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The Rolling Stones are set to shake Yas Island in a sold-out show this Friday. To mark the occasion, Adam Zacharias brings you a look at the world’s most enduring rockers.

The Rolling Stones were the first act ever to perform on the legendary BBC music chart show Top of the Pops on New Year’s Day, 1964. What song did they play?

a) (I Can’t Get No) 
Satisfaction

b) Not Fade Away

c) I Wanna Be Your Man

d) Get Off of My Cloud

Where did Mick Jagger and Keith Richards first meet in 1960?

a) Dartford train station in Kent

b) At a mutual friend’s 15^th birthday party

c) While in detention at school

d) In a record store, arguing about music

What musical genre is Charlie Watts’ first love?

a) Skiffle

b) Jazz

c) Classical

d) Folk

Before joining The Rolling Stones in 1975 following the departure of Mick Taylor, Ronnie Wood played in a band fronted by Rod Stewart. What was the group known as?

a) The Birds

b) Black Limousine

c) The Wick

d) Small Faces

In his acclaimed 2010 autobiography Life, Keith Richards admitted he had two nicknames for Mick Jagger. One was “Your Majesty”, but what was the other?

a) The California King

b) Pottsworth

c) Brenda

d) Pugwash

Rolling Stones founding member Bill Wyman left the group in 1993 after 31 years on bass. Four years previously, he founded a London restaurant themed around the band, which continues to thrive to this day. But which Stones album is it named after?

a) Aftermath

b) Sticky Fingers

c) Beggars Banquet

d) Voodoo Lounge

Which famous TV chef baked the cake on the cover of the Stones’ 1969 album Let it Bleed?

a) Delia Smith

b) Anthony Worral Thompson

c) Raymond Blanc

d) Keith Floyd

Which Hollywood star did Keith Richards mistake for a drug dealer for two years after he befriended the guitarist’s son, Marlon?

a) Brad Pitt

b) Johnny Depp

c) Colin Farrell

d) Robert Pattinson

In October last year, Rolling Stone magazine counted down the 100 best Rolling Stones songs. Which track topped the list?

a) Paint it Black

b) Sympathy for the Devil

c) Wild Horses

d) Gimme Shelter

Which famous Hollywood filmmaker directed the 2006 documentary Shine a Light, built around a performance by the Stones at New York’s Beacon Theatre?

a) Martin Scorsese

b) Ridley Scott

c) Steven Spielberg

d) James Cameron

ANSWERS

1) c

2) a

3) b

4) d

5) c

6) b

7) a

8) b

9) d

10) a

CHARLIE WATTS-72

Despite being a member of one of rock and roll’s wildest bands for more than half a century, drummer Charlie Watts has remained a surprisingly low-key and straight-laced figure. In October, Watts celebrates his 50^th wedding anniversary to wife Shirley, with whom he lives in rural England and breeds horses in his spare time. Despite his mild-mannered temperament, the Londoner once punched Mick Jagger in the mid-‘80s for referring to him as “my drummer”.

KEITH RICHARDS-70

The embodiment of the indestructible rock and roll archetype, Keith Richards’ life is steeped in folklore. American comedian Bill Hicks once said, “I picture nuclear war and two things surviving: Keith and cockroaches.” The rebellious guitar great, who sang in his school choir, co-wrote most of the Stones’ most famous hits alongside Mick Jagger. However despite his swaggering presence, Richards insists he’s actually rather shy at heart, especially with the ladies. He’s also an avid reader, with an enormous library in his English home.

MICK JAGGER -70

Born into a middle-class family, Michael Jagger attended the prestigious London School of Economics in his teens and dreamed of becoming a journalist or a politician. This all changed when The Rolling Stones – named after a Muddy Waters record – began gaining a cult following in London. Just a few years later he was a fully-fledged rock star, whose female fans adored him as much as the authorities of the day hated him. Despite his raucous youth, Jagger went on to look after the Stones’ finances, became a fitness addict and was knighted in 2003.

RONNIE WOOD-66

The ‘baby’ of the group, Ronnie Wood has had a prolific career both in the Stones (whom he joined in the mid-1970s) as well as away from the band. The guitarist has collaborated with everyone from The Red Hot Chili Peppers to Aretha Franklin to David Bowie. He is also a respected figure in the art world, although in recent years Wood has become a tabloid fixture duo to his alcoholism and tempestuous love life.