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MEDIA STUDIES PUB QUIZ

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MEDIA STUDIES PUB QUIZ

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Television & Radio

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Television & RadioQuestion 1:

Nicholas Brody is the main character of which US drama series?

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Television & RadioQuestion 2:

Now saved from closure, name one of the two BBC radio stations facing the axe in 2010?

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Television & RadioQuestion 3:

In which 1990s sci-fi series would you find Sam Beckett travelling in time?

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Television & RadioQuestion 4:

Which UK political comedy followed the career of Jim Hacker?

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Television & RadioQuestion 5:

Irish President Michael D. Higgins came to blows with which U.S. radio host in a clip that was recirculated widely in 2012?

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Television & RadioQuestion 6:

Running between 1951-1960 and often billed as created by Spike Milligan, name this comedy radio show?

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Television & RadioQuestion 7:

In Man Men the character Dick Whitten is better known by which name?

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Television & RadioQuestion 8:

What is the name of the TV drama, running on NBC between 1963-4 created by Gene Roddenberry of Star Trek fame?

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Television & RadioQuestion 9:

Who replaced Chris Moyles as Radio 1’s breakfast anchor in 2012?

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Television & RadioQuestion 10:

The TV series The Thick of It is associated with which writer-director?

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The Internet

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The InternetQuestion 1:

Which viral video which currently has over 116 million views, features the line “Is this real life?”

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The InternetQuestion 2:

What’s the name of the first You Tube Video?

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The InternetQuestion 3:

Developed by the whole earth community, known as the first online community and currently facing closure, name this hangout spot?

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The InternetQuestion 4:

When users join the social network ‘My Space’ they are automatically friended by one person, what is him name?

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The InternetQuestion 5:

Published online on February 8th, 1996, in response to the passing into law of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in the US, who wrote a declaration of the independence of cyberspace?

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The InternetQuestion 6:

Launched in 2003, by Christopher Poole and famous for the popularization of lolcats, rickrolling and its infamous /b/ board, name this image board?

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The InternetQuestion 7:

Invented as a peer-to-peer digital money for the internet, and famously heavily traded on the “darknet”, name this currency?

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The InternetQuestion 8:

Founding members are known for starting a very famous BitTorrent tracker in Sweden and with one of its founding principles being “people with access to free communication, culture and knowledge grow, feel better and create a more fun and humane society for everyone to live in” what is the name of this political party.

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The InternetQuestion 9:

Who coined the phrase Web 2.0?

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The InternetQuestion 10:

Last year a 14 minute trailer for an amateur film was released on You Tube, resulting in the service being banned in Afghanistan and blocked in Egypt and Libya. What is the name of this film?

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Music

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MusicQuestion 1:

Which former member of Pulp and Longpigs has just released the album ‘Standing at the Sky’s Edge’?

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MusicQuestion 2:

Which Divine Comedy album follows a couple on a day at the seaside?

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MusicQuestion 3:

What is the name of Radiohead’s first studio album?

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MusicQuestion 4:

Bob Marley’s life has recently been the subject for which filmmaker?

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MusicQuestion 5:

The song The Days of Pearly Spencer was written by which songwriter from Northern Ireland?

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MusicQuestion 6:

Which singer is married to the Media Artist and creator of the Cremaster Cycle Matthew Barney?

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MusicQuestion 7:

Which film composer is associated with the 1979 song ‘Video Killed the Radio Star?’

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MusicQuestion 8:

During the 2009 VMA awards who famously interrupted Taylor Swift accepting the Best Female Video stating “I’m really happy for ya, I’ma let you finish but Beyonce have one of the best videos of all time”?

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MusicQuestion 9:

Which musician was brought back from the dead last year using a 3D hologram to perform on stage with rapper Snoop Lion (Dogg)?

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MusicQuestion 10:

What joins these musician together: Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones and Amy Winehouse?

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Videogames

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Videogames

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Videogames

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Videogames

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Videogames

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Videogames

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Clips

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Clip 1

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Clip 2

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Clip3

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Clip 4

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Clips

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Journalism

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JournalismQuestion 1:

Which Northern Ireland newspaper claims to be the oldest, continuously published English language daily in the world?

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JournalismQuestion 2:

Which news publication first published topless pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge?

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JournalismQuestion 3:

Who said ‘The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason’.

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JournalismQuestion 4:

To the nearest million, what was the last reported settlement was Rebekah Brooks awarded by News International?

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JournalismQuestion 5:

Which journalist was reported to the Press Complaints Commission for comments made about the death of singer Stephen Gately?

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JournalismQuestion 6:

What is the name of Qatar’s state news network?

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JournalismQuestion 7:

In 2011, photojournalist Don McCullin was awarded a honorary doctorate from which university?

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JournalismQuestion 8:

Which organization hosts events pairing journalists with technologists to create new works in data journalism?

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JournalismQuestion 9:

Which country claims to have produced the first newspaper?

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JournalismQuestion 10:

Which satirical news platform has the tagline “America’s finest news source”?

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Film

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FilmQuestion 1:

The screenplay for Requiem for a Dream was adapted from a novel by which author?

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FilmQuestion 2:

Who directed the Irish film Silence released in 2012?

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FilmQuestion 3:

Who said ‘Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long shot’?

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FilmQuestion 4:

Clint Eastwood is currently planning to remake which film, first made in 1937 and remade in 1954 and 1976?

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FilmQuestion 5:

Which film director is Nicholas Cage’s Uncle?

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FilmQuestion 6:

Festen (1998) was made under which manifesto?

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FilmQuestion 7:

What is the name of the 2004 film starring Marion Cotillard set in an unusual boarding school?

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FilmQuestion 8:

Who directed Solaris (1972)?

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FilmQuestion 9:

Who was originally set to play the part of Madeleine/Judy in Hitchcock’s Vertigo?

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FilmQuestion 10:

Which Japanese films pits a group of students against each other in a fight to the death?

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