1 Which musician’s childhood saxophone tutor was the soloist on Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed?
2 Which film director narrates the US sitcom Arrested Development?
3 Which painter (1830-1903) was the only artist to exhibit in all eight impressionist shows?
4 Featuring cheese, tomato and egg, what type of snack is Uruguay’s chivito?
5 In 1835, which English city was called “this foul drain” by Alexis de Tocqueville?
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6 Which 700-acre estate in West Sussex has England’s largest herd of fallow deer?
7 In 1968, which US computer scientist published volume one of The Art of Computer Programming?
8 In the musical Evita, which palace’s balcony is the setting for the song Don’t Cry for Me Argentina?
9 The De Stijl member Gerrit Rietveld designed the Schröder House in which Dutch city?
10 Katharevousa is a purist form of which European language?
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11 At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women (1988) and Immediate Family (1992) are books by which US photographer?
12 Robert Bresson’s films Mouchette and Diary of a Country Priest are both based on novels by which writer?
13 The Shanghai resident Joseph P Babcock coined and copyrighted which Chinese tile game’s name?
14 In 1930, which batsman scored 309 not out on the first day of the Headingley Ashes Test?
15 Who is the pictured monarch?
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Answers
1 David Bowie’s. He was the jazz musician Ronnie Ross
2 Ron Howard
3 Camille Pissarro
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4 Steak sandwich
5 Manchester
6 Petworth
7 Donald Knuth
8 Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires
9 Utrecht
10 [Modern] Greek
11 Sally Mann
12 Georges Bernanos
13 Mah-Jongg or mahjong
14 Donald Bradman
15 King Philippe of Belgium
