Culture quiz: from Warhol's portraits to shooting a man in Reno

  • 4/6/2020
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According to John Huston, what was the best part of being a director? The catering service Sadism You get to decide how long the bar stays open Keanu Reeves’s first name is Hawaiian for what? A cool breeze over the mountains Mighty tree by the water Fragrant cloud Which of the following on set injuries did Twister director Jan De Bont suffer at the start of his career when he was working as a cinematographer? He was mauled by a lion and had to have his scalp sewn back on He broke a collarbone after falling out of a second-storey window while attempting to frame an establishing shot He got his foot caught in a camera tracking rail, and his toe had to be amputated Which of these is not a statue? Venus of Willendorf Venus of Milo Venus of Urbino Venus of Brassempouy Which of these composers did Andy Warhol not paint? Beethoven Haydn Wagner Mozart The head of which British composer has featured on a UK bank note? Henry Purcell Edward Elgar Benjamin Britten There are many strange musical instruments. One of the following is real. Which? Cello Horn Fiddle Flute Rumen Drum David Tennant is slated to star in Des, a three-episode ITV delight still poised for the end of this year. But who he is starring as? 1960s thriller writer Desmond Bagley, who out-Bonded Ian Fleming in his wartime spy exploits Serial killer Dennis Nilsen Desi Arnaz, warring husband of Lucille Ball (Katherine Ryan), in a period-sharp psychodrama Which of these actors – not the characters – from Endeavour also played a role (as a dodgy don) in one episode of the original Morse? Roger Allam (in Endeavour, Fred Thursday) Sean Rigby (Jim Strange) Anton Lesser (Reginald Bright) The UK’s 2003 Eurovision song, by Liverpool group Jemini, scored “nul points”. What was the eerily prophetic song title? Cry Baby Don’t Play That Song Again Why Do I Always Get It Wrong? Which 20th-century Hamlet swallowed his father? Simon Russell Beale Daniel Day-Lewis Jonathan Pryce Which playwright said writers feel about critics “what lamp-posts feel about dogs”? Christopher Hampton Harold Pinter Lucy Prebble Which punk rocker declared “Like trousers, like brain”? Joe Strummer Paul Weller Who “shot a man in Reno just to watch him die”? Merle Haggard Willie Nelson Johnny Cash Bob Dylan recently released a 17-minute track about the assassination of John F Kennedy. What was it called? The Place Where Faith Hope and Charity Die Murder Most Foul Lower the Flags Which British pop location received a spruce-up, thanks to Covid-19? Salford Lads’ Club, made famous by the Smiths The David Bowie memorial in Brixton The zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios made famous by the Beatles Which architect popularised the saying “Less is more”? Le Corbusier Adolf Loos Mies van der Rohe Which of these cathedral spires did not collapse? Salisbury Lincoln Chichester

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