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

He adopted the title and absorbed the accusations of Satanism into his stage persona rather than fight them.

Q 02/05

Which English city did Osbourne grow up in?

A) Manchester

B) Birmingham

C) Sheffield

D) Liverpool

Answer · why

B) Birmingham

The family home was 14 Lodge Road in Aston; his 2025 funeral cortege passed the house on its way through the city.

Q 03/05

What was Osbourne's real first name?

A) James

B) Michael

C) John

D) Oswald

Answer · why

C) John

Born John Michael Osbourne, he picked up the nickname Ozzy as a child.

Q 04/05

In what year did Black Sabbath fire Osbourne?

A) 1979

B) 1980

C) 1982

D) 1984

Answer · why

A) 1979

Tony Iommi insisted on it, with Butler and Ward's support; the official reason was unreliability and substance abuse.

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

Dio came from Rainbow; his first Sabbath album was Heaven & Hell, later the name of a touring band with Iommi.