison, the former Beatle, put up the money simply because he wanted to see the film, and he turns up in it briefly as Mr Papadopoulos.

Q 04/05

Brian Wilson produced, arranged and mostly composed which landmark 1966 Beach Boys album, with lyricist Tony Asher?

A) Surf's Up

B) Smiley Smile

C) Wild Honey

D) Pet Sounds

Answer · why

D) Pet Sounds

Pet Sounds was made after he withdrew from touring, following a breakdown in late 1964, so that he could concentrate on writing and recording.

Q 05/05

Which name is shared by the actor who played Logan Roy in Succession and a physicist who presents BBC science series?

A) Brian Blessed

B) Brian Cox

C) Brian Keith

D) Brian Bedford

Answer · why

B) Brian Cox

Brian Cox the actor was the screen's first Hannibal Lecter, in Manhunter. Brian Cox the physicist played keyboards for the pop group D:Ream before tur...