Q 01/05

What did Stranglers drummer Jet Black sell from the vans that became the band's first tour buses?

A) Fish and chips

B) Ice cream

C) Fresh bread

D) Hot dogs

Answer · why

B) Ice cream

Ice cream made Jet Black a successful businessman before the Stranglers, and that security let him return to drumming in 1974 and assemble a band.

Q 02/05

Which keyboard instrument plays the waltzing riff on the Stranglers' biggest hit, 'Golden Brown'?

A) Church organ

B) Mellotron

C) Harpsichord

D) Celesta

Answer · why

C) Harpsichord

Harpsichord carries the tune, which grew from an unused keyboard part Dave Greenfield wrote while working on a song for the band's previous album.

Q 03/05

Which band's 'Town Called Malice' kept the Stranglers' 'Golden Brown' off the UK number one spot?

A) The Jam

B) The Specials

C) The Police

D) The Clash

Answer · why

A) The Jam

The Jam entered the chart at number one and stayed three weeks, and the Stranglers' label EMI complained that sales of two versions of the single had ...

Q 04/05

The Stranglers' 1988 top-ten cover of 'All Day and All of the Night' was first a hit for which band?

A) The Who

B) Small Faces

C) The Animals

D) The Kinks

Answer · why

D) The Kinks

The Kinks took the song to number two in 1964, and the Stranglers' version reached number seven almost a quarter of a century later.

Q 05/05

'Golden Brown' by the Stranglers plays on the soundtrack of which Guy Ritchie film?

A) Snatch

B) RocknRolla

C) Revolver

D) Swept Away

Answer · why

A) Snatch

Snatch used the song in 2000, and it later turned up in the Black Mirror episode 'Metalhead'.