Q 01/05

Which football club does Iron Maiden founder Steve Harris support, wearing its crest on his bass?

A) West Ham United

B) Tottenham Hotspur

C) Millwall

D) Arsenal

Answer · why

A) West Ham United

West Ham United coached the teenage Harris as a youth player before music won out, and in 2025 Iron Maiden headlined the club's London Stadium home.

Q 02/05

In which part of London, home to founder Steve Harris, was Iron Maiden formed in 1975?

A) North London

B) South London

C) East London

D) West London

Answer · why

C) East London

East London: the Cart and Horses pub in Stratford, where the band played some of its earliest gigs in 1976, now trades as "the birthplace of Iron Maid...

Q 03/05

Which old film did Steve Harris say gave him the idea for the name Iron Maiden?

A) The Iron Mistress

B) The Iron Petticoat

C) The Man in the Iron Mask

D) The Iron Horse

Answer · why

C) The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask, an old film of the Dumas novel, put Harris in mind of the iron maiden, a spiked torture cabinet, and the band had its name.

Q 04/05

Whose wartime speech introduces "Aces High" on Iron Maiden's live album Live After Death?

A) Winston Churchill

B) King George VI

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

D) Field Marshal Montgomery

Answer · why

A) Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech of 1940 sets the scene, because the song is told by an RAF pilot scrambling to fight in the...

Q 05/05

Who has been Iron Maiden's lead singer on most of its albums since 1982?

A) Rob Halford

B) Biff Byford

C) Bruce Dickinson

D) Ian Gillan

Answer · why

C) Bruce Dickinson

Bruce Dickinson was still fronting rivals Samson when Maiden's manager cornered him backstage at the 1981 Reading Festival; he quit in 1993 and came b...