Test your arts knowledge with these questions from the Observer’s critics
Which of the following is true of Emma Thompson?
She is the only person to have won Academy Awards for both acting and writing
She is a black belt in taekwondo
She was the first female member of the Cambridge Footlights
Before he became an actor, Christopher Walken had a job doing what?
Airport baggage handler
Florist
Circus lion tamer
Paul McGann played “I” in Bruce Robinson’s Withnail and I. But he was fired from the role during rehearsals. Why was he fired and how did he win back the role?
Bruce Robinson felt that his Liverpool accent was wrong; he re-auditioned and promised to use a home counties accent
He was a teetotaller playing a heavy drinker; he promised to get drunk at least once
He couldn’t drive and the role required him to take the wheel on a motorway. He took a crash course and learned
Who did not paint The Three Graces?
Rubens
Poussin
Cranach
How many Black Paintings did Goya make?
13
14
17
Franz Schubert, though only 31 when he died, composed many songs for voice and piano. How many did he write (to the nearest round figure)?
350
490
600
Which pianist was arrested for sitting on a park bench in midsummer, wearing an overcoat, hat and gloves, on suspicion of vagrancy?
Lang Lang
Daniel Barenboim
Glenn Gould
Which of these UK sitcoms ran on British television until it was lured behind the barn and hit with an axe?
One for the (Frog and) Toad (1974, Anglia). A brief post-Carry On swansong for Jim Dale, featuring ex-East End pub landlords obliged, through gentrification, to relocate to Hastings, where they got their Euroscepticism in early
The Etive Slavs (1999, BBC Scotland). Before Mark Bonnar was better known he starred here as the patriarch of an exiled Serbian Muslim family trying to run a pub amid the crofts of Torridon
Come Back Mrs Noah (1977-78, BBC One). Written by the boys behind Are You Being Served?, this featured Molly Sugden. In space
Peri Gilpin, born in Waco, Texas, in 1961, was a longstanding feature as which character in a US comedy?
Janice in Friends
Amy in Brooklyn Nine Nine
Roz in Frasier
All five of ITV’s (pre-lockdown) “Chasers” have appeared on Mastermind, choosing among their specialist subjects FA Cup finals, Ferdinand Magellan, The Simpsons, Lorenz Hart and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Who opted for Matt Groening’s cartoon?
Anne “Governess” Hegarty
Paul “Sinnerman” Sinha
Mark “Beast” Labbett
Which Booker prize-winning novelist has had two Racine translations put on stage?
Alan Hollinghurst
Julian Barnes
Anita Brookner
In which Shakespeare play does a dog called Crab appear?
The Comedy of Errors
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Which prime minister cited the Smiths as their favourite band?
Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
David Cameron
Who said: “We only ever had one argument. It’s been lasting for 25 years”?
Phil Everly about brother Don
Oasis’ Noel about brother Liam
Ray Davies about brother Dave
Which UK rapper castigated the Tory government recently for their handling of the NHS?
Stormzy
Dave
Big Narstie
Radiohead’s landmark album Kid A turns 20 this year. Which of these statements is not true?
It was their first No 1 album in the US
Melody Maker rated it 1.5 stars out of 5I
It was produced by Aphex Twin
Who was the first woman to win the Pritzker prize?
Lina Bo Bardi
Zaha Hadid
Denise Scott Brown
Who was the architect of Tower Bridge in London?
Horace Jones
Horace Walpole
Inigo Jones
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