10 Quick Questions

1. Who painted A Bigger

Splash, an iconic 1967 pop artwork depicting a splash in a swimming pool?

❑ Jeff Koons

❑ Roy Lichtenstein

❑ David Hockney

❑ Andy Warhol

2. Complete this famous opening from a novel: “The past is a foreign country; …” ❑ And not one you’d want to visit ❑ Remote and inhospitable

❑ They do things differently there ❑ A place that exists in the mind

3. Which of these early-20thcentury events happened first? ❑ RMS Titanic sinks

❑ First “talkie” feature film screens ❑ October Revolution

❑ Ford Model T released 4. True or false? Some people are immune to brain freeze (ice-cream headaches)?

❑ True

❑ False

5. “Betwixt” and “between” mean the same. True or false? ❑ True

❑ False

6. Which of these novels is not set in London?

❑ The House of Mirth ❑ About a Boy

❑ Bridget Jones’s Diary ❑ House of Cards

7. Which of these is misspelt? ❑ Hierachy

❑ Pronunciation

❑ Cemetery

❑ Embarrassment 8. Which movie was the first to feature the character Dr Hannibal Lecter?

❑ Red Dragon

❑ The Silence of the Lambs ❑ Hannibal Rising ❑ Manhunter

9. Which of these musicians was the leader of a band called The Mothers of Invention? ❑ David Bowie

❑ Jeff Beck

❑ Frank Zappa

❑ Joan Baez

10. The daiquiri and mojito are cocktails that originated in which country?

❑ Mexico

❑ Brazil

❑ Cuba

❑ Spain

1. David Hockney. 2. “They do things differently there.” The line opens LP Hartley’s novel The Go-Between. 3. The Ford Model T went on sale in 1908. 4. Research suggests this is true. 5. True. 6. Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth is set in New York. 7. Hierachy should be spelt hierarchy. 8. Manhunter is a 1986 adaptation of the novel Red Dragon. Brian Cox played Lecter. 9. Frank Zappa. 10. Cuba.