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1954?
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ch
hi
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irit of
Neil Young,
to drink by the sp
rrator of which
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otagonist and na
pr
e
th
is
ck
gure:
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cky Wunde
this historical fi
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ross the water
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in
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ive
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un
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sease, and do no
at all about my di
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for?
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19
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gle fro
ss?
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[b] Chris Coco?
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their 1994 hit To
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3) Which Madon
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ndi and Hebrew
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, which
an
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ua
short story colle
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oken in Japanese
ens with lines sp
op
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ncing
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da
sin
be
p
to
ho
g
hiperyone’s goin
ev
t,
4) Which 2001
in
po
is
th
as: “From
e some noise”?
roughly translate
noise, let’s mak
e
m
so
e
ak
m
’s
hich
recklessly/Let
are spoken in w
ead’s album Third
ish
rt
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of
ds
or
w
5) The opening
ished in 1971?
ge?
only novel, publ
s
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which 80s
European langua
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of
me
me is shared by
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te
tw
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to English,
Richards were co
6) Translated in
Jagger and Keith
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es
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m
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10) When Mick
ill
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r
up
18th
Japanese word
supergro
67, Times edito
ter the informal
a wheel?” Which
af
on
ed
possession in 19
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rfl
na
tte
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a
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record la
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7) Which British
editorial asking
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ly
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in
as The
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or
for hello
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century poet
songs with title
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rd
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s
ha
an?
band
er and Silver Wom
8) Which French
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attempt to scor
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n does Lou Reed
tio
nc
ju
k?
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hm
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only hit single,
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,
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ac
pl
r
he
among ot
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FILM STUDIES
isle of Greece”,
write the sequel
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en
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be
es
t
was co
ce, Wal
movie?
has she no
1) [a] Nick Cave
after Paris, Fran
ch Ridley Scott
s,
rejected) to whi
ains songs named
ly
nt
nt
co
o Australian film
ue
m
tw
eq
bu
bs
ch
al
su
hi
73
was
plays for w
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4) Which 19
re
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dalu
[b] Cave wrote su
Antarctica and An
, Depeche Mode
and 2005?
such artists as U2
by
ed
hen’s
us
s
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released in 1988
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from Leonard Co
l?
ta
pi
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film was drawn
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to
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2) The soundtra
and Iggy Pop ar
Cohen?
ngs of Leonard
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bu
so
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3) [a] Randy Ne
refers to Peru as
composer, who
movie?
ated Hollywood
br
le
ce
ch
hi
w
ew of
[b] He is the neph
nominations?
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45
received
r
g to this characte
4) [a] Accordin
llowing:
fo
e
th
nd
fi
by
u
ed
yo
play
states would
in Garden State,
7) In which US
r?
which band
ve
,
Ri
an
ga
m
rt
ho
Po
ya
Cu
lie
Nata
[a] REM’s
h?
us
tb
e?
Nu
lif
rner’s
will change your
[b] Ike & Tina Tu
d?
Co
pe
d Ca
[c] Patti Page’s Ol
lineman?
s
b’
eb
y?
W
y
m
[d] Jim
in which countr
aimed to be big
cl
th
bo
ts
ai
W
d Tom
ani
ly?
8) Alphaville an
including Toum
s in the film
with musicians
[b] Will they real
m
bu
al
an
ed
bison’s In Dream
rd
Or
co
y
re
Ro
rn
of
y?
ba
ds
tr
Al
or
un
w
on
9) Dam
African co
mouths the
Bocoum in which
5) Which actor
Diabaté and Afel
?
Blue Velvet
st in Translation
w, __
oke scene in Lo
llowing series:
ra
to
fo
rs
ka
e
e
Ba
th
,
th
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g
an
et
m
pl
rin
m
ng
10) Co
aff, __ , Ki
ngs sung du
__ , Gallup, Flagst
6) Name the so
Oklahoma City,
by:
nsson
[a] Scarlett Joha
y?
tr
un
songs)
which co
HISTORY
[b] Bill Murray (2
” in which Martin
to a revolution in
rs
fe
re
do
an
ce as “Street Scum
rn
an
e,
Fe
ar
t
ttl
pe
hi
Ba
ap
75
of
eo
19
n
m
’s
w
ake a ca
ssex to
1) Abba
7) The Clash m
mes from the Su
winning band co
?
dar
66
?
10
aw
lm
it
in
fi
n Gigolo?
y
Br
se
or
ch
se
ct
Scor
2) Whi
face and America
rmandy’s vi
ar
No
Sc
of
s,
ke
es
pr
Du
,
Ex
m
t
ed
nd Play
the site of Willia
ser links Midnigh
song And the Ba
8) Which compo
Bogle’s anti-war
ic
Er
e?
of
ttl
es
ba
rs
ar
ve
e
ld w
3) The first thre
g which first wor
a take place durin
Waltzing Matild
9) At the end of
their track Burn
Hollywood Burn
film do Public En
, which Oscar-w
emy walk out of
inning
?
10) Who’s the ca
t that won’t cop
out when there’s
danger all abou
t?
POLITICS
1) The name of
which rapper en
tered the lexico
criticised by Bill
n of US politics
Clinton during th
after being
e 1992 presiden
tial campaign?
2) Which US pr
esidents are the
subjects of the fo
[a] Neil Young’s
llowing songs:
Campaigner and
Stevie Wonder’s
Nothin’?
You Haven’t Do
ne
[b] Gil Scott-Her
on’s B-Movie an
d
th
e
Ramones’ My Br
Upside Down (B
ain Is Hanging
onzo Goes to Bi
tburg)?
[c] The Byrds’ He
Was a Friend of
Mine and Steins
The Motorcade
ki & the Mass M
Sped On?
edia’s
3) Which group
has devoted a so
ng to Spencer Pe
minister who w
rceval, the Briti
as assassinated
sh prime
in 1812?
4) How many ye
ars elapsed betw
een
the Beat releasin
g Stand Down
Margaret and M
argaret
Thatcher actual
ly standing dow
n?
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5) For which Br
itpop
single did Damie
n Hirst direct th
6) Which Manch
e video?
ester band sang
ab
ou
t
a woman who “l
painting: Jackso
ooks like a
n Pollock’s Num
ber 5”?
7) Who sang th
e lines, “Van Go
gh did some eyeb
been a pencil sq
all pleasers/He m
ueezer/He didn
ust have
’t do the Mona Li
geezer”?
sa/That was an
Italian
8) According to
Jonathan Richm
an, which artist
asshole?
never got called
an
9) Joe Strumm
er, Sade and MIA
all attended whi
design?
ch college of art
and
10) Which artists
designed the fo
llowing record co
[a]
vers:
[b]
[c]
MATHS
1) Give the valu
e of x in the follo
wing equations
[a] ? and the
Mysterians’ tear
s
Joy Division’s ho
=x
urs
[b] √Edwin St
arr’s miles + √Th
e Temptations’
cloud = x
[c] (Nena’s re
d balloons - Bobb
y Troup’s route)
De La Soul’s mag
=x
ic number
2) Who recorded
a song called in
which she sang
π to 137 decimal plac
3) Which 2005
single makes th
es?
e
improbable clai
770mph?
m that birds fly
at
4) Gene Pitney
was 24 hours fro
m Tulsa. If he in
average speed of
tended to trave
60mph without
l at an
stopping, how fa
was he at the tim
r away from hom
e he committed
e
adultery?
5) How far from
Earth is Major To
m in David Bow
ie’s Space Oddity
6) Fill in the m
?
issing geometric
sh
ap
es
in the following
[a] Bizarre Love
RELIGIOUS STU
song titles:
__ (New Order)
DIES
[b] The __ Game
1) Pixies’ Goug
(Joni Mitchell)
e Away and PJ Ha
[c
] Dr __ (Dr __ )
rv
ey
’s Hair refer to w
character?
hich Biblical
[d] Port __ (Squar
epusher)
2) Which Portish
ead song takes its
8)
Which band cont
chorus from Jude
ended in the tit
1:13?
3) What belief
le of a 2003 singl
system connects
e that 2+2=5?
9) The Beatles’
Is
aa
c
Ha
W
yes, Chaka Khan
hite Album cont
Doug E Fresh?
, Chick Corea an
ai
ns
30
so
sh
ngs. If you play
uffle, what is th
d
the album on
e probability th
4) Which British
at the first song
[a] George Harr
band opened th
you hear will be
iso
n?
ei
r
19
by:
78
debut single with
“Listen to the vo
[b] Ringo Starr?
ice of Buddha”?
the words:
5) Who claimed
11) [a] Take That
that Jesus …
claim to have su
ng a million love
[a] died for som
an average leng
ebody’s sins bu
songs. If each so
th of three minut
t not mine?
ng has
[b] was a crossm
es, how many da
sing them all?
aker?
ys would it take
to
[c] is God’s atom
[b] What is the pr
ic bomb?
obability that Ta
[d] don’t want m
ke
That are exagge
e for a sunbeam
12) What percen
rating?
?
tage of Jay-Z’s pr
[e] built my hotr
oblems are “bitc
od?
h-related”?
6) Which classic
SCIENCE
reggae album co
ntains references
including Genesis
to Biblical book
, Exodus, Numbe
s
1) According to
rs, Deuteronom
gospels?
Zager & Evans, in
y, Daniel and th
which year will
e
“pick your son,
mankind be able
pick your daught
7) Erykah Badu
to
, Rakim and Bust
er too/
From the bottom
a
Rh
ym
es all follow whi
of
offshoot, founde
a
lo
ng
gl
as
s tube?”
ch Nation of Isla
d by Clarence 13
m 2) Who recorded so
X in 1964?
ngs named afte
8) Which Biblic
r
th
e
full names of th
al location conn
elements? (The
e following
ects Talk Talk an
years of release
d Everything Bu
are given in pare
9) Who sang th
[a
]
O
(2
00
t
ntheses)
th
4)
e
e lines “The Chris
Girl?
tians and the Je
Jamboree/The Bu
[b] Li (1991)
ws were having
ddhists and the
a
Hindus joined on
[c] Au (1983)
10) Where is heav
satellite TV”?
en, according to
:
3) In Pulp’s Th
[a]
e Trees, Jarvis Co
cker
[b]
describes how tr
ees “produce th
e
air that I am brea
thing”.
What is the nam
e for this proces
s?
5) Scottish Natio
nal Party MP Pe
te Wishart used
which folk-rock
to play keyboard
band?
s for
6) Which Smith
s song did David
Cameron choose
Island Discs?
as one of his De
sert
7) Which punk
frontman ran fo
r mayor of San Fr
fourth just behi
ancisco in 1979,
nd a drag queen
finishing
called Sister Bo
om-Boom?
9) [a] Who is “t
he old man” in Sc
ott Walker’s 1969
Back Again?
song The Old M
an’s
[b] The song was
inspired by even
ts in which Euro
previous year?
pean capital the
10) Which Brazili
an musician curr
ently holds the
under Presiden
post of minister
t Luiz Inácio Lu
of culture
la da Silva?
11) According to
Jarvis Cocker in
2006, who are st
ill running the w
orld?
ART HISTORY
1) Which album
sleeves feature
the following pa
[a] Strategy (Sou
intings?
th face/Front Fa
ce/North Face) by
[b] A Basket of Ro
Jenny Saville
ses by Henri Fant
in-Latour
[c] La Fille au Bo
uquet by Emile
Théodore Frands
[d] The Raft of th
en de Schombe
e Medusa by Th
rg
éodore Géricault
2) Who retired
from music afte
r releasing his fi
become a full-tim
nal album in 1982
e painter in nort
to
hern California?
3) Which celebr
ated New York ar
tist produced th
by Rammelzee vs
e hip-hop single
K-Rob?
Beat Bop
4) Coldplay’s Vi
va La Vida album
takes its name fro
painting depictin
m a Frida Kahlo
g which variety
of fruit?
The answers will be printed in next week’s Film&Music
4) Which Kate
Bush single tells
the story of Wilh
and inventor of
elm Reich, psyc
the orgone accu
hiatrist
mulator?
5) In 2005, whi
ch scientific disc
iplines gave thei
[a] a Girls Aloud
r name to …
album?
[b] the first singl
e from that albu
m?
6) Which UK ga
rage duo named
themselves afte
containing oxyg
r a chemical com
en and an elemen
pound
tary particle with
7) Which Germ
no electric char
an physicist was
ge?
the subject of Ph
ilip Glass’s first
8) Which song
opera?
of 2006 explains
the difference be
meteorite and a
tween a meteor,
meteoroid?
a
9) Who recorded
the 1982 album
Big Science?
10) Complete th
e following serie
s:
Nicotine, __ , Vico
din, marijuana,
__ , alcohol, c-cc-c-c-cocaine