1997 Mastermind Elimination Answers
Here are the answers to the set of questions. These are the official
answers, so feel free to disagree with them!
Remember, the questions were asked in April 1997, so 'recent' should be
interpreted accordingly.
- 1. What is the first song you hear when watching the Greatest Flix video?
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (this is played over the introductory screen, before
the start of the "Killer Queen" video).
- 2. Queen reached the top of the USA 'Billboard Chart' for the first time
with which album?
- "The Game"
- 3. Mike Shipley remixed which Queen song?
- "I'm In Love With My Car" (his remix is on the Hollywood Records "A Night At
The Opera")
- 4. Which Queen II album track is found on the Queen At The Beeb/BBC
album?
- "Ogre Battle"
- 5. What is the sub-title of the first Magic Years video set?
- The Foundations
- 6. What is the title of the solo song Brian wrote with four other
friends?
- "Blues Breaker", from the "Star Fleet Project" LP
- 7. On the 3" CD single set, which track features with We Are The Cham-
pions and We Will Rock You?
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- 8. What was the 'b' side of the In My Defence single in the UK?
- "Love Kills"
- 9. Who played synthesizer with Roger on the track Coming Soon?
- Freddie Mercury
- 10. Where in Holland was Queen's first gig in the country?
- The Hague
- 11. What was the first single to be released in the USA from the Made
In Heaven album?
- "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
- 12. Which band member had an early job as a disco promoter?
- Roger Taylor
- 13. What is the title of the song Brian sings as a duet in the "The
Adventures Of Pinocchio"?
- "What Are We Made Of"
- 14. Which Roger solo song title can be heard in the lyrics of Sheer
Heart Attack?
- "Turn On The TV"
- 15. At which BBC Studio were the first Queen recordings made for their
first session at 'the Beeb'?
- Langham One
- 16. For which video did all the members of Queen appear together to
film the promo for the very last time?
- "I'm Going Slightly Mad" (the video for "These Are The Days Of Our Lives"
was filmed later, but Brian and the rest of the band were filmed separately).
- 17. Which song did Smile perform at live concerts which appeared on
Brian's solo album?
- "Rollin' Over"
- 18. During the bands 'A Night At The Opera' UK tour of 1975, once they
played TWO concerts in one night. In which city did this happen?
- Manchester
- 19. In which calendar year did Queen have THREE songs at No.1 in the
UK gallup singles chart?
- 1991 ("Innuendo" was number one for a week in January, and "Bohemian
Rhapsody" and "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" were both number one in
December - as a double-a sided single).
- 20. Which Queen album has been recently re-released as part of EMI's
'The Vinyl Collection' to celebrate their first centenary?
- A Night At The Opera