Q 01/05

Sex Pistols singer John Lydon was renamed Johnny Rotten as a joke about the sorry state of his what?

A) Voice

B) Teeth

C) Clothes

D) Manners

Answer · why

B) Teeth

Teeth were the target: Lydon's had turned green from neglect when the nickname was coined. He finally had extensive dental work done in Los Angeles in...

Q 02/05

The Sex Pistols released "God Save the Queen" in 1977 to coincide with which royal celebration?

A) The Silver Jubilee

B) The Coronation

C) A royal wedding

D) Trooping the Colour

Answer · why

A) The Silver Jubilee

The Silver Jubilee marked 25 years of Elizabeth II's reign. Drummer Paul Cook insists the song was not written for it: the band had not even known the...

Q 03/05

Which song made famous by Frank Sinatra did Sid Vicious sing on a 1978 Sex Pistols single?

A) That's Life

B) Witchcraft

C) My Way

D) Summer Wind

Answer · why

C) My Way

My Way became a top-ten hit in Vicious's snarling version, recorded in Paris with a string orchestra. Paul Anka, who wrote its English words, later sa...

Q 04/05

Christopher Nolan said Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten helped inspire which villain in The Dark Knight?

A) Two-Face

B) Scarecrow

C) Sal Maroni

D) The Joker

Answer · why

D) The Joker

The Joker owed part of his sneering menace to Rotten, Nolan has said. It is quite a legacy for a frontman whose band's first run lasted barely two and...

Q 05/05

John Lydon joined the Sex Pistols after being spotted in which band's T-shirt, defaced with the words 'I Hate'?

A) Pink Floyd

B) Led Zeppelin

C) Genesis

D) The Eagles

Answer · why

A) Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's faces had not been spared either: Lydon had scratched holes through the members' eyes. He was 19 when the shirt won him an audition, held...