Culture quiz: from Bob Holness 007 to the Daily Mail's feast of filth

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Francis Ford Coppola was given his middle name in honour of who or what? The Ford motor company Michigan congressman Gerald Ford (later President Ford) Film director John Ford Which painter impressed a pope by drawing a perfect circle? Michelangelo Giotto Leonardo da Vinci Which TV anthology series did Lady Gaga join in 2015? "" American Horror Story True Detective Unsolved Which of the following did not happen to Brian De Palma? "Brian De Palma arrives at the 2019 Venice film festival by boat." He stole a motorbike and was shot in the leg following a police chase He crashed a motorbike and lost one testicle and most of the skin from his buttock As a child, he stalked his father with a camera, hoping to find proof of his infidelity The Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No 4 (1916) is also known as: The Inexhaustible The Indistinguishable The Inextinguishable The Bangladeshi film Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo (The Innocence) was released in Bangladeshi cinemas on 20 December 2019. Why was it notable? It was made collectively, with no writer and director, but a series of votes put to the cast and crew It holds the record for the longest non-experimental film ever made (the running time is more than 21 hours) All major roles were played by animals What was the subject of the first known painting? An animal A human being A bird In which Shakespeare play is a woman insulted by being called an acorn? "" The Winter’s Tale A Midsummer Night’s Dream As You Like It What was the 19th-century Russian composer Alexander Borodin’s other job? Dentist Banker Chemist Blockbusters presenter Bob Holness was the subject of an enduring myth that he had been the tenor saxophonist on Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street, to a little presumed chagrin on the part of the real sax player, Raphael Ravenscroft. What was indisputably true about Bob, however, was that he had once portrayed James Bond 007. When and where? 1956, on a South African Springbok Radio production of Moonraker 1967, on one of the last series (a Dr No adaptation) to be broadcast late‑night on the BBC Home Service before it became Radio 4 1976, standing in as a double for Roger Moore for two days on The Spy Who Loved Me, while on holiday near the film set in Porto Cervo, Sardinia Who played a character who luxuriated in the name of Camilla Fortescue-Cholmeley-Browne? Zoe Boyle in Downton Abbey Patricia Hodge in The Vicar of Dibley Miranda Hart in Call the Midwife Who designed the Cenotaph in London? Edwin Landseer Edwin Lutyens Robert Lutyens KSI is a UK rapper who released his debut solo album this month. Which of the following is not among his other job descriptions? "" Boxer YouTuber Model Which play did the Daily Mail call a “disgusting feast of filth”? Edward Bond’s Saved Sarah Kane’s Blasted Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and Fucking In which year did Michael Jackson tell the world he was “Bad”? 1986 1987 1988 Name the odd one out: Ben by Michael Jackson Martha My Dear by Paul McCartney Nadine by Chuck Berry Which label boss issued a company memo that said: “We will release only No 1 records”? Berry Gordy of Motown Alan McGee of Creation Records Simon Cowell of Syco Music Which has the highest dome? The Pantheon, Rome St Peter"s, Rome The Capitol, Washington DC

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