Q.1
Alex and Jamie Cook both famously got guitars as Christmas presents when they were teenagers. What could Cookey play that made Alex jealous and determined to “step up my game”?
'She Loves You'
The James Bond theme
'Stairway To Heaven'
The Darth Vader march from 'Star Wars'
Q.2
Fill in the blanks from this 2005 quote. “I don’t want to be a band like ___ ___. I think if we’re next year’s ___ ___, we’ll quit.”
Kaiser Chiefs
Franz Ferdinand
The Libertines
Maximo Park
Q.3
‘When The Sun Goes Down’ was, according to Alex, inspired by a conversation with an engineer at their early practice studio. But where was that studio located?
Jordanthorpe
Norton
Shirecliffe
Neepsend
Q.4
According to an NME interview in 2006, what did Alex identify as his 'snack of choice'?
Gingerbread man
Eccles cake
Chocolate éclair
Iced bun
Q.5
Sticking on a food-based theme: in which culinary establishment did Alex and his bandmates reportedly celebrate scoring one of their Number One singles?
The Ivy
KFC
Pizza Hut
Greggs
Q.6
Alex went to Stocksbridge High School in Sheffield. Can you identify which of the following didn’t attend the same school?
Matt Helders
Bring Me The Horizon's Oli Sykes
Ex-Arctic Monkeys bassist Andy Nicholason
Jamie Cook
Q.7
According to Alex, Arctic Monkeys weren’t always critical darlings. What did he tell NME he had seen his band dismissively described as by a student magazine in October?
A poor man's The Paddingtons
A poor man's The Automatic
A poor man's The Rakes
A poor man's Razorlight
Q.8
Before landing on ‘Suck It And See’, Alex has claimed the band had a few alternative titles lined up for their fourth studio album. Which of the following was not among them?
The Nimble-Fingered Ratcatcher
The Blondo-Sonic Rape Alarm
The Rain-Shaped Shimmer Trap
The Thunder-Suckle Fuzz Canyon
Q.9
What was the name of the teacher who first read John Cooper Clarke’s ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ to a student Alex – inspiring him to re-work the poem for a track on ‘AM’?'
Alan Baker
Tom Baker
Colin Baker
Steve Baker
Q.10
Alex compared his lyrics on ‘AM’ to the work of which artist?
MC Escher
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita
H.R Gieger
Alphonse Mucha