Q 01/05

Which physicist did the Liverpool band Anathema appear on stage with at the Starmus science festival?

A) Murray Gell-Mann

B) Stephen Hawking

C) Edward Witten

D) Michio Kaku

Answer · why

B) Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was the honouree of the 2016 Starmus festival in the Canary Islands, where Anathema played. The band had begun in 1990 as a doom metal...

Q 02/05

Which superhero film gave Evanescence its break by featuring 'Bring Me to Life' in a scene and on the soundtrack?

A) Elektra

B) The Punisher

C) Catwoman

D) Daredevil

Answer · why

D) Daredevil

Daredevil sent listeners to radio stations asking for the song, forcing programmers who had rejected it to think again. It went on to win a Grammy for...

Q 03/05

Which Grammy category did Evanescence win in 2004 as beaten nominee 50 Cent wandered onto the stage?

A) Best New Artist

B) Album of the Year

C) Record of the Year

D) Song of the Year

Answer · why

A) Best New Artist

Best New Artist went to Evanescence over 50 Cent, who walked up during the presentation. The band had five nominations that night, with Album of the Y...

Q 04/05

Which singer co-founded Evanescence after meeting guitarist Ben Moody at a Christian youth camp in Little Rock?

A) Lzzy Hale

B) Lacey Sturm

C) Amy Lee

D) Maria Brink

Answer · why

C) Amy Lee

Amy Lee was 13 and playing piano at the camp when the pair met. They began by performing acoustic sets in the city's book stores and coffee houses.

Q 05/05

Which 1960s band's nickname is parodied by 'the Drab Four', the label pinned on gloomy Type O Negative?

A) The Monkees

B) The Beatles

C) The Four Tops

D) The Four Seasons

Answer · why

B) The Beatles

The Beatles were the Fab Four, so a band singing about death, depression and addiction became the Drab Four. Type O Negative even recorded a medley of...