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Icon Quiz Answers
Here are the answers to our last quiz. Well done
to everyone who got the answers correct!
1. Called a 'compelling history' by Nicholas Blincoe in the Guardian,
The
Real Oliver Twist is the turbulent true story of a parish boy's
progress from a workhouse to respectability. In Roman Polanski's 2005
film of Oliver Twist, which legendary actor plays Fagin?
a) Ben Stiller
b) Ben Affleck
c) Ben Kingsley
Answer C
2. 'Rimmer takes everyday numbers and spins them into small stories
which are by turns amazing, hilarious and revealing,' according to comedian
Arthur Smith. How to Make a Camel
Smoothie plays with numbers and comes up with some startling truths
- including why Elvis really died. Elvis famously died in mysterious circumstances
in his home. But what was his house called?
a) Disneyland
b) Graceland
c) Iceland
Answer B
3. The Z-Z of Great Britain
provides an essential profile of all 41 places beginning with the letter
Z in Great Britain. Called 'exquisitely dotty, yet irresistibly charming'
by Stephen Fry, this is the zedthusiast bible. What is the name of David
Bowie's Z-cursed son?
a) Ziggy
b) Zowie
c) Zippy
Answer A
4. The Lives and Times of
the Great Composers is a 'hugely informative and deliciously gossipy'
(Spectator) musical tour of 350 years of European history, including
the story of the ugly, argumentative Beethoven. Which legendary band had
a hit single with Roll Over Beethoven?
a) The Spice Girls
b) The Beatles
c) U2
Answer B
5. The Man Who Ate Bluebottles
is 'an entertaining and fascinating book' (Patrick Moore) about some of
the best British eccentrics in history. But what is Sir Patrick Moore's
job?
a) Astronomer
b) Astronaut
c) Astrologer
Answer A
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