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Entertainment Quiz #176

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 31 May 2012

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Q1. Which of these was painted by Claude Monet in 1891?

Note: This question was updated in May 2019
A
Haystack
B
The Starry Night
C
Water Lilies
D
Le Moulin de la Galette
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Q2. After 97 years since being installed on a rock in Copenhagen harbour, the statue of "The Little Mermaid" left its place in April 2010 to go where?

A
New York, USA
B
Shanghai, China
C
Sydney, Australia
D
London, England
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Q3. Who, it is said, did similar deals with Dr Faustus, Robert Johnson and Niccolò Paganini?

A
David Lloyd George
B
The devil
C
Theodore Roosevelt
D
Archangel Gabriel
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Q4. In the British series of "The Office", the character of Gareth is played by which actor?

A
Mackenzie Crook
B
Ricky Gervais
C
Stephen Merchant
D
Martin Freeman
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Q5. Which film was notable for the legal battle that ensued when first Madonna then Kim Basinger backed out of the title role, and for winning a "Worst Director" award for David Lynch at the Golden Raspberry Awards?

A
Skippy Pulls It Off
B
Million Dollar Baby
C
Boxing Helena
D
Rockette IV
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Q6. Martin Esslin coined what term for particular plays written in the 1940 to 1960s, and to the style of theatre which has evolved from their work by, for example, Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Genet, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Fernando Arrabal, and Edward Albee?

A
Plays of style and grace
B
Theatre of the Absurd
C
Theatre of Cruelty
D
Modernist
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Q7. Which rock band's first drummer, Stumpy Pepys, was killed in an obscure gardening accident, their second, Eric Stumpy Joe Childs, died by choking on vomit, and their third died from spontaneous combustion during a concert?

Note: This question was updated in April 2023
A
The Folksmen
B
The Who
C
The Rutles
D
Spinal Tap
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