10. Two of the comic characters in the novel, Barnesy and Gav, who chat up Annie and her lesbian friend Ros in the local working men's club, are fanatical devotees of which 'local' type of music?
From Quiz Nick Hornby: 'Juliet, Naked'
Answer:
Northern soul
When Annie pulls the plug on her loveless relationship with Duncan, she recruits her lesbian workmate Ros to help her find a man. Enter Barnesy, from the nearby seaside resort of Scunthorpe, a fan of music by lesser-known Tamla Motown artists, known locally as northern soul - "so called because people from the north of England, especially people in Wigan, liked it." Barnesy is an energetic, flailing dancer: "a heady mix of breakdancer, martial-arts warrior and Cossack." Local councillor Terry Jackson, the main advocate of the 'summer of 1964' exhibition, says that Barnesy and Gav are 'legends' and later gets them to open the exhibition. Not quite so impressed by the 'legend' though is Annie, who turns down Barnesy's optimistic proposal for a one-night stand.