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The band's sixth studio album News of the World was released in 1977, which has gone four times platinum in the United States, and twice in the UK. The album contained many songs tailor-made for live performance, including two of rock's most recognisable anthems, "We Will Rock You" and the rock ballad "We Are the Champions", both of which became enduring international sports anthems, and the latter reached number four in the US. Queen commenced the News of the World Tour in October 1977, and Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called this concert tour the band's "most spectacularly staged and finely honed show".

Q1: Queen's sixth album was released in what year?
A1: 1977
Q2: How many times platinum did Queen's News of the World go?
A2: four
Q3: Queen's News of the World contained which two rock anthems?
A3: "We Will Rock You" and the rock ballad "We Are the Champions"
Q4: Queen's News of the World Tour took place in what year?
A4: 1977
In 1978, the band released Jazz, which reached number two in the UK and number six on the Billboard 200 in the US. The album included the hit singles "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Bicycle Race" on a double-sided record. Queen rented Wimbledon Stadium for a day to shoot the video, with 65 naked female models hired to stage a nude bicycle race. Reviews of the album in recent years have been more favourable. Another notable track from Jazz, "Don't Stop Me Now", provides another example of the band's exuberant vocal harmonies.

Q1: In what year did Queen release the album Jazz?
A1: 1978
Q2: What number did Queen's Jazz reach on UK charts?
A2: two
Q3: What number did Queen's Jazz reach on the Billboard 200?
A3: six
Q4: What were the two hit singles off of Queen's album Jazz?
A4: "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Bicycle Race"
Q5: Queen rented what venue for a music video in 1978?
A5: Wimbledon Stadium
In 1978, Queen toured the US and Canada, and spent much of 1979 touring in Europe and Japan. They released their first live album, Live Killers, in 1979; it went platinum twice in the US. Queen also released the very successful single "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", a rockabilly inspired song done in the style of Elvis Presley. The song made the top 10 in many countries, topped the Australian ARIA Charts for seven consecutive weeks, and was the band's first number one single in the United States where it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks. Having written the song on guitar and played rhythm on the record, Mercury played rhythm guitar while performing the song live, which was the first time he ever played guitar in concert. In December 1979, Queen played the opening night at the Concert for the People of Kampuchea in London, having accepted a request by the event's organiser Paul McCartney.

Q1: Who organized the Concert for the People of Kampuchea?
A1: Paul McCartney
Q2: In what year was Queen's Live Killers released?
A2: 1979
Q3: How many times platinum did Queen's Live Killers go in the US?
A3: twice
Q4: Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love was an ode to which singer?
A4: Elvis Presley
Q5: In what year did Queen play the Concert for the People of Kampuchea?
A5: 1979
Queen began their 1980s career with The Game. It featured the singles "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust", both of which reached number one in the US. After attending a Queen concert in Los Angeles, Michael Jackson suggested to Mercury backstage that "Another One Bites the Dust" be released as a single, and in October 1980 it spent three weeks at number one. The album topped the Billboard 200 for five weeks, and sold over four million copies in the US. It was also the first appearance of a synthesiser on a Queen album. Heretofore, their albums featured a distinctive "No Synthesisers!" sleeve note. The note is widely assumed to reflect an anti-synth, pro-"hard"-rock stance by the band, but was later revealed by producer Roy Thomas Baker to be an attempt to clarify that those albums' multi-layered solos were created with guitars, not synths, as record company executives kept assuming at the time. In September 1980, Queen performed three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden. In 1980, Queen also released the soundtrack they had recorded for Flash Gordon. At the 1981 American Music Awards in January, "Another One Bites the Dust" won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single, and Queen were nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group.

Q1: Queen performed several sold out shows at what US venue?
A1: Madison Square Garden
Q2: Queen recorded the soundtrack to what show?
A2: Flash Gordon
Q3: What Queen song won the award for best Pop/Rock single?
A3: Another One Bites the Dust
Q4: Which musical artist suggested Queen release Another One Bites the Dust as a single?
A4: Michael Jackson
Q5: Which Queen album kicked off the 1980s?
A5: The Game
In February 1981, Queen travelled to South America as part of The Game Tour, and became the first major rock band to play in Latin American stadiums. The tour included five shows in Argentina, one of which drew the largest single concert crowd in Argentine history with an audience of 300,000 in Buenos Aires and two concerts at the Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo, Brazil, where they played to an audience of more than 131,000 people in the first night (then the largest paying audience for a single band anywhere in the world) and more than 120,000 people the following night. In October of the same year, Queen performed for more than 150,000 fans on 9 October at Monterrey (Estadio Universitario) and 17 and 18 at Puebla (Estadio Zaragoza), Mexico. On 24 and 25 November, Queen played two sell out nights at the Montreal Forum, Quebec, Canada. One of Mercury's most notable performances of The Game's final track, "Save Me", took place in Montreal, and the concert is recorded in the live album, Queen Rock Montreal.

Q1: What band was the first major band to play in Latin American stadiums?
A1: Queen
Q2: The Game Tour of the band Queen included how many shows in Argentina?
A2: five
Q3: How large was Queen's record audience in Argentina?
A3: 300,000
Q4: What was the final track on Queen's The Game?
A4: Save Me
Q5: What sold out venue did Queen play in Canada?
A5: Montreal Forum
In 1982, the band released the album Hot Space, a departure from their trademark seventies sound, this time being a mixture of rock, pop rock, dance, funk, and R&B. Most of the album was recorded in Munich during the most turbulent period in the band's history, and Taylor and May lamented the new sound, with both being very critical of the influence Mercury's personal manager Paul Prenter had on the singer. May was also scathing of Prenter, who was Mercury's manager from the early 1980s to 1984, for being dismissive of the importance of radio stations, such as the US networks, and their vital connection between the artist and the community, and for denying them access to Mercury. The band stopped touring North America after their Hot Space Tour, as their success there had waned, although they would perform on American television for the only time during the eighth season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Queen left Elektra Records, their label in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, and signed onto EMI/Capitol Records.

Q1: What album did Queen release in 1982?
A1: Hot Space
Q2: Where did Queen record their 1982 album?
A2: Munich
Q3: What was the name of Freddie Mercury's personal manager?
A3: Paul Prenter
Q4: Queen left what label before signing with EMI?
A4: Elektra Records
Q5: On which season of Saturday Night Live did Queen perform?
A5: the eighth season
That year, Queen began The Works Tour, the first tour to feature keyboardist Spike Edney as an extra live musician. The tour featured nine sold-out dates in October in Bophuthatswana, South Africa, at the arena in Sun City. Upon returning to England, they were the subject of outrage, having played in South Africa during the height of apartheid and in violation of worldwide divestment efforts and a United Nations cultural boycott. The band responded to the critics by stating that they were playing music for fans in South Africa, and they also stressed that the concerts were played before integrated audiences. Queen donated to a school for the deaf and blind as a philanthropic gesture but were fined by the British Musicians' Union and placed on the United Nations' blacklisted artists.

Q1: Which Queen tour was the first to feature Spike Edney?
A1: Spike Edney
Q2: Queen's Spike Edney plays what instrument?
A2: keyboardist
Q3: Who fined Queen for donating to a school for the deaf and blind?
A3: British Musicians' Union
Q4: Where did Queen play during the height of Apartheid?
A4: South Africa
At Live Aid, held at Wembley on 13 July 1985, in front of the biggest-ever TV audience of 1.9 billion, Queen performed some of their greatest hits, during which the sold-out stadium audience of 72,000 people clapped, sang, and swayed in unison. The show's organisers, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, other musicians such as Elton John, Cliff Richard and Dave Grohl, and music journalists writing for the BBC, CNN, Rolling Stone, MTV, The Telegraph among others, stated that Queen stole the show. An industry poll in 2005 ranked it the greatest rock performance of all time. Mercury's powerful, sustained note during the a cappella section came to be known as "The Note Heard Round the World".

Q1: What date was Live Aid?
A1: 13 July 1985
Q2: Where was Live Aid held?
A2: Wembley
Q3: How big was Live Aid's TV audience?
A3: 1.9 billion
Q4: How long was Live Aid's stadium audience?
A4: 72,000
Q5: Who organized Live Aid?
A5: Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
When interviewed for Mojo magazine the band said the most amazing sight at Live Aid was to see the audience clapping to "Radio Ga Ga". Brian May stated: "I'd never seen anything like that in my life and it wasn't calculated either. We understood our audience and played to them but that was one of those weird accidents because of the (music) video. I remember thinking 'oh great, they've picked it up' and then I thought 'this is not a Queen audience'. This is a general audience who've bought tickets before they even knew we were on the bill. And they all did it. How did they know? Nobody told them to do it."

Q1: The audience at Live Aid clapped to what Queen Song?
A1: Radio Ga Ga
Q2: Which magazine interviewed Brian May about Live Aid?
A2: Brian May
Q3: What medium helped Queen fans get used to their songs before Live Aid?
A3: (music) video
The band, now revitalised by the response to Live Aid – a "shot in the arm" Roger Taylor called it, — and the ensuing increase in record sales, ended 1985 by releasing the single "One Vision", which was the third time after "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Under Pressure (with David Bowie)" that all four bandmembers received a writing credit for the one song. Also, a limited-edition boxed set containing all Queen albums to date was released under the title of The Complete Works. The package included previously unreleased material, most notably Queen's non-album single of Christmas 1984, titled "Thank God It's Christmas".

Q1: What year was Queen's One Vision released?
A1: 1985
Q2: How many band members wrote Queen's One Vision?
A2: four
Q3: What was the mid 1980s Queen boxed set called?
A3: The Complete Works
Q4: What was Queen's 1984 Christmas song called?
A4: Thank God It's Christmas
In summer of 1986, Queen went on their final tour with Freddie Mercury. A sold-out tour in support of A Kind of Magic, once again they hired Spike Edney, leading to him being dubbed the unofficial fifth member. The Magic Tour's highlight was at Wembley Stadium in London and resulted in the live double album, Queen at Wembley, released on CD and as a live concert DVD, which has gone five times platinum in the US and four times platinum in the UK. Queen could not book Wembley for a third night, but they did play at Knebworth Park. The show sold out within two hours and over 120,000 fans packed the park for what was Queen's final live performance with Mercury. Queen began the tour at the Råsunda Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, and during the tour the band performed a concert at Slane Castle, Ireland, in front of an audience of 95,000, which broke the venue's attendance record. The band also played behind the Iron Curtain when they performed to a crowd of 80,000 at the Népstadion in Budapest, in what was one of the biggest rock concerts ever held in Eastern Europe. More than one million people saw Queen on the tour—400,000 in the United Kingdom alone, a record at the time.

Q1: Queen's final tour with Freddie Mercury was in what year?
A1: 1986
Q2: What was the name of Queen's final tour with Freddie Mercury?
A2: A Kind of Magic
Q3: How many fans saw Queen in Knebworth park?
A3: 120,000
Q4: How many fans saw Queen at the Nepstadion in Budapest?
A4: 80,000
Q5: How many fans saw Queen at Slane castle?
A5: 95,000
After working on various solo projects during 1988 (including Mercury's collaboration with Montserrat Caballé, Barcelona), the band released The Miracle in 1989. The album continued the direction of A Kind of Magic, using a pop-rock sound mixed with a few heavy numbers. It spawned the European hits "I Want It All", "Breakthru", "The Invisible Man", "Scandal", and "The Miracle". The Miracle also began a change in direction of Queen's songwriting philosophy. Since the band's beginning, nearly all songs had been written by and credited to a single member, with other members adding minimally. With The Miracle, the band's songwriting became more collaborative, and they vowed to credit the final product only to Queen as a group.

Q1: Who did Freddie Mercury collaborate with in 1988?
A1: Montserrat Caballé, Barcelona
Q2: When did Queen release The Miracle?
A2: 1989
Q3: Which Queen album had more shared writing credits?
A3: The Miracle
After fans noticed Mercury's increasingly gaunt appearance in 1988, rumours began to spread that Mercury was suffering from AIDS. Mercury flatly denied this, insisting he was merely "exhausted" and too busy to provide interviews. The band decided to continue making albums, starting with The Miracle in 1989 and continuing with Innuendo in 1991. Despite his deteriorating health, the lead singer continued to contribute. For the last two albums made while Mercury was still alive, the band credited all songs to Queen, rather than specific members of the group, freeing them of internal conflict and differences. In 1990, Queen ended their contract with Capitol and signed with Disney's Hollywood Records, which has since remained the group's music catalogue owner in the United States and Canada. That same year, Mercury made his final public appearance when he joined the rest of Queen to collect the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

Q1: When did Queen end their contract with Capitol?
A1: 1990
Q2: After leaving Capitol, who did Queen sign with?
A2: Disney's Hollywood Records
Q3: What year was Freddie Mercury's final public appearance with Queen?
A3: 1990
Q4: Which Queen album was released in 1991?
A4: Innuendo
Innuendo was released in early 1991 with an eponymous number 1 UK hit and other charting singles including, "The Show Must Go On". Mercury was increasingly ill and could barely walk when the band recorded "The Show Must Go On" in 1990. Because of this, May had concerns about whether he was physically capable of singing it. Recalling Mercury's successful performance May states; "he went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal". The rest of the band were ready to record when Mercury felt able to come in to the studio, for an hour or two at a time. May says of Mercury: “He just kept saying. 'Write me more. Write me stuff. I want to just sing this and do it and when I am gone you can finish it off.’ He had no fear, really.” The band's second greatest hits compilation, Greatest Hits II, followed in October 1991, which is the eighth best-selling album of all time in the UK and has sold 16 million copies worldwide.

Q1: What was one single from Queen's Innuendo that charted in the UK?
A1: The Show Must Go On
Q2: What was the name of Queen's second greatest hits compilation?
A2: Greatest Hits II
Q3: Which Queen album is the eighth best-selling album in the UK of all time?
A3: Greatest Hits II
Q4: Which band member of Queen was seriously ill in 1991?
A4: Mercury
Q5: Queen's Greatest Hits II has sold how many copies worldwide?
A5: 16 million
On 23 November 1991, in a prepared statement made on his deathbed, Mercury confirmed that he had AIDS. Within 24 hours of the statement, he died of bronchial pneumonia, which was brought on as a complication of AIDS. His funeral service on 27 November in Kensal Green, West London was private, and held in accordance with the Zoroastrian religious faith of his family. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released as a single shortly after Mercury's death, with "These Are the Days of Our Lives" as the double A-side. The music video for "These Are the Days of Our Lives" contains Mercury's final scenes in front of the camera. The single went to number one in the UK, remaining there for five weeks – the only recording to top the Christmas chart twice and the only one to be number one in four different years (1975, 1976, 1991, and 1992). Initial proceeds from the single – approximately £1,000,000 – were donated to the Terrence Higgins Trust.

Q1: When was Freddie Mercury's deathbed confession made?
A1: 23 November 1991
Q2: What disease did Freddie Mercury disclose he had?
A2: AIDS
Q3: What did Freddie Mercury die of?
A3: bronchial pneumonia, which was brought on as a complication of AIDS
Q4: Where was Freddie Mercury's funeral service held?
A4: Kensal Green, West London
Q5: Which music video contains the last footage of Freddie Mercury?
A5: These Are the Days of Our Lives
Queen's popularity was stimulated in North America when "Bohemian Rhapsody" was featured in the 1992 comedy film Wayne's World. Its inclusion helped the song reach number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks in 1992 (it remained in the Hot 100 for over 40 weeks), and won the band an MTV Award at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. The compilation album Classic Queen also reached number four on the Billboard 200, and is certified three times platinum in the US. Wayne's World footage was used to make a new music video for "Bohemian Rhapsody", with which the band and management were delighted.

Q1: Which movie featured Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody?
A1: Wayne's World
Q2: What year did Queen get a boost in North American sales due to being featured in a movie?
A2: 1992
Q3: In what year did Queen win an MTV award?
A3: 1992
Q4: How high did the album Classic Queen chart on the Billboard 200?
A4: four
Q5: How many times platinum did Classic Queen go in the US?
A5: three times
On 20 April 1992, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was held at London's Wembley Stadium to a 72,000-strong crowd. Performers, including Def Leppard, Robert Plant, Guns N' Roses, Elton John, David Bowie, George Michael, Annie Lennox, Seal, Extreme, and Metallica performed various Queen songs along with the three remaining Queen members (and Spike Edney.) The concert is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as "The largest rock star benefit concert", as it was televised to over 1.2 billion viewers worldwide, and raised over £20,000,000 for AIDS charities.

Q1: When was the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert held?
A1: 20 April 1992
Q2: Where was the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert held?
A2: London's Wembley Stadium
Q3: How many people attended the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert?
A3: 72,000
Q4: Which band was he largest benefit concert in history about?
A4: Queen
Q5: How many viewers did the largest rock star benefit concert attract?
A5: 1.2 billion viewers worldwide
Queen's last album featuring Mercury, titled Made in Heaven, was finally released in 1995, four years after his death. Featuring tracks such as "Too Much Love Will Kill You" and "Heaven for Everyone", it was constructed from Mercury's final recordings in 1991, material left over from their previous studio albums and re-worked material from May, Taylor, and Mercury's solo albums. The album also featured the song "Mother Love", the last vocal recording Mercury made prior to his death, which he completed using a drum machine, over which May, Taylor and Deacon later added the instrumental track. After completing the penultimate verse, Mercury had told the band he "wasn't feeling that great" and stated, "I will finish it when I come back, next time"; however, he never made it back into the studio, so May later recorded the final verse of the song. Both stages of recording, before and after Mercury's death, were completed at the band's studio in Montreux, Switzerland. The album reached No. 1 on the UK charts immediately following its release, and has sold 20 million copies worldwide. On 25 November 1996, a statue of Mercury was unveiled in Montreux overlooking Lake Geneva, almost five years to the day since his death.

Q1: What was Queen's final album featuring Mercury vocals compiled from earlier recordings called?
A1: Made in Heaven
Q2: How many copies worldwide has Queen's 1995 album sold?
A2: 20 million
Q3: In what year was a statue dedicated to Freddie Mercury unveiled in Montreux?
A3: 1996
Q4: Where was Queen's studio located in Switzerland?
A4: Montreux
In 1997, Queen returned to the studio to record "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", a song dedicated to Mercury and all those that die too soon. It was released as a bonus track on the Queen Rocks compilation album later that year. In January 1997, Queen performed "The Show Must Go On" live with Elton John and the Béjart Ballet in Paris on a night Mercury was remembered, and it marked the last performance and public appearance of John Deacon, who chose to retire. The Paris concert was only the second time Queen had played live since Mercury's death, prompting Elton John to urge them to perform again.

Q1: In what year did Queen release No-One but You
A1: 1997
Q2: Who was No-One but You dedicated to?
A2: Mercury
Q3: Which compilation did Queen release in 1997?
A3: Queen Rocks
Q4: Who performed live with Queen on The Show Must Go On in 1997?
A4: Elton John and the Béjart Ballet
Q5: Which Queen member retired in 1997?
A5: John Deacon
Brian May and Roger Taylor performed together at several award ceremonies and charity concerts, sharing vocals with various guest singers. During this time, they were billed as Queen + followed by the guest singer's name. In 1998, the duo appeared at Luciano Pavarotti's benefit concert with May performing "Too Much Love Will Kill You" with Pavarotti, later playing "Radio Ga Ga", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions" with Zucchero. They again attended and performed at Pavarotti's benefit concert in Modena, Italy in May 2003. Several of the guest singers recorded new versions of Queen's hits under the Queen + name, such as Robbie Williams providing vocals for "We Are the Champions" for the soundtrack of A Knight's Tale (2001).

Q1: Which two members of Queen performed together at several charity concerts?
A1: Brian May and Roger Taylor
Q2: Who performed with Brian May in 1998 at a benefit concert?
A2: Pavarotti
Q3: Where did Queen play in 2003 with a famous opera singer?
A3: Modena, Italy
Q4: Which artist provided vocals for the Queen song found on the soundtrack to A Knight's Tale?
A4: Robbie Williams