1. Francis Ford Coppola was given his middle name in honour of who or what?

   1. The Ford motor company

   2. Michigan congressman Gerald Ford (later President Ford)

   3. Film director John Ford

2. Which painter impressed a pope by drawing a perfect circle?

   1. Michelangelo

   2. Giotto

   3. Leonardo da Vinci

3. 

   Which TV anthology series did Lady Gaga join in 2015?

   1. American Horror Story

   2. True Detective

   3. Unsolved

4. 

   Which of the following did not happen to Brian De Palma?

   1. He stole a motorbike and was shot in the leg following a police chase

   2. He crashed a motorbike and lost one testicle and most of the skin from his buttock

   3. As a child, he stalked his father with a camera, hoping to find proof of his infidelity

5. The Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No 4 (1916) is also known as:

   1. The Inexhaustible

   2. The Indistinguishable

   3. The Inextinguishable

6. The Bangladeshi film Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo (The Innocence) was released in Bangladeshi cinemas on 20 December 2019. Why was it notable?

   1. It was made collectively, with no writer and director, but a series of votes put to the cast and crew

   2. It holds the record for the longest non-experimental film ever made (the running time is more than 21 hours)

   3. All major roles were played by animals

7. What was the subject of the first known painting?

   1. An animal

   2. A human being

   3. A bird

8. 

   In which Shakespeare play is a woman insulted by being called an acorn?

   1. The Winter’s Tale

   2. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

   3. As You Like It

9. What was the 19th-century Russian composer Alexander Borodin’s other job?

   1. Dentist

   2. Banker

   3. Chemist

10. 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?

    1. 1956, on a South African Springbok Radio production of Moonraker

    2. 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

    3. 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

11. Who played a character who luxuriated in the name of Camilla Fortescue-Cholmeley-Browne?

    1. Zoe Boyle in Downton Abbey

    2. Patricia Hodge in The Vicar of Dibley

    3. Miranda Hart in Call the Midwife

12. Who designed the Cenotaph in London?

    1. Edwin Landseer

    2. Edwin Lutyens

    3. Robert Lutyens

13. 

    KSI is a UK rapper who released his debut solo album this month. Which of the following is not among his other job descriptions?

    1. Boxer

    2. YouTuber

    3. Model

14. Which play did the Daily Mail call a “disgusting feast of filth”?

    1. Edward Bond’s Saved

    2. Sarah Kane’s Blasted

    3. Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and Fucking

15. In which year did Michael Jackson tell the world he was “Bad”?

    1. 1986

    2. 1987

    3. 1988

16. Name the odd one out:

    1. Ben by Michael Jackson

    2. Martha My Dear by Paul McCartney

    3. Nadine by Chuck Berry

17. Which label boss issued a company memo that said: “We will release only No 1 records”?

    1. Berry Gordy of Motown

    2. Alan McGee of Creation Records

    3. Simon Cowell of Syco Music

18. Which has the highest dome?

    1. The Pantheon, Rome

    2. St Peter's, Rome

    3. The Capitol, Washington DC

Solutions

1:A, 2:B, 3:A, 4:B - (This happened to Jean-Luc Godard), 5:C, 6:B, 7:A - In 2018, scientists discovered a painting more than 40,000 years old, of an unknown animal, in the cave of Lubang Jeriji Saléh on the Indonesian island of Borneo, 8:B, 9:C, 10:A, 11:C, 12:B, 13:C, 14:B, 15:B, 16:C, 17:A, 18:B

Scores

1. 17 and above.

   Wow. You pretty much ARE culture, aren't you? But don't let that crown slip... check back next week for more quizzery.

2. 13 and above.

   Pretty impressive stuff! But there's always room for more culture, and more points. See you next week?

3. 9 and above.

   Solid stuff! Maybe next week you can really push for the big leagues…

4. 0 and above.

   Well, we don't want to make anyone feel bad. But that was... quite bad. Time for a brush-up?

5. 4 and above.

   Not bad, not bad. But we think you know you could do better