Q 01/05

Which nickname did the British press give Emma Bunton?

A) Baby Spice

B) Sweet Spice

C) Sugar Spice

D) Pink Spice

Answer · why

A) Baby Spice

The Top of the Pops magazine staff picked it because she turned up in pigtails sucking a lollipop.

Q 02/05

Mel B, famous for her leopard print and Leeds accent, was known by which nickname?

A) Fierce Spice

B) Scary Spice

C) Loud Spice

D) Wild Spice

Answer · why

B) Scary Spice

Staff writer Jennifer Cawthron said she chose the name simply because Mel B was so shouty.

Q 03/05

What is Sporty Spice's real name?

A) Melanie Brown

B) Melanie Blatt

C) Melanie Chisholm

D) Melanie Coloma

Answer · why

C) Melanie Chisholm

She earned the tag by leaping around in a tracksuit during the magazine lunch that produced the nicknames.

Q 04/05

Which member was originally dubbed 'Sexy Spice' before the nickname was softened?

A) Melanie Brown

B) Victoria Adams

C) Emma Bunton

D) Geri Halliwell

Answer · why

D) Geri Halliwell

The media and the group's own collaborators also identified her as the band's leader.

Q 05/05

The staff of which magazine coined the five 'Spice' nicknames after a lunch with the group in 1996?

A) Top of the Pops

B) Melody Maker

C) Just Seventeen

D) Smash Hits

Answer · why

A) Top of the Pops

Editor Peter Loraine said the names were never meant to be adopted globally; other outlets soon rang asking permission to use them.