Rosie Swash 

Let’s get quizzical

Gigs got cancelled, deaths were announced prematurely, and there was more beef than in a butcher's window. And still John and Edward survive the week in music
  
  


  1. Beyoncé and Lady Gaga are planning to collaborate on what is likely to be a truly heinous match of pop divas. But what will they call themselves?

    1. Gagalicious

    2. WTF?

    3. Gee-yoncé

    4. Ker-Ching!

  2. Miley Cyrus appalled the public with her unbelievably bad rapping to explain her decision to quit Twitter. One fan is blackmailing the singer to restart her tweets. What are they threatening to do?

    1. Record a diss rap in response

    2. Shave off all their hair and send it to the singer

    3. Cook their cat

    4. Set up a fake Twitter account as Miley

  3. Michael Jackson's This Is It opened in cinemas this week. But how much has the singer earned since he died in June?

    1. $1bn

    2. $135m

    3. $72m

    4. $14m

  4. Drummer Chuck Biscuits was falsely rumoured to have died this week after battling throat cancer. But which of these bands was he never a member?

    1. Black Flag

    2. Run DMC

    3. Red Hot Chili Peppers

    4. Danzig

  5. They've famously had “beef”, but which of these artists reportedly said he wouldn't rule out working with Noel Gallagher?

    1. Liam Gallagher

    2. Jay-Z

    3. Robbie Williams

    4. Damon Albarn

  6. Which band are currently enjoying the being the “next big thing” amid rumours that their guitarist has just left?

    1. Warpaint

    2. The xx

    3. The Big Pink

    4. John and Edward

  7. This week Eric Clapton pulled out of the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert in New York. Why?

    1. Because the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is too lame even for Clapton

    2. Scheduling conflicts

    3. Clapton and Stevie Wonder quarrelled in 1996 and haven't spoken since

    4. He is having gallstones removed

  8. Robbie Williams also had to pull out of the MTV EMA awards next week. Why?

    1. He is having gallstones removed

    2. Scheduling conflicts

    3. The comeback isn't working out, time to call it a day

    4. Organisers wanted to go with John and Edward instead

  9. Who “dissed” Jay-Z this week, threatening to reveal all to Beyoncé, whatever “all” is?

    1. Ludacris

    2. Chris Martin

    3. Beanie Sigel

    4. John and Edward

  10. Morrissey returned to the stage after collapsing during a performance last week. He instantly surprised punters by changing the lyrics to the Smiths' classic How Soon Is Now. What did he sing? “There’s a club if you’d like to go...

    1. It's 2 for 1 on Vodka Red Bulls and Ladies free B4 11pm

    2. Expect sexy house and soulful garage all nite

    3. You could meet somebody who can actually stand you.
 So you go and you stand on your own. And you leave on your own. What a big surprise

    4. I went there last week, it's full of hotties

Solutions

1:C, 2:C, 3:C, 4:C, 5:B, 6:B, 7:D, 8:B, 9:C, 10:C

Scores

  1. 3 and above.

    You've clearly been working hard all week instead of dicking around on the internet. Must try harder ...

  2. 6 and above.

    Not too bad, but consider spending more time dicking around on the internet to accumulate as much useful music-related info as possible

  3. 10 and above.

    You've clearly been dicking around on the internet all week instead of working. Well done

 

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