Q 01/05

Which Netflix series set in 1983 features the Clash hit Should I Stay or Should I Go?

A) Narcos: Mexico

B) Stranger Things

C) Mindhunter

D) The Umbrella Academy

Answer · why

B) Stranger Things

Stranger Things leans on a rare Clash hit sung by guitarist Mick Jones rather than frontman Joe Strummer, first released on Combat Rock in 1982.

Q 02/05

The pink and green lettering on the Clash's London Calling cover copies which singer's debut album?

A) Elvis Presley

B) Buddy Holly

C) Little Richard

D) Chuck Berry

Answer · why

A) Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley's self-titled debut supplied the layout, with pink letters down the side and green across the bottom. Designer Ray Lowry paired it with ...

Q 03/05

A 1991 advert for which brand sent the Clash's Should I Stay or Should I Go to number one in the UK?

A) Guinness

B) Coca-Cola

C) Levi's

D) Wrangler

Answer · why

C) Levi's

Levi's used the 1982 song in a jeans commercial, and the reissue became the band's only UK number-one single, five years after they split.

Q 04/05

Which M.I.A. hit is built around a sample from the Clash's Combat Rock track Straight to Hell?

A) Bad Girls

B) Sunshowers

C) Bucky Done Gun

D) Paper Planes

Answer · why

D) Paper Planes

Paper Planes earned the Clash's songwriters a co-writing credit, and a second one when Jay-Z and T.I. sampled it in turn for Swagga Like Us.

Q 05/05

The Clash's paint-spattered outfits at an early gig in August 1976 were nicknamed after which American painter?

A) Andy Warhol

B) Willem de Kooning

C) Jackson Pollock

D) Jasper Johns

Answer · why

C) Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock outfits were the look for an invitation-only gig at the band's Camden rehearsal studio, their first performance in the five weeks sinc...