Q 01/05

George Michael was born in East Finchley in 1963 under what name?

A) Georgios Michael Andreou

B) Yiorgos Kyriakou Papadopoulos

C) Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou

D) George Kyriacos Constantinou

Answer · why

C) Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou

His father Kyriacos 'Jack' was a Greek Cypriot restaurateur; his mother Lesley was an English dancer.

Q 02/05

At Bushey Meads School, where he met Andrew Ridgeley, George Michael went by which nickname?

A) Georgie

B) Panny

C) Kyri

D) Yog

Answer · why

D) Yog

The two shared an ambition to be musicians and first played together in a ska band called the Executive.

Q 03/05

Before Wham!, Michael and Ridgeley played in a short-lived band called the Executive in which genre?

A) Punk

B) Heavy metal

C) Ska

D) Folk

Answer · why

C) Ska

Their demo included a ska version of 'Für Elise' and 'Rude Boy', the first Michael-Ridgeley composition.

Q 04/05

Which Queen song did the teenage George Michael busk on the London Underground?

A) Bohemian Rhapsody

B) Somebody to Love

C) Killer Queen

D) '39

Answer · why

D) '39

He would sing it again with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992.

Q 05/05

Wham! signed their first record deal with which label after Ridgeley pestered its boss in a Bushey Heath pub?

A) Innervision

B) Stiff Records

C) Virgin

D) Rough Trade

Answer · why

A) Innervision

Mark Dean of Innervision was the man cornered at the Three Crowns.