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Iron Maiden Quiz
Fifteen questions on the biggest band ever to come out of east London. Up the Irons.
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Question 1 of 15
Which bassist founded Iron Maiden in 1975?
Steve Harris, who has written or co-written most of their best-known songs.
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Question 2 of 15
Who sang on Iron Maiden's first two albums?
Paul Di'Anno, on Iron Maiden (1980) and Killers (1981).
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Question 3 of 15
Who replaced Bruce Dickinson after he left the band in 1993?
Blaze Bayley, who sang on The X Factor (1995) and Virtual XI (1998) before Dickinson returned.
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Question 4 of 15
What is an 'iron maiden'?
A legendary torture device. Steve Harris has said he took the name after seeing one in the film The Man in the Iron Mask.
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Question 5 of 15
What is Iron Maiden's official beer called?
Trooper, brewed by Robinsons in Stockport and launched in 2013.
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Question 6 of 15
Which album cover shows Eddie as an Egyptian pharaoh?
Powerslave (1984).
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Question 7 of 15
What was the band's Bruce Dickinson-piloted tour plane called?
Ed Force One. Dickinson is a qualified commercial pilot and flew the band between shows himself.
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Question 8 of 15
'Run to the Hills' was the band's first single with which singer?
Bruce Dickinson, in 1982, ahead of The Number of the Beast.
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Question 9 of 15
Which Iron Maiden epic is based on a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the thirteen-minute closer of Powerslave (1984).
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Question 10 of 15
Which guitarist rejoined in 1999, making Iron Maiden a three-guitar band?
Adrian Smith, who came back with Bruce Dickinson and joined Dave Murray and Janick Gers.
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Question 11 of 15
Which drummer played on The Number of the Beast before Nicko McBrain joined?
Clive Burr. McBrain's first album with the band was Piece of Mind (1983).
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Question 12 of 15
Which double album, released in 2015, includes the 18-minute 'Empire of the Clouds'?
The Book of Souls. Empire of the Clouds is the longest song the band has recorded.
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Question 13 of 15
Which 2021 album takes its title from a Japanese word for strategy and tactics?
Senjutsu, their seventeenth studio album.
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Question 14 of 15
Bruce Dickinson competed at a high level in which sport?
Fencing. He competed internationally and was once ranked among the best in Britain.
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Question 15 of 15
In which year did Iron Maiden first headline Monsters of Rock at Donington?
1988, on the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son tour, in front of one of the biggest crowds the festival ever drew. They headlined again in 1992.
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