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1. John Lydon was born in London on the 31st of January of which year?
2. At the age of seven, Lydon was hospitalized with spinal meningitis for a whole year. The treatments for this left him with what abnormality?
3. Lydon went on to join the Sex Pistols, forming in 1975. What was the first single the band released in the UK (and there only under the EMI label)?
4. On 27 May 1977, after original bassist Glen Matlock had left and the subsequent replacement Sid Vicious had joined, the Sex Pistols' second single, "God Save the Queen", was released in the UK. The song instigated major controversy to such a point that there was debate as to whether it had been deliberately kept out of the number one position of the UK chart (week of June 11, 1977) to avoid a 'spectacle'. In either case, which song was awarded the number one spot for that week?
5. Later in 1977, the Sex Pistols would release their only studio album, "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols". The album would be certified platinum in the UK, but in which year did this certification occur?
6. Lydon left the Sex Pistols in early 1978 after a turbulent tour of the US. In which venue did he perform for the last time before the band broke up?
7. After leaving the Sex Pistols, later the same year he formed a new band, Public Image Ltd, with former Clash member Keith Levene and school friend Jah Wobble. Which of these wasn't a single they released in the UK in the remainder of the 1970s?
8. In 1987, Public Image Ltd released a song in the UK that was named after which city in North America?
9. Two years later, in 1989, Public Image Ltd. released an album titled "9". Which song off the album reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US?
10. In February 2004, in an interview with the Scottish newspaper "Sunday Mirror", Lydon stated he and his wife "should be dead" because due to his wife taking too long to pack, what type of disaster did they avoid?
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