Q 01/05

Which rock frontman was born Farrokh Bulsara on Zanzibar before his family fled a revolution for England?

A) Rod Stewart

B) Freddie Mercury

C) Robert Plant

D) Michael Hutchence

Answer · why

B) Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury was born in Stone Town in 1946 to Parsi parents and spent most of his schooldays at a boarding school in India. He was 17 when the fam...

Q 02/05

Which country star founded the Imagination Library, which mails a free book every month to young children?

A) Reba McEntire

B) Loretta Lynn

C) Dolly Parton

D) Tammy Wynette

Answer · why

C) Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton set up the scheme in 1995 in honour of her father, who never learned to read or write. By 2018 it had given away its 100 millionth book.

Q 03/05

Which singer-songwriter won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature but did not travel to Stockholm for the ceremony?

A) Leonard Cohen

B) Paul Simon

C) Neil Young

D) Bob Dylan

Answer · why

D) Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan pleaded pre-existing commitments, so Patti Smith performed one of his songs at the ceremony instead. He picked up his medal privately the fo...

Q 04/05

Which rock and roll star was drafted into the US Army in 1958 and served with a tank battalion in West Germany?

A) Elvis Presley

B) Jerry Lee Lewis

C) Buddy Holly

D) Chuck Berry

Answer · why

A) Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley was inducted at the height of his fame and got his army haircut at Fort Chaffee in Arkansas. While posted to Germany he met Priscilla Be...

Q 05/05

Which pop star wore a dress, boots and hat made of raw beef to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards?

A) Nicki Minaj

B) Avril Lavigne

C) Lady Gaga

D) Gwen Stefani

Answer · why

C) Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga said the meat outfit was a protest against the US military's ban on openly gay troops. The dress was later exhibited at the Rock and Roll Ha...