Q 01/05

What nickname was Ozzy Osbourne widely known by?

A) King of Pain

B) Lord of the Riff

C) Prince of Darkness

D) Duke of Doom

Answer · why

C) Prince of Darkness

Prince of Darkness. When religious groups branded him a devil worshipper, he folded the charge into his stage act instead of fighting it.

Q 02/05

Which English city did Osbourne grow up in?

A) Manchester

B) Birmingham

C) Sheffield

D) Liverpool

Answer · why

B) Birmingham

Birmingham. He grew up in a terraced house on Lodge Road, Aston, and after his death tens of thousands lined Broad Street as his cortege paused at the...

Q 03/05

What was Osbourne's real first name?

A) James

B) Michael

C) John

D) Oswald

Answer · why

C) John

John. Classmates at primary school turned his surname into Ozzy and it stuck for life; his father, a night-shift factory worker who was also John Osbo...

Q 04/05

Black Sabbath took its name from a 1963 horror film starring which actor?

A) Vincent Price

B) Christopher Lee

C) Boris Karloff

D) Peter Cushing

Answer · why

C) Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff. The band had noticed how much audiences enjoyed being frightened, and Osbourne later said scaring people was the only thing they set ou...

Q 05/05

Who replaced Osbourne as Black Sabbath's singer in 1979?

A) Ronnie James Dio

B) Ian Gillan

C) Glenn Hughes

D) Tony Martin

Answer · why

A) Ronnie James Dio

Ronnie James Dio. Not wanting to copy Osbourne's peace signs, he saluted crowds with a gesture he said his Italian grandmother used against the evil e...