Below is the full Quizmo quiz devoted to the theme "David Bowie": each question, its four options, the correct answer highlighted and, where available, its source. A chance to brush up on your general knowledge and then test what you know.
▶ Play today's quizWhich alien rock star persona did David Bowie create in the early 1970s?
Source: Bowie 'killed off' Ziggy onstage in 1973, retiring the character at the peak of his fame.
Which Bowie song opens with the line 'Ground Control to Major Tom'?
Source: Released days before the 1969 Moon landing, it became his first UK hit.
Bowie was famous for his eyes appearing to be two different colours. What caused it?
Source: A teenage fight over a girl left one pupil permanently dilated, not a true colour difference.
Which 1983 album, produced with Nile Rodgers, became Bowie's biggest commercial success?
Source: Produced with Nile Rodgers, it turned the cult artist into a global pop superstar.
In which fantasy film did Bowie play Jareth, the Goblin King?
Source: The 1986 Jim Henson film became a cult classic largely thanks to Bowie's songs and codpiece.
Which 1977 Bowie anthem was inspired by lovers meeting at the Berlin Wall?
Source: Inspired by lovers meeting at the Berlin Wall, it was recorded in a studio beside it.
What was David Bowie's real surname at birth?
Source: He changed it to avoid confusion with The Monkees' Davy Jones.
Bowie shared a UK Christmas duet of 'Peace on Earth' with which crooner?
Source: The odd 1977 pairing of glam rocker and elderly crooner became an unlikely festive staple.
Which US dance-funk hit was Bowie's first American number-one single?
Source: Co-written with John Lennon, who added the song's distinctive falsetto title chant.
Which actress did Bowie marry in 1992, remaining together until his death?
Source: The Somali supermodel and Bowie were one of music's most enduring power couples.
Bowie sang a duet of 'Under Pressure' with which other act?
Source: The 1981 collaboration's bassline was later famously sampled by Vanilla Ice.
Which ambient musician was Bowie's key creative collaborator on his experimental 'Berlin Trilogy'?
Source: Eno's ambient experiments shaped Low, Heroes and Lodger during Bowie's Berlin years.
In the 1976 film 'The Man Who Fell to Earth', what was Bowie's character?
Source: He played an extraterrestrial seeking water for his dying planet, a role that mirrored his persona.
Bowie's 1980 song 'Ashes to Ashes' revisited which earlier character?
Source: He recast his spaceman as a 'junkie', darkly updating his own 1969 hit.
Which instrument did a young Bowie play in his earliest bands?
Source: He took lessons as a teenager and later wove sax lines into his own records.
Which short-lived band did Bowie form in the late 1980s to escape his solo fame?
Source: He wanted to be just a band member again, but fans and critics largely rejected the raw guitar project.
What unusual technique did Bowie borrow from writer William Burroughs to write lyrics?
Source: He sliced up sentences and rearranged the fragments at random to spark surreal imagery.
On which day relative to his death was Bowie's final album 'Blackstar' released?
Source: It dropped on his 69th birthday, two days before he died, as a deliberate parting gift.
What did Bowie pioneer in 1997 with a financial instrument named after him?
Source: 'Bowie Bonds' let investors buy a share of his future record royalties, a music-industry first.
Which fashion designer created the iconic asymmetric bodysuits for the Ziggy era?
Source: The Japanese designer's avant-garde knitwear gave Ziggy his startling stage silhouette.