Quiz: How much do you know about Queen?
Besides his big hair, the musician is best known for founding the iconic rock band alongside the late Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining shortly afterwards.
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So we thought we would test your knowledge of the group. Are you a champion, or will you bite the dust?
In which year did Queen form as a band?
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1965
1970
1975
1980
What was Freddie Mercury's birth name?
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Francis Avallone
Florian de Bounevialle
Farrokh Bulsara
Peter Gene Hernandez
Which song got the band their first number one hit in the US?
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Bohemian Rhapsody
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Killer Queen
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
The famous I Want To Break Free music video was a parody of which long-running soap opera?
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EastEnders
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Brookside
Which of these statements is true about Queen's Greatest Hits albums, which was released in 1981?
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It is the longest 'greatest hits' album ever released by an artist
All of the tracks on the album were re-recorded specifically for this record
The band didn't make any money from its release
It is the biggest-selling album in UK history
Which of these Queen albums was released first?
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A Day at the Races
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A Night at the Opera
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A Kind of Magic
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News of the World
Which of these Queen songs does not credit Brian May as a writer?
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Don't Stop Me Now
Fat Bottomed Girls
Who Wants To Live Forever
We Will Rock You
Brian May is known for his famous electric guitar the Red Special, which he built with his father when he was a teenager. But what does he use to play it?
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A toothpick
A key
A sixpence coin
A normal guitar pick
As well as being a guitarist, Brian May has a PhD in which of these fields?
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Astrophysics
Engineering
Medieval literature
Zoology
Finally, if you were listening to Bohemian Rhapsody- as you do - which of these lyrics would you hear latest in the song?
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"He's just a poor boy from a poor family"
"Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth"
"I don't wanna die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all"
"Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?"
"Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me"
"Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here"
"Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me"
"Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time"
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Don't Stop Me Now
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Under Pressure
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The Show Must Go On
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