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1. Who or what is "Good Charlotte"?
2. Where should you put a "Big Mac"?
3. When I think of "Britney", I think of a wonderful holiday I once had in Northern France. But to young people today it generally refers to a female singer. What is her surname?
4. My grandchildren seem very keen on this television show called "Pop Idol" (or "American Idol" in the US, I believe). What's the name of that rather camp English fellow who appears in both?
5. In the films of yesteryear, all you needed to combat a vampire was a stout priest with a bible and a cross. Nowadays it appears the job is taken on by teenage girls called Buffy. What is the world coming to? Anyway, who plays her?
6. I strolled into a soft drink emporium the other day and asked for a nice glass of dandelion and burdock, but was told they didn't have any. Instead I was offered a glass of something called "Coca-Cola", which apparently is nowadays more widespread than mild stout. Do you know when it was first sold?
7. Last month, I noticed some suspicious types paying great attention to some strange electronic devices. Thinking them spies, I of course immediately reported them to the police, only to find, to much embarrassment, they were participating in something called SMS. Do you know what this stands for?
8. I understand my Betamax Video Recorder is no longer de rigeur (ah well, I could never work the thing anyway). Today's home entertainment is more likely to involve a "DVD". What does the V stand for?
9. Who is "Tony Hawk"?
10. I vaguely recall that, in the late 70's, there was some sort of machine which allowed you to bounce a little ball around on your television screen. Well, nowadays, it seems these "video games" are quite widespread, except that they are less likely to involve bouncing a little ball around, and more likely to involve realistic simulations of gruesome decapitations, or people being shot with a bazooka. I understand this is described as "progress". Anyway, which of the following is NOT a major type of video game machine?
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