Q 01/05

Each stage at the Defqon.1 hardstyle festival is named after a colour; which colour is the main open-air stage?

A) Blue

B) Red

C) Yellow

D) Green

Answer · why

B) Red

Red hosts the headliners and the firework-and-laser endshows that close Saturday and Sunday. The Blue stage, by contrast, is the main indoor one.

Q 02/05

The hardstyle DJ Ran-D first played his crossover cover of Zombie in 2016; which Irish band recorded the original?

A) The Boomtown Rats

B) The Corrs

C) The Cranberries

D) The Pogues

Answer · why

C) The Cranberries

The Cranberries' song became many listeners' first taste of hardstyle after mainstream DJs such as Armin van Buuren and Hardwell picked up Ran-D's ver...

Q 03/05

The Dutch promoter Q-dance works a Q into most of its event names, and says the letter stands for what?

A) Quality

B) Quantum

C) Quickening

D) Quest

Answer · why

A) Quality

Quality is the claim, and the Q replaces a C or K in event names such as Qapital, Qountdown and The Qontinent.

Q 04/05

Which German rave band took jumpstyle, a close relative of hardstyle, to number one on the UK Albums Chart?

A) Cascada

B) Real McCoy

C) Blümchen

D) Scooter

Answer · why

D) Scooter

Scooter's album Jumping All Over the World topped the UK chart at the commercial peak of jumpstyle, a style whose leg-kicking dance is known as jumpen...

Q 05/05

Defqon.1 ran an Australian edition from 2009 to 2018 at an international regatta centre in which city?

A) Melbourne

B) Brisbane

C) Sydney

D) Perth

Answer · why

C) Sydney

Sydney hosted the festival for a decade before the New South Wales premier vowed to stop it returning after two deaths at the 2018 edition.