Q 01/05

John Lydon's pet Sid, whose bite gave Sid Vicious his stage name, was what kind of animal?

A) A hamster

B) A ferret

C) A parrot

D) A terrier

Answer · why

A) A hamster

A hamster called Sid, itself named after Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, sank its teeth into him, and the nickname stuck for life.

Q 02/05

Which actor played Sid Vicious in the 1986 film Sid and Nancy, a role he twice turned down?

A) Tim Roth

B) Gary Oldman

C) Ray Winstone

D) Rupert Everett

Answer · why

B) Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman later dismissed his own performance, yet Premiere magazine ranked it among the 100 greatest of all time.

Q 03/05

Which singer called Sid Vicious 'Simon Ferocious' before throwing him out of a studio in 1977?

A) David Bowie

B) David Coverdale

C) Freddie Mercury

D) Rod Stewart

Answer · why

C) Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury was recording with Queen at Wessex Sound Studios when Sid wandered in to mock him about ballet, and was marched out by the lapels.

Q 04/05

Sid Vicious recorded a snarling punk cover of which Frank Sinatra song in April 1978?

A) That's Life

B) Witchcraft

C) Summer Wind

D) My Way

Answer · why

D) My Way

My Way, Sinatra's signature song, became Sid's too: he changed many of the words, and lyricist Paul Anka later said he felt Sid was sincere about it.

Q 05/05

Which future Hollywood star made his stage debut in Vicious, a 1986 play about Sid Vicious?

A) George Clooney

B) Brad Pitt

C) Johnny Depp

D) Robert Downey Jr.

Answer · why

A) George Clooney

George Clooney played a drug-dealing hustler in the Los Angeles production, eight years before the hospital drama ER made him famous.