Q 01/05

Which Welsh star of the Kingsman films plays Elton John in Rocketman, doing all of his own singing?

A) Luke Evans

B) Taron Egerton

C) Nicholas Hoult

D) Colin Firth

Answer · why

B) Taron Egerton

Taron Egerton learned to play the piano for the role and sang live in every take during filming. Reviews of the film praised his performance in partic...

Q 02/05

Elton John bursts into a rehab meeting at the start of Rocketman dressed in a flamboyant costume of what?

A) A devil

B) A duck

C) A peacock

D) A harlequin

Answer · why

A) A devil

A devil's outfit is what he wears as he walks in, and the session frames the whole film: he tells his life story to the group in flashbacks.

Q 03/05

Rocketman's star had already belted out an Elton John hit as Johnny the gorilla in which animated film?

A) Trolls

B) Coco

C) Sing

D) Moana

Answer · why

C) Sing

Sing arrived in 2016, three years before the biopic, and a year after that he shared the screen with Elton himself in a Kingsman sequel.

Q 04/05

Rocketman's end-credits song brought Elton John a second Oscar; which Disney film had earned him the first?

A) Beauty and the Beast

B) Pocahontas

C) The Little Mermaid

D) The Lion King

Answer · why

D) The Lion King

The Lion King brought him that first statuette with lyricist Tim Rice, so the Rocketman win was his first Oscar shared with Bernie Taupin after more t...

Q 05/05

Which comeback anthem does a sober Elton write in Rocketman's finale, though it really came years earlier?

A) I'm Still Standing

B) Sad Songs (Say So Much)

C) Healing Hands

D) Little Jeannie

Answer · why

A) I'm Still Standing

I'm Still Standing was recorded in 1982 and released a year later, well before he entered rehab in 1990. The film moves it to give the story a triumph...