Tests your arts knowledge with these questions from the Observer’s critics
At the height of his success, Nicolas Cage went on a spending spree which left him near bankruptcy. Which of the following did he NOT buy?
An octopus
A drinks cabinet made out of pieces of wood salvaged from a Mayan burial site
A 70-million-year-old dinosaur skull
When Midnight Cowboy was slated in a review in Village People, what did director John Schlesinger do with his offending copy?
He used it as toilet paper
He used it to line the cage of his pet rat
He set fire to it
Christian Bale famously lost 63lb for his role in The Machinist. But what did he eat every day in order to lose the weight?
One can of tuna and one apple
Cabbage soup
Four tablespoons of quinoa and an egg-white omelette
Who brought the Mona Lisa to France?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Leonardo
Francesco del Giocondo
Who made Mozarabic art?
Christians
Muslims
Arabs
“Every time I listen to [this composer] I get the urge to conquer Poland.” Who provoked this response in Woody Allen?
Chopin
Leonard Bernstein
Wagner
Which composer had seven identical corduroy suits and only ate white food?
Erik Satie
Igor Stravinsky
John Cage
Which is the odd-one-out Aussie soap, by dint of being set not in New South Wales but on Queensland’s Gold Coast?
Breakers
Paradise Beach
Home and Away
The lift in The Big Bang Theory was out of order – from the series’ early days in 2008 until The Change Constant, which was the second-last episode ever (Season 12, Episode 23), broadcast last year. What was the original cause of the malfunction?
Leonard had tried to hide a surprise Christmas tree (for a pre-Penny paramour) in an empty shaft, tangling the wires
Raj had drunkenly taped the doors with safety warning tape and then forgotten entirely
The sump was full of experimental rocket fuel
Granada’s Crown Court ran on afternoon TV from 1972 until 1984. In which fictional town was it set, a locale later made arguably even more famous by Viz magazine?
Fulchester
Bradfield
Darrowby
In which of the following does a washing machine sing?
Caroline, or Change
Hairspray
The Kitchen
Which playwright is the odd one out?
Aphra Behn
Christopher Marlowe
Ben Jonson
Who said that “being cool is not a state of mind, it’s a fact of life”?
Keith Richards
Miles Davis
Nick Cave
Which prime minister cited the Arctic Monkeys as his favourite band?
Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
David Cameron
Britney Spears’s hit single Oops! ... I Did It Again recently marked its 20th anniversary. Which of these statements about it is NOT true?
Justin Timberlake played uncredited tambourine on the song
Britney injured her head on the video set, requiring stitches
The song features a spoken-word interlude that refers to the film Titanic
What did the K-pop band BTS do recently?
Split up
Launched a Korean-language online course Learn Korean with BTS
Donated the proceeds of sales of their own brand mobile phone to Korean Covid-19 relief
Who designed the Trellick Tower in west London?
Erno Goldfinger
Denys Lasdun
Max Zorin
Who said “I am a whore1 and I am paid very well for high-rise buildings”?
Richard Seifert
Philip Johnson
Rafael Vinoly
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