OK, here's something for all you U2 aficionados - a test, as it were, to prove your knowledge of your favourite band.
Below is a 30 question quiz on U2 - winner receives the title "World's #1 U2 Fan"
1. In what year did U2 release its first album,"Boy"?
2. According to Beth Maynard, co-editor of "Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog", what musical pairing on "Boy" was "U2's very first foray into leading listeners musically through an experience of sin and redemption"?
3. This member of U2 told journalist Terry Mattingly in 1982:"I really believe Christ is like a sword that divides the world, and it's time we get into line and let people know where we stand. You know, to much of the world, even the mention of the name Jesus Christ is like someone scratching their nails across a chalkboard." Who said it?
4. This 1983 song ends: "The real battle just begun/To claim the victory Jesus won/On..." Name the song.
5. The song "40" is directly based on what Old Testament scriptures?
6. From "Pride (In The Name of Love):"Early morning, April 4/Shot rings out in the Memphis sky/Free at last, they took your life/They could not take your pride". To whom does this refer?
7. What U2 album title is a subtle reference to the cross of Christ?
8. In the "Rattle and Hum" documentary (1988), U2 holds up traffic by performing an impromptu version of a Dylan song on a flatbed truck. Name the song.
9. While in New York City, U2 visited Harlem and sang "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" with a church choir. Name the choir.
10. From "God Part II":"Heard a singer on the radio/Late last night/Says he's gonna kick the darkness/Til it bleeds daylight./I, I believe in love." Who's the singer Bono is referring to?
11. In this 1989 book Bono remarks:"You know the Christ I read about in the Gospels is steel not straw." Name the book.
12. This song on "Achtung, Baby" (1991) includes the lyric:"If you want to kiss the sky/Better learn how to kneel". Name the song.
13. At the 1993 Greenbelt Christian Arts Festival, Willie Williams--U2's show designer--phoned Bono from the main stage. Williams asked Bono if he had anything he wanted to say to the audience. What was Bono's reply?
14. What book by C.S. Lewis was the inspiration for Bono's onstage "devilish" persona, MacPhisto, during the ZooTV tour?
15. This U2 tour programme contains an image of an angel holding a sign on which Psalm 34:7 is printed:"THE ANGEL OF THE LORD ENCAMPETH AROUND ABOUT THEM THAT FEAR HIM AND DELIVERETH THEM." What tour was the programme from?
16. This song includes the lyric:"Lookin' for to fill that God shaped hole". Name it.
17. BBC host Chris Evans once asked Bono what he'd sing if it was the last song of the last show. What song did Bono pick?
18. On the album cover of "All That You Can't Leave Behind" (2000) what scripture is visible on the airport gate-sign?
19. From:"Beautiful Day":"See the bird with the leaf in her mouth/After the flood all the colours came out". According to Genesis 8, what type of bird was it?
20. What U2 song was played to Joey Ramone on his deathbed?
21. The London Sunday Times Magazine (Sept. 29/01) mentions that Bono and Noel Gallagher (from the band Oasis) had a long conversation about faith. A few days after the conversation, Bono sent a package to Gallagher and his girlfriend Sara that included a book by Philip Yancey. Name the book.
22. In a 2002 interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, what did Bono call "the new leprosy"?
23. In the foreword to this 2003 book, Eugene H. Peterson (Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.) writes: "Is U2 a prophetic voice? I rather think so. And many of my friends think so. If they [U2] do not explicitly proclaim the Kingdom, they certainly prepare the way for that proclamation in much the same way as John the Baptist prepared the way for the kerygma of Jesus." Name the book.
24. According to Darleen Pryds (a professor at the Franciscan School of Theology) this U2 song "is played at GenXer funerals and GenXer weddings." Name the song.
25. In May 2004, what Illinois pastor visited U2 in their Dublin studio, and at the band's request led "a time of prayer for them, their families and the [How to Dismantle] CD project"?
26. In June 2004, Bono reportedly asked singer Michael W. Smith:"Do you know how to dismantle an atomic bomb?". When Michael said "no", Bono answered his own question with what answer?
27. Bono told Robert Hilburn (Los Angeles Times):"We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes....The audience is on its feet, singing along with every word. It's like God suddenly walks through the room. It's the point where craft ends and spirit begins. How else do you explain it?" Name the song.
28. What song on "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" (2004) uses the Hebrew word for God?
29. The back cover of this 2005 book includes a quote from Bono:"The Left mocks the Right, the Right knows it's right. Two ugly traits. How far should we go to try and understand each other's point of view? Maybe the distance covered on the cross is a clue." Name the book.
30. In March 2005, this U2 member told George Varga (San Diego Union-Tribune):"...on this record in particular, [How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb] we really complete the journey from fear to faith, and that's sort of the way the running order on the record goes, from 'Vertigo' through to 'Yahweh.'" Who said it?
Scoring:
10-14 Fair
15-19 Good
20-24 Very Good
25-29 Excellent
30 As wise as Solomon
Good luck - i will be around to check the answers periodically !
Ray
Youre definitely having a great U2 year.. I feel a bit jealous but happy for you at the same time 
I've watched the video sooo many times 
