Q 01/05

In which Kent town did Jagger and Richards grow up and reconnect at the station in 1961?

A) Maidstone

B) Dartford

C) Gravesend

D) Rochester

Answer · why

B) Dartford

Dartford railway station, 17 October 1961: Jagger was carrying Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, which told Richards they shared an obsession with...

Q 02/05

Which multi-instrumentalist founded the band in 1962 and named it off a Muddy Waters LP?

A) Mick Jagger

B) Brian Jones

C) Ian Stewart

D) Andrew Loog Oldham

Answer · why

B) Brian Jones

Brian Jones named the band in 1962 while looking at a Muddy Waters LP that included the track 'Rollin' Stone'; he led the group in its early years.

Q 03/05

At which London venue did 'the Rollin' Stones' play their first show on 12 July 1962?

A) The Cavern

B) The Marquee Club

C) The 100 Club

D) Eel Pie Island

Answer · why

B) The Marquee Club

The Marquee Club, then on Oxford Street, hosted the first gig billed as 'the Rollin' Stones' on 12 July 1962, filling in for Alexis Korner's Blues Inc...

Q 04/05

Which founding Stones keyboardist was pushed out by Andrew Loog Oldham but stayed as road manager until 1985?

A) Nicky Hopkins

B) Ian Stewart

C) Chuck Leavell

D) Billy Preston

Answer · why

B) Ian Stewart

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the band in 1989, four years after his death.

Q 05/05

Which provocative headline did Andrew Loog Oldham engineer to make the Stones the anti-Beatles?

A) Would You Let Your Sister Go with a Rolling Stone?

B) Lock Up Your Daughters, the Stones Are Coming

C) The Ugliest Group in Britain, Bar None

D) Five Boys Your Mother Warned You About

Answer · why

A) Would You Let Your Sister Go with a Rolling Stone?

'Would You Let Your Sister Go with a Rolling Stone?' ran in Melody Maker in March 1964, a line Oldham pushed to cast the band as the scruffy anti-Beat...