Kerrang! challenge
Taken From KERRANG! February 5th 2000
thanks to Jane for sending it



The contestants: Chris, Rich and Steve,
one half of The Black Crowes.

Specialist Subject:
Rock and, in all likelihood, roll.


1. Who starred as the lead skinhead in 
the cult movie 'Romper Stomper'?
Steve Gorman:"It's Hugh Grant isn't it?"
Rich Robinson:"Joe Strummer?"
Chris Robinson:"Ewan McGregor?"

2. What is said to happen if the ravens
ever leave the tower of London?
Rich:"It'll fall down?"
Chris:"It'll burn down? You get your head
chopped off?" 
KERRANG!:The British monarchy will fall.
Rich:"That's what I meant. London Bridge
represents the British monarchy. I was right!"
Chris:"Yeah, he was right on!"
KERRANG!:No, he wasn't. Onwards! 

3. On which Ministry album would you 
find the track 'Scarecrow'?
Chris:"'Best of'?"
Rich:"'Nothing Shocking'."
KERRANG!:"That was Jane's Addiction."
Rich:"Yeah, but they sound the same."
Chris:"I don't know what they sound like, 
but they do a lot of drugs."

4. Whose best selling books include
'The Wasp Factory' and 'The Crow Road'?
Chris:"Iain Banks. Now you have some proper
questions."

5. The black crowes in 'Dumbo'saw a needle
that did what?
Chris:"Became progressively thinner?"

6. Which unknown actress did Alfred Hitchcock
cast in the lead role of 'The Birds'?
Steve:"Tippy Hedren."
Chris:"Was she English?" 
Steve:"What, with a name like Tippy?!"

7. And who wrote the original short story?
Rich:"Iain Banks? Joe Strummer?"
Chris:"That's a f**ked question."

8. Which infamous Satanist had a house 
overlooking Loch Ness?
Rich:"Anton LaVey?"
Chris:"No he lived in San Francisco. Alisteir
Crowley."

9. In the Bible, how many times did St Peter
deny Jesus before the cock crowed?
Rich:"Seven? I've never read it, but the
Bible likes the number seven."
Chris:"C'mon, you're the Bible thumper."
Rich:"I must have missed that part. Three?"

10.  Which workers are most likely to 
suffer from the medical condition black lung?
All:"Coal miners."

11. Aside from your own, name three bands 
with the word black in their name.
Chris:"Black Sabbath."
Rich:"Ritchie Blackmore. I'd consider him 
a band."
Chris:"Black Grape."
Steve:"Echo and the Blackmen?"

12. True or false:Queen Victoria's husband
had a pierced penis?
Rich:"Absolutely true."
Chris:"Any weird thing about any royal is 
true. I don't care how f**king weird it is." 

13. Name Monster Magnet's first and most 
recent albums.
Chris:"I know they did 'Sin's A Good Man's
Brother'."
Steve:"Something with 'Satan' in it?"

14. The Black Forest in Germany grows 
nearest to which two other countries?
Chris:"Austria and..."
Rich:"...Holland and Belgium. Or something?"
Chris:"It's got a cake named after it. Ask 
the German in our band, he'd know."
Rich:"Yeah, really, that's why we have 
a German in the band."

15. Who's the Greek God of time?
Chris:"Testiclies? You ever hear that story
about when Testiclies had to rub himself 
against Breasticlies?" 
Rich:"We've opened for Lenny Kravitz, we 
don't give a shit anymore."


Final Score: 7/15
Tongues were glued to cheeks throughout this debacle. 
Hopefully. Otherwise the Crowes men are thickies.

Quizmaster:Morat


Answers: 1.Russell Crowe 2.The British monarchy will fall
3.'Psalm 69' 4.Iain Banks 5.Winked its eye 6.Tippy Hedren 
7.Daphne Du Maurier 8.Alister Crowley 9.Three 10.Coal 
Miners 11.Black Sabbath, Black Flag, Big Black, Black 
Grape etc 12.True 13.'Spine Of God' and 'Power Trip' 
14.France and Switzerland 15.Cronos.