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An Entertainment Rainbow Trivia Quiz

This is a straightforward quiz about rainbow colours in entertainment. One question for each colour in order, ROYGBIV, then three rainbow questions. A bit of a UK bias. Hope you like it.

A multiple-choice quiz by Upstart3. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Upstart3

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
369,881

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
661

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. 'Red Dead Revolver' is a shooter video game with which theme? Hint

Science fiction

Western

World War II

Communist zombie apocalypse

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the title of Jeanette Winterson's debut novel? Hint

Sexing the Orange

The Stone Oranges

Orange Symmetries

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the Beatles sang lead vocals on 'Yellow Submarine'? Hint

John

Paul

Ringo

George

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Barwick Green' is the theme music for which long-running radio soap opera of which Robin Hood would presumably have approved? Hint

The Bowmen

The Sherwoods

The Greens

The Archers

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Question 5 of 10

5. The song 'Blues in the Night' was written by Johnny Mercer and which prolific composer, who also wrote the music for 'The Wizard of Oz'? Hint

Irving Berlin

Harold Arlen

Richard Rodgers

Jerome Kern

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Michel Gondry movie from 2013, with the same name as a Duke Ellington standard, is based on a novel by Boris Vian? Hint

Indigo

Indigo Blues

Indigo Girl

Mood Indigo

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Question 7 of 10

7. Philip Kerr's 'March Violets' is a detective novel with which setting? Hint

Spanish Inquisition

Edwardian England

Nazi Germany

Imperial Rome

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Question 8 of 10

8. Ritchie Blackmore, the lead guitarist and driving force behind Rainbow, was also in which colourful group? Hint

Whitesnake

Yello

Deep Purple

Simply Red

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the sequel to D. H. Lawrence's 'The Rainbow'? Hint

Women in Love

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Sons and Lovers

Kangaroo

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the British children's television programme 'Rainbow', what non-rainbow colour was George, the fluffy one-armed hippo? Hint

Grey

Pink

White

Black

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Red Dead Revolver' is a shooter video game with which theme?

Answer: Western

'Red Dead Revolver' was a third person shooter game produced by Rockstar Games in 2004 and set in the 1880s Wild West. Its success led to further games in the 'Red Dead' franchise.

2. What is the title of Jeanette Winterson's debut novel?

Answer: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

For 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit', Jeanette Winterson drew heavily on her childhood experience of growing up as a lesbian in an evangelical Christian household in the north of England. It had widespread acclaim, winning the Whitbread Award for a First Novel in 1985.

The correct titles of her other novels are: 'Sexing the Cherry', 'Gut Symmetries' and 'The Stone Gods'.

3. Which of the Beatles sang lead vocals on 'Yellow Submarine'?

Answer: Ringo

Paul McCartney wrote 'Yellow Submarine' specifically for Ringo Starr to sing. It was released as a double A side single with 'Eleanor Rigby' in August 1966, and was the title song of the 1968 cartoon movie.

Interestingly, Paul Angelis, who did Ringo's voice in the movie, succeeded him as the narrator for 'Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'.

4. 'Barwick Green' is the theme music for which long-running radio soap opera of which Robin Hood would presumably have approved?

Answer: The Archers

'Barwick Green' was written in 1924 by Arthur Wood. It has been the theme music to BBC Radio's 'everyday story of country folk' since it started in 1950.

5. The song 'Blues in the Night' was written by Johnny Mercer and which prolific composer, who also wrote the music for 'The Wizard of Oz'?

Answer: Harold Arlen

Arlen and Mercer wrote the song for the movie of the same name in 1941. It has taken its place in the 'Great American Songbook' and been recorded by such great interpreters as Sinatra, Armstrong, Fitzgerald and Bennett, as well as each of the songwriters themselves.

6. Which Michel Gondry movie from 2013, with the same name as a Duke Ellington standard, is based on a novel by Boris Vian?

Answer: Mood Indigo

In 'Mood Indigo' Audrey Tatou plays Chlo�, whose strange illness means she has to be surrounded by fresh flowers.
It's based on 'L'�cume des Jours' by Boris Vian.
Ellington's 'Mood Indigo' was originally an instrumental called 'Dreamy Blues'.

7. Philip Kerr's 'March Violets' is a detective novel with which setting?

Answer: Nazi Germany

Bernie Gunther, the protagonist of 'March Violets', is an honest and relatively decent private investigator in Berlin in 1936 - the year of Hitler's Olympics. The title referred to late joiners to the Nazi Party following Hitler's full possession of power in March 1933.

The book's success after its publication in 1989 led to a trilogy, 'Berlin Noir', and then several subsequent Bernie Gunther stories through to the end of the war and beyond.

8. Ritchie Blackmore, the lead guitarist and driving force behind Rainbow, was also in which colourful group?

Answer: Deep Purple

Blackmore joined Deep Purple in 1968, and enjoyed massive success. He left and formed Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (later just Rainbow) in 1975. He rejoined Purple in 1984 before leaving again in 1993. He reformed Rainbow in 1994 and disbanded it again in 1997.

9. What is the sequel to D. H. Lawrence's 'The Rainbow'?

Answer: Women in Love

'The Rainbow', written in 1915, is the story of a family from Lawrence's home county of Nottinghamshire. 'Women in Love' (1920) focuses on two sisters. It was memorably filmed by Ken Russell in 1969.

10. In the British children's television programme 'Rainbow', what non-rainbow colour was George, the fluffy one-armed hippo?

Answer: Pink

George was a gentle soul, sometimes overshadowed by his more extrovert friend, Zippy. He was an ever-present member of the 'Rainbow' cast for twenty seasons.

Source: Author Upstart3

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