Q 01/05

Madness formed in 1976 in which part of north-west London?

A) Kilburn

B) Islington

C) Camden Town

D) Hackney

Answer · why

C) Camden Town

They were regulars at the Dublin Castle pub there, and in 2020 got a stone on the Camden Music Walk of Fame.

Q 02/05

Madness took their name from a song by which Jamaican ska artist, honoured in their first single?

A) Prince Buster

B) Desmond Dekker

C) Toots Hibbert

D) Laurel Aitken

Answer · why

A) Prince Buster

The debut single 'The Prince' was a tribute to him, and 'One Step Beyond' was a cover of one of his B-sides.

Q 03/05

Prior to settling on Madness, the band briefly went by which name?

A) The Nutty Boys

B) The Camden Invaders

C) The Two Tones

D) Morris and the Minors

Answer · why

D) Morris and the Minors

They had started out in 1976 as the North London Invaders.

Q 04/05

Suggs was once thrown out of the band for too often preferring to do what instead of rehearsing?

A) Go to the pub

B) Watch Chelsea

C) Play snooker

D) See his girlfriend

Answer · why

B) Watch Chelsea

Keyboardist Mike Barson kicked him out; he was let back in by 1978 after filling in temporarily on vocals.

Q 05/05

What is Suggs's real name?

A) Cathal Smyth

B) Graham McPherson

C) Daniel Woodgate

D) Lee Thompson

Answer · why

B) Graham McPherson

He was born in Hastings in 1961 to a Scottish father and a Welsh jazz-singer mother.