Q.1
Radiohead were successfully sued for plagiarism after their first single ‘Creep’ was deemed to sound too similar to what song?
The Cramps- ‘Human Fly’
The Hollies – ‘The Air That I Breathe’
Can – ‘Oh Yeah’
Gang of Four- ‘Damaged Goods’
Q.2
The video for ‘Paranoid Android’ animated by Magnus Carlsson was censored by MTV for what reason?
It featured a man sawing off his own arms and legs
It featured sex with a mermaid
For containing an obese man in a latex codpiece
It contained nipples
Q.3
Where did Thom Yorke record his vocals for ‘OK Computer’ album track ‘Let Down’?
In Drew Barrymore’s cupboard
In a ballroom in the mansion of actress Jane Seymour
In the Hellfire cave network just outside Oxfordshire
In Drew Barrymore’s cupboard
Q.4
Johnny Greenwood played harmonica on which band’s final ever album?
Sebadoh
Neutral Milk Hotel
Mudhoney
Pavement
Q.5
When performing ‘Climbing Up the Walls’ live Johnny Greenwood typically plays what throughout?
A ZX Spectrum computer
Harmonica
A detuned radio
Mellotron
Q.6
Radiohead B-side ‘How I Made My Millions’ was recorded at Thom Yorke’s house and features what in the background?
Johnny Greenwood cutting his toe nails
Thom Yorke’s girlfriend putting stuff up onto shelves
Ed Greenwood complaining that he can’t hear the football
Thom Yorke’s cat walking across the piano keys
Q.7
The stressful ‘Kid A’ recording sessions forced Thom Yorke to do what?
Study Buddhism in India for 3 months
Smash a copy of the album to pieces as therapy
Check into rehab
Turn vegetarian
Q.8
Which Radiohead track has Thom Yorke described as “fucking dreadful” and “not bad… it’s very bad”?
‘Blow Out’
‘Creep’
‘Planet Telex’
‘High and Dry’
Q.9
Which song did Radiohead create out of ‘I Will’ by singing the melody backwards because it sounded “miles better than the right way round”?
‘Like Spinning Plates’
‘Optimistic’
‘Myxomatosis’
‘Idioteque’
Q.10
According to a ComPol survey, what was the average amount Radiohead paid for the group’s 2007 ‘pay-what-you-want’ digital download version of ‘In Rainbows’?
$0.01
$2.26
$5.07
$8.34