Q 01/05

Which band played the Lesser Free Trade Hall on 4 June 1976 to about forty people, igniting Manchester punk?

A) The Clash

B) The Stranglers

C) The Damned

D) Sex Pistols

Answer · why

D) Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols played to roughly forty people, among them Morrissey, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Mick Hucknall, and the NME later called it the mo...

Q 02/05

Which American singer made her UK debut at the Haçienda in January 1984, broadcast live on Channel 4's The Tube?

A) Madonna

B) Cyndi Lauper

C) Whitney Houston

D) Janet Jackson

Answer · why

A) Madonna

Madonna performed at the Haçienda on 27 January 1984 with resident DJ Greg Wilson mixing live, just as 'Holiday' was becoming her first UK hit.

Q 03/05

Which comedian played Factory boss Tony Wilson as an unreliable narrator in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People?

A) Paddy Considine

B) John Simm

C) Steve Coogan

D) Sean Harris

Answer · why

C) Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan's Tony Wilson narrates Manchester's story from 1976 to 1992 straight to camera in Michael Winterbottom's film, which follows Factory from...

Q 04/05

Who was called 'Judas' by a heckler at Manchester's Free Trade Hall in May 1966 for playing an electric set?

A) Neil Young

B) Paul Simon

C) Donovan

D) Bob Dylan

Answer · why

D) Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan replied 'I don't believe you, you're a liar' and told his band to play loud; the bootleg was mislabelled as a Royal Albert Hall show for nea...

Q 05/05

Which Oasis song did a crowd in St Ann's Square spontaneously sing after a minute's silence on 25 May 2017?

A) Live Forever

B) Don't Look Back in Anger

C) Champagne Supernova

D) Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Answer · why

B) Don't Look Back in Anger

'Don't Look Back in Anger' was the first Oasis single with Noel Gallagher on lead vocals, and it became the city's anthem after the Arena attack.