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8 | Friday August 1 2008 The Guardian | Friday August 1 2008 9 LEAVE MARGIN BLANK

LEAVE MARGIN The ultimate summer pop quiz 9) At the end of their track Burn Hollywood Burn, which Oscar-winning BLANK fi lm do Public Enemy walk out of? 5) For which Britpop single did Damien Hirst direct the video? 10) Who’s the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about? 6) Which Manchester band sang about a woman who “looks like a POLITICS painting: Jackson Pollock’s Number 5”? Get your pencils ready, music fans, and prepare for the 1) The name of which rapper entered the lexicon of US politics after being 7) Who sang the lines, “Van Gogh did some eyeball pleasers/He must have criticised by Bill Clinton during the 1992 presidential campaign? been a pencil squeezer/He didn’t do the Mona Lisa/That was an Italian grilling of your lives — from question-master Dorian Lynskey geezer”? 2) Which US presidents are the subjects of the following : 4) 8) According to ’ Sympathy for the Devil, who killed the [a] Neil Young’s Campaigner and Stevie Wonder’s You Haven’t Done According to Jonathan Richman, which artist never got called an Kennedys? Nothin’? asshole? LITERATURE 5) House of Dolls, a Holocaust memoir by Ka-Tzetnik 135633, inspired the [b] Gil Scott-Heron’s B-Movie and the ’ My Brain Is Hanging 9) Joe Strummer, Sade and MIA all attended which college of art and Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to )? 1) The title of Joy Division’s Interzone, the lyrics of Bomb the Bass’s Bug name of which band? design? [c] ’ He Was a Friend of Mine and Steinski & the Mass Media’s Powder Dust and the name of the band Steely Dan were all inspired by 6) U2’s account of Martin Luther King Jr’s murder in Pride (in the Name of 10) Which artists designed the following record covers: The Motorcade Sped On? which cult novel? Love) contains a major factual error. What is it? [a] 3) Which group has devoted a to Spencer Perceval, the British prime [b] 2) The title of the Myths of the Near Future comes from a 7) The 2004 song All For You Sophia describes the assassination of a 20th- [c] minister who was assassinated in 1812? short story collection by which Chinese-born British nal line writer? from which century ruler, after whom the band was named. Who was he? 4) How many years elapsed between 3) Dominion by the Sisters of Mercy quotes the fi 8) Which REM song features the words of US Army attorney Joseph the Beat releasing Stand Down sonnet of 1818? Welch appearing in front of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Margaret and Margaret Investigations in 1954? 4) In Streams of Whiskey by the Pogues, Shane MacGowan is encouraged Thatcher actually standing down? to drink by the spirit of which Irish poet, novelist and dramatist? 9) According to Neil Young, gure: 5) Rock star Bucky Wunderlick is the protagonist and narrator of which this historical fi MATHS “came dancing across the water 1973 novel? 1) Give the value of x in the following equations With his galleons and guns 6) However, I know nothing 5) Scottish National Party MP Pete Wishart used to play keyboards for [a] “ I am a sick man … I am a spitefuldiseased. man. I am an unattractive Looking for the new world ? and the Mysterians’ tears man. I believe my liver is which folk-rock band? In that palace in the sun” Joy Division’s hours = x at all about my disease, and do not know for certain what 6) Who is he? Which Smiths song did David Cameron choose as one of his Desert [b] √ ails me.” Edwin Starr’s miles + √ Island Discs? The Temptations’ cloud = x 10) War! Huh! Good God y’all! What is it good for? [c] (Nena’s red balloons - Bobby Troup’s route) The opening lines of which post-punk song were inspired by the above 7) Which punk frontman ran for mayor of San Francisco in 1979, fi passage from Notes From the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky? De La Soul’s magic number LANGUAGES fourth just behind a drag queen called Sister Boom-Boom? = x 7) nishing 2) Who recorded a song called in which she sang Which authors have recorded with the following musicians: 9) [a] 1) Which No 1 single from 1987 ends with a Latin passage beginning Who is “the old man” in Scott Walker’s 1969 song The Old Man’s [a] Bomb the Bass? 3) Which 2005 single makes the improbable claim πthat to 137birds decimal fl places? “Confi teor Deo omnipotenti”? Back Again? [b] Chris Coco? 770mph? [b] The song was inspired by events in which European capital the y at [c] Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy? 2) Blur recorded a French version of their 1994 hit To the End with which previous year? 4) Gene Pitney was 24 hours from Tulsa. If French singer and actress? 8) Which US band based their name erent languages, including 10) average speed of 60mph without stopping, how far away from home Which Brazilian musician currently holds the post of minister of culture he intended to travel on the subtitle of Irvine Welsh’s 3) at an Which Madonna song features lines in 10 diff under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva? was he at the time he committed adultery? short story collection Ecstasy? Lithuanian, Hindi and Hebrew? 5) 11) According to in 2006, who are still running the world? How far from Earth is Major Tom in ’s Space Oddity? 4) Which 2001 hip-hop single opens with lines spoken in Japanese, which 6) Fill in the missing geometric shapes in the following song titles: roughly translate as: “From this point, everyone’s going to be dancing RELIGIOUS STUDIES [a] Bizarre Love __ (New Order) recklessly/Let’s make some noise, let’s make some noise”? [b] 1) Pixies’ Gouge Away and PJ Harvey’s Hair refer to which Biblical The __ Game (Joni Mitchell) 5) The opening words of Portishead’s album Third are spoken in which [c] character? Dr __ (Dr __ ) European language? [d] 9) Port __ (Squarepusher) What is the name of ’s only novel, published in 1971? 2) Which Portishead song takes its chorus from Jude 1:13? 6) Translated into English, Kraftwerk’s name is shared by which 80s 8) Which band contended in the title of a 2003 single that 2+2=5? 10) When Mick Jagger and were convicted of drug supergroup? 3) What belief system connects , Chaka Khan, Chick Corea and 9) The Beatles’ White Album contains 30 songs. If you play the album on possession in 1967, Times editor William y onRees-Mogg a wheel?” penned Which an18th Doug E Fresh? editorial asking, “Who breaks a butterfl 7) Which British is named after the informal Japanese word shuffl e, what is the probability that the fi 4) century poet originally wrote those words? for hello? Which British band opened their 1978 debut single with the words: [a] George Harrison? rst song you hear will be by: “Listen to the voice of Buddha”? [b] 8) Which French band has recorded songs with titles that translate as The Ringo Starr? 5) GEOGRAPHY Sun Is Near Me, I Slept Under the Water and Silver Woman? Who claimed that Jesus … 11) [a] Take That claim to have sung a million love songs. If each song has [a] 1) 9) erent languages does Ian Dury use in Hit Me With Your died for somebody’s sins but not mine? an average length of three minutes, how many days would it take to Nick Drake was born in which southeast Asian country? How many diff [b] was a crossmaker? sing them all? 2) At exactly which Harlem junction does attempt to score Rhythm Stick? [c] is God’s atomic bomb? [b] What is the probability that Take That are exaggerating? drugs in I’m Waiting for the Man? 10) Puis-je le donner un coup de pied? [d] don’t want me for a sunbeam? 12) What percentage of Jay-Z’s problems are “bitch-related”? 3) In Charlene’s only hit single, she claims to have been to “Nice and the [e] built my hotrod? FILM STUDIES isle of Greece”, among other places, but where, according to the title, 6) Which classic reggae album contains references to Biblical books SCIENCE has she not been? 1) [a] Nick Cave was commissioned to write the sequel (the screenplay including Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Daniel and the lms, 1) According to Zager & Evans, in which year will mankind be able to 4) Which 1973 album contains songs named after Paris, France, Wales, was subsequently rejected) to which Ridley Scott movie? gospels? [b] Cave wrote successful screenplays for which two Australian fi “ pick your son, pick your daughter too/ Antarctica and Andalucia? 7) Erykah Badu, Rakim and Busta Rhymes all follow which Nation of Islam released in 1988 and 2005? From the bottom of a long glass tube?” 5) off shoot, founded by Clarence 13X in 1964? The famous Hansa studios used by such artists as U2, lm was drawn from ’s 2) 2) Who recorded songs named after the full names of the following and Iggy Pop are in which European capital? The soundtrack to which 1971 fi 8) Which Biblical location connects Talk Talk and Everything But the Girl? album The ? elements? (The years of release are given in parentheses) 6) Which Frank Sinatra song 9) Who sang the lines “The Christians and the Jews were having a [a] O (2004) 3) [a] won his only Oscar to date for a song in which refers to Peru as “llama land”? Jamboree/The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV”? [b] Li (1991) movie? 10) [c] Au (1983) [b] He is the nephew of which celebrated Hollywood composer, who Where is heaven, according to: [a] 3) received 45 Oscar nominations? In Pulp’s The Trees, Jarvis Cocker [b] describes how trees “produce the 4) [a] According to this character nd the following: air that I am breathing”. in Garden State, played by 7) In which US states would you fi What is the name for this process? [a] REM’s Cuyahoga River? Natalie Portman, which band [b] Ike & Tina Turner’s Nutbush? will change your life? [c] Patti Page’s Old Cape Cod? [d] Jimmy Webb’s lineman? ART HISTORY 4) Which Kate Bush single tells the story of Wilhelm Reich, psychiatrist 8) Alphaville and Tom Waits both claimed to be big in which country? [b] Will they really? lm 1) Which album sleeves feature the following paintings? and inventor of the orgone accumulator? 9) [a] Damon Albarn recorded an album with musicians including Toumani 5) Strategy (South face/Front Face/North Face) by Jenny Saville 5) In 2005, which scientifi Which actor mouths the words of ’s In Dreams in the fi [b] c disciplines gave their name to … Diabaté and Afel Bocoum in which African country? A Basket of Roses by Henri Fantin-Latour [a] a Girls Aloud album? Blue Velvet? [c] 10) Complete the following series: , __ , Kingman, Barstow, __ La Fille au Bouquet by Emile Théodore Frandsen de Schomberg [b] the fi rst single from that album? 6) Name the songs sung during the karaoke scene in Lost in Translation [d] Oklahoma City, __ , Gallup, Flagstaff The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault 6) by: Which UK garage duo named themselves after a chemical compound 2) Who retired from music after releasing his fi [a] Scarlett Johansson containing oxygen and an elementar HISTORY become a full-time painter in northern California? nal album in 1982 to y particle with no [b] Bill Murray (2 songs) 7) Which German physicist was the subject of Philip Glass’selectric fi cha 3) rge? 1) Abba’s 1975 hit Fernando refers to a revolution in which country? Which celebrated New artist produced the hip-hop single Beat Bop 7) The Clash make a cameo appearance as “Street Scum” in which Martin 8) Which song of 2006 explains the diff rst opera? lm? by Rammelzee vs K-Rob? 2) Which Brit award-winning band comes from the Sussex town of Battle, Scorsese fi meteorite and a meteoroid? erence between a meteor, a the site of William, Duke of Normandy’s victory in 1066? 4) Coldplay’s Viva La Vida album takes its name from a Frida Kahlo 8) Which composer links Midnight Express, and American Gigolo? 9) Who recorded the 1982 album Big Science? painting depicting which variety of fruit? 3) The first three verses of Eric Bogle’s anti-war rst song world And war the battle? Band Played 10) Complete the following series: Waltzing Matilda take place during which fi Nicotine, __ , Vicodin, marijuana, __ , alcohol, c-c-c-c-c-cocaine

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