Q 01/05

Whose death in September 1980 led Led Zeppelin to disband?

A) John Bonham

B) John Paul Jones

C) Peter Grant

D) Jimmy Page

Answer · why

A) John Bonham

John Bonham died at Jimmy Page's house after a day of heavy drinking, while Led Zeppelin were preparing for an American tour.

Q 02/05

Malcolm and Angus Young took the name AC/DC from a label their sister Margaret spotted on what?

A) A car battery

B) A sewing machine

C) A hair dryer

D) A guitar amplifier

Answer · why

B) A sewing machine

A sewing machine belonging to their sister Margaret carried the AC/DC mark, and Margaret also suggested Angus's schoolboy stage outfit.

Q 03/05

'Smoke on the Water' describes a 1971 fire at the Montreux Casino during a concert by which artist?

A) Pink Floyd

B) Jethro Tull

C) Frank Zappa

D) Grand Funk Railroad

Answer · why

C) Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were on stage when a fan fired a flare gun into the ceiling, and the fire destroyed the casino and all of the...

Q 04/05

Van Halen's touring contract famously demanded a bowl of M&M's backstage with which colour removed?

A) Red

B) Green

C) Yellow

D) Brown

Answer · why

D) Brown

The clause was a canary in the coal mine: if the brown ones were there, the crew knew the venue had not read the technical rider properly.

Q 05/05

Which 1987 album is the best-selling debut album of all time in the United States?

A) Appetite for Destruction

B) Boston

C) Hybrid Theory

D) Led Zeppelin

Answer · why

A) Appetite for Destruction

Appetite for Destruction, Guns N' Roses' 1987 debut, is certified 18-times platinum by the RIAA, more than any other debut album in US history.