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Drugs and rock 'n' roll quiz

Whether good or bad, drugs have played a central role in the history of rock 'n' roll. So, turn your trivia skills up to 11 and see how you score.

1. When Ozzy Osbourne ran out of cocaine while on tour with Mötley Crue in 1984, what did he snort instead?

A line of ants
Sherbet
Washing powder
Nikki Sixx's dandruff

2. What happened to the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious on February 2, 1979?

He stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in a drug-fuelled frenzy
He was sent to prison for supplying Class A drugs
He died of a heroin overdose
He crashed his car while high on acid

3. "What once was a mold city was now a crystal town," sang the Scissor Sisters in the song Return to Oz. What were they referring to?

The experience of watching The Wizard of Oz on acid
How crack houses are prospering in the US
The effect of crystal meth on the gay community
Going through cold turkey

4. Hardcore band Minor Threat's track Straight Edge inspired a movement of the same name, involving...

Taking speed and shredding fast guitar riffs
Abstinence from all drugs
Smoking pot and being vegetarian
Being celibate outside of marriage, but taking drugs

5. Where and how did rock legend Jimi Hendrix die on September 18, 1970?

In his bathroom, of cardiac arrhythmia, having consumed a cocktail of drugs including opiates and barbiturates
In his spare room, having shot himself in the head shortly after injecting heroin
In a New Orleans hotel room, following an overdose of cocaine and methadone
In the back of an ambulance, having choked on his own vomit following a heavy intake of alcohol, amphetamines and tranquilisers

Updated: 04/03/2011