How well do you know U2?

As the band get ready to celebrate 40 years together, here's 10 questions, covering their early days to their ascent as one of the biggest rock bans in the world

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In which Dublin venue did U2 play a series of eight afternoon shows between 1979-1980?

2 / 10

The imaginary village where Bono and Edge, and friends Gavin Friday and Guggi, got their nicknames from was called?

3 / 10

U2’s first released single had which song on the A side?

4 / 10

From what type of shop just off O’Connell Street did Bono get his nickname from?

5 / 10

What song did U2 perform on their first ever Top of the Pops appearance?

6 / 10

How many songs were U2 supposed to play at the 1985 Live Aid concert, and how many did they actually play?

7 / 10

From which Dublin band did U2 borrow both a song lyric and a song title?

8 / 10

Which Irish Oscar-nominated film director gave Bono lessons in mime in the Project Arts Centre?

9 / 10

How many times have U2 performed at Slane Castle in Co Meath?

10 / 10

On the song Vertigo, Bono sings “Turn it up loud, Captain”. Who is the Captain?

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