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The Culture and Literature Quiz

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Know your Booker from your Pulitzer? Up to date on the latest Emin controversy? Try our quiz to see just how culturally clued up you were in 2011..

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1. Tiger Tiger by Margaux Fragaso

2. Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

3. Mona Lisa

4. Kaiser Chiefs

5. 3

6. The Conduits

7. Gentleman Jack

8. Moving a watch

9. My Blood Approves

10. Martin Guerre

11. 47

12. King Richard III

13. JD Salinger

14. Swamplandia! by Karen Russell

15. Terracotta Room

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A Guardian critic said “only a voyeur or a pervert could admire it” about which controversial memoir?

The Final Testament of the Holy Bible by James Frey Tiger Tiger by Margaux Fragaso Your Voice in My Head by Emma Forrest With the Kisses of Her Mouth by Monique Roffey

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Who won the 2011 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress?

Amy Adams (The Fighter) Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech) Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

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Which of Leonardo da Vinci’s pieces did NOT appear in his recent exhibition at the National Gallery?

Virgin of the Rocks Mona Lisa La Belle Ferroniere The Last Supper

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Which band created history when they offered fans the chance to create and buy bespoke versions of their new album via iTunes?

Coldplay The Strokes Kaiser Chiefs Radiohead

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Julian Barnes finally won the Man Booker Prize after previously being nominated how many times?

2 4 3 Never

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In the Pulitzer prize winning A Visit From the Goon Squad, Bosco used to play in which band?

The Conduits The Flaming Dildos The Mad Hatters Stop/Go

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What is the name of the guinea pig in the Jooney Woodward photo that won the Taylor Wessing Prize?

Gentle Jack Gentle Giant Gentleman Jack Ginger Jack

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In Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, which magic act does Celia perform with her mind when she first meets the man in the grey suit?

Moving a watch Breaking a teacup Tying boot laces Repairing a broken porcelain doll

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What was the title of the first book self-published by 26-year-old ‘Kindle millionaire’ Amanda Hocking?

Switched The Hunger Games My Blood Approves Fate

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James Corden got rave reviews for his performance in ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’, but in which play did he make his West End debut?

The History Boys Martin Guerre Les Miserables A Respectable Wedding

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The King James Bible celebrated its 400th anniversary this year. How many scholars worked to complete the original translation?

484 4 4000 47

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Which Shakespearean king did Kevin Spacey play at the Old Vic?

King Lear Kind Richard II King Richard III King John

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A handwritten note from which author sold for $50,000 on eBay?

JD Salinger Harper Lee F. Scott Fitzgerald Jack Kerouac

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Which of the following books did NOT appear in the Orange Prize shortlist?

Great House by Nicole Krauss Room by Emma Donoghue Swamplandia! by Karen Russell Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson

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Tracey Emin’s More Passion installation was hung outside which room in 10 Downing Street?

White Room Terracotta Room Pillared Room Dining Room

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