Q 01/05

Neither Reid brother wanted to sing for The Jesus and Mary Chain, so how was Jim picked as vocalist?

A) Drawing straws

B) A coin toss

C) An arm wrestle

D) A game of cards

Answer · why

B) A coin toss

A coin toss settled it, so the reluctant Jim took the microphone while his older brother William became the band's lead guitarist.

Q 02/05

The Jesus and Mary Chain's Just Like Honey plays over the closing scene of which Bill Murray film?

A) The Royal Tenenbaums

B) Broken Flowers

C) The Life Aquatic

D) Lost in Translation

Answer · why

D) Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola's 2003 film, ends on the 1985 song, which had stalled at number 45 on the UK chart when it first came out.

Q 03/05

The opening beat of The Jesus and Mary Chain's Just Like Honey is borrowed from which 1963 Phil Spector production?

A) Da Doo Ron Ron

B) Then He Kissed Me

C) Be My Baby

D) Baby, I Love You

Answer · why

C) Be My Baby

Be My Baby, a hit for the Ronettes, opens with a beat played by session drummer Hal Blaine, which the Mary Chain's own drummer quotes at the start of ...

Q 04/05

Which Hollywood actress joined The Jesus and Mary Chain on stage in 2007 to perform Just Like Honey?

A) Scarlett Johansson

B) Zooey Deschanel

C) Jennifer Jason Leigh

D) Juliette Lewis

Answer · why

A) Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson had starred in the 2003 film that ends on the song, and she performed it with the reunited band on a festival main stage.

Q 05/05

The Jesus and Mary Chain first claimed their name came from a line in a film starring which crooner?

A) Frank Sinatra

B) Dean Martin

C) Bing Crosby

D) Perry Como

Answer · why

C) Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby had nothing to do with it: six months later the brothers admitted the story was untrue. Another account traces the name to a mail-in offer...