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Entertainment Quiz #30

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 13 August 2009

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Q1. Who painted mostly in egg tempera, is best known for "Christina's World", and whose common subject was Helga Testorf?

A
Pablo Picasso
B
Andrew Wyeth
C
Norman Bluhm
D
Richard Diebenkorn
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Q2. Which of these was painted by Leonardo da Vinci?

A
Futurama
B
Mona Lisa
C
The Hay Wain
D
The Blue Boy
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Q3. Which of these musicals is set in France following Napoleon's fall from power, during the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy and the uprising which ends it?

Note: This question was updated in October 2017
A
Annie Get Your Gun
B
Les Miserables
C
Sweet Charity
D
Cabaret
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Q4. What was the last record to be played on Radio Caroline South before its radio ship was towed into harbour over unpaid debts on the morning of 3 March 1968?

A
"The Legend of Xanadu" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
B
"Mighty Quinn" by Manfred Mann
C
"Cinderella Rockefella" by Ester and Abbie Ofarim
D
"Everlasting Love" by Love Affair
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Q5. What band's most commercially successful line-up, in 1969-73, featured Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Roger Glover and Ian Paice?

A
Yes
B
Pink Floyd
C
Deep Purple
D
AC/DC
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Q6. Which British TV series, a contest to decide the best new pop singer in the UK based on viewer voting, debuted in October 2001 and became an international franchise?

A
Sing star
B
Singing Idol
C
Sing sing sing
D
Pop Idol
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Q7. Who was the main illustrator for the Tintin series of books?

Note: This question was updated in December 2016
A
Albert Uderzo
B
René Goscinny
C
Hergé
D
Aubrey Beardsley
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