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QUEEN TRIVIA

1) What movie did the British rock band Queen write and perform the soundtrack for?


Released on December 8, 1980, Flash Gordon was one of the earliest high-budget feature films to use a score primarily composed and performed by a rock band.

2) To what did Freddie Mercury attribute his enhanced vocal range?


Mercury was born with four extra teeth and attributed his enhanced vocal range to this. He refused to have his teeth fixed, fearing it would affect his vocal ability.

3) What was the name of the band formed by Queen guitarist Brian May and bassist Tim Staffell in 1968?


Guitarist Brian May, a student at London's Imperial College, and bassist Tim Staffell decided to form a band. May placed an advertisement on a college notice board for a drummer. Roger Taylor, a young dental student, auditioned and got the job. The group called themselves Smile.

4) What was Freddie Mercury's real name?


Born in 1946 in Zanzibar to Parsi parents from India, Farrokh Bulsara began to call himself "Freddie" while at St. Peter's School in Panchgani. After the band Smile changed their name to "Queen", Freddie changed his surname to "Mercury", inspired by the line "Mother Mercury, look what they've done to me" in the song "My Fairy King".

5) Which Queen video was banned from MTV?


Said to be the first video ever banned by MTV, Queen's "Body Language" seems tame by today's standards, but the shadowy images of sweaty, bikini-clad bodies writhing and groping one another in a sauna room was a little too steamy for the network in 1982.

6) What does Brian May use for a guitar pick?


May uses the old British sixpence coin as his guitar pick. He chose to use the sixpence as a pick because he found that plastic picks were too flexible.

7) What singer did Freddie Mercury perform the duet "Under Pressure" with?


Originally released as a single in October 1981, "Under Pressure" is a song by Queen and David Bowie. The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Queen's second number-one hit in their home country and Bowie's third.

8) Which album was the first to hit #1 in the UK?


Featuring the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" which was No. 1 for nine weeks, A Night at the Opera topped the UK Albums Chart for four non-consecutive weeks.

9) Why did Queen's video for "I Want to Break Free" become one of the band's most famous videos?


Following in the tradition of cross-dressing in British comedy, the music video for "I Want to Break Free" sees the members of Queen appear dressed in drag, parodying characters from Coronation Street.

10) Approximately how long did the music video for "Bohemian Rhapsody" take to film?


Unlike the head-banging scene in Wayne's World which took ten hours to film, the video for "Bohemian Rhapsody" was filmed in four hours and cost just $2,025 to make.

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