by Loaded Editors

MADNESS PUB QUIZ

Step right up, grab your team, and show us what you’re made of...
MADNESS PUB QUIZ

MADNESS PUB QUIZ

Get ready to go One Step Beyond, ‘cause tonight we’re diving headfirst into the nutty world of Camden’s finest: Madness.

These ska-slinging, pork-pie-hat–wearing legends soundtracked more British knees-ups than you’ve had fry-ups. From Baggy Trousers to Our House, they turned dodgy dancing and cheeky grins into an art form — and somehow made a career out of it too.

So if you reckon you know your Michael Caine from your My Girl, your 2 Tone from your tonic suit, then step right up, grab your team, and show us what you’re made of.

Go Mad for it!

Round 1: General Knowledge

  1. In which year was Madness formed?

  2. What city are Madness originally from?

  3. What was Madness’s debut single?

  4. Which record label first signed Madness?

  5. What genre of music is Madness most commonly associated with?

  6. What was the title of Madness’s first album?

  7. Which Madness single begins with the lyric, “Hey you, don’t watch that, watch this!”?

  8. Madness were part of which British musical movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

  9. What nickname do Madness fans often go by?

  10. Who is the band’s lead singer?

Round 2: Songs & Albums

  1. Which Madness song tells the story of a young man falling in love with his girlfriend’s mother?

  2. “Our House” was a huge international hit — what year was it released?

  3. Complete the lyric: “It must be love, love, love…”

  4. Which song was Madness’s first UK number one single?

  5. What Madness album features the track “Michael Caine”?

  6. “Baggy Trousers” was inspired by what part of the band members’ lives?

  7. What 1981 Madness hit opens with the sound of a piano and is about friendship and loss?

  8. In the video for “House of Fun,” what kind of shop do the band members visit?

  9. What song did Madness perform at the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics?

  10. In 1999, Madness released a musical based on their songs. What was it called?

Answers

  1. 1976

  2. London (specifically Camden Town)

  3. “The Prince”

  4. 2 Tone Records

  5. Ska / 2 Tone / Pop

  6. One Step Beyond... (1979)

  7. “One Step Beyond”

  8. The 2 Tone movement

  9. “Nutty Boys”

  10. Suggs (real name: Graham McPherson)

  11. “My Girl”

  12. 1982

  13. “...Nothing more, nothing less”

  14. “House of Fun” (1982)

  15. Keep Moving (1984)

  16. Their school days

  17. “It Must Be Love”

  18. A chemist shop (pharmacy)

  19. “Our House”

  20. Our House: The Musical

by Loaded Editors