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

Baby Spice suited the youngest member, who wore her hair in pigtails and was sucking a lollipop when the magazine staff met the group.

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

Scary Spice came from staff writer Jennifer Cawthron, who said she chose it simply because Mel B was so shouty.

Q 03/05

Which brand's chunky platform shoes did the Spice Girls turn into a fashion craze?

A) Converse

B) Vans

C) Reebok

D) Buffalo

Answer · why

D) Buffalo

Buffalo sponsored the group, and its 10-centimetre platform model 1310-2 became famous on the Spice Girls.

Q 04/05

The Spice Girls' 1998 video game Spice World was released on which console?

A) PlayStation

B) Nintendo 64

C) Sega Saturn

D) Game Boy Color

Answer · why

A) PlayStation

PlayStation was the game's only platform, and Sony developed and published it in 1998 as one of the group's many tie-ins.

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

Top of the Pops magazine's editor Peter Loraine said the names were never meant to go global, but other outlets soon rang asking permission to use the...