Q 01/05

Which band wrote Eye of the Tiger after Sylvester Stallone asked for a theme song for Rocky III?

A) Journey

B) Foreigner

C) Survivor

D) Boston

Answer · why

C) Survivor

Survivor got the job only because Queen refused to let Stallone use Another One Bites the Dust. The replacement spent six weeks at number one in Ameri...

Q 02/05

Which comedy sent Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody back up the charts with a lip-synced singalong in a car?

A) Wayne's World

B) Dumb and Dumber

C) Encino Man

D) Airheads

Answer · why

A) Wayne's World

Wayne's World almost used a Guns N' Roses song instead, until Mike Myers threatened to quit over it. The 1975 single then reached number two in Americ...

Q 03/05

Which actor supported his family as a carpenter before George Lucas cast him as Han Solo in Star Wars?

A) Kurt Russell

B) Christopher Walken

C) Nick Nolte

D) Harrison Ford

Answer · why

D) Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford was first hired only to read lines with actors auditioning for Star Wars, and George Lucas was won over. He had taught himself carpentry...

Q 04/05

Which actor won an Oscar for playing Freddie Mercury in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody?

A) Taron Egerton

B) Eddie Redmayne

C) Rami Malek

D) Ben Whishaw

Answer · why

C) Rami Malek

Rami Malek took the part after years of false starts: Sacha Baron Cohen was announced as the Queen singer back in 2010. The film won four Oscars, the ...

Q 05/05

Which actress sang Over the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz, a ballad the studio nearly cut as too slow?

A) Judy Garland

B) Deanna Durbin

C) Ginger Rogers

D) Betty Grable

Answer · why

A) Judy Garland

Judy Garland was 16 when she recorded it on an MGM soundstage in October 1938. The producer and director fought to keep the number, and it won the Osc...