East Is East Trivia Quiz

Answer: Occidental

The word occidental originally comes from the Latin "occidentem", meaning western sky. the perception of what constitutes "The Orient" has changed over time, and also changes based on where the person using the term comes from. From personal experience I come from New Zealand and when we use the term "Asian" we are making a collective reference to people from countries such as China, Japan and Korea.

When I first moved to the UK I had to adjust to the fact that the term "Asian" collectively refers to people from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Answer: Judas Priest

"Unleashed in the East" was recorded in Tokyo on Priest's "Hell Bent for Leather" tour, and produced by Tom Allom. This album was also informally known as "Unleashed in the Studio", in reference to allegations that there was nothing particularly "live" about this album. These rumours were refuted by the band who only admitted to minor tweaks!

Answer: Village

For many years, West Ham UFC's home ground is Upton Park, which is in East Ham. Getting off the underground at West Ham station was not the best idea if you were going to a West Ham home game! You had to get off at Upton Park station instead. the team moved to the Olympic Stadium in 2016.

Answer: South Africa

East London was originally known as Port Rex. It is sometimes referred to as Buffalo City.

Answer: E17 is the postcode for Walthamstow

East 17 was in competition with Take That in the UK pop charts in the early to mid-1990s and were very successful commercially. However their music incorporated elements of rap and R&B which made them an arguably more interesting listening proposition than Take That for the non-teen listener.

They backed this up with a streetwise image, but eventually drug revelations from Brian Harvey led to him being sacked, with the band breaking up soon thereafter.

Answer: Ireland

The Easter Rising involved members of the Republican movement seizing locations in Dublin and declaring an independent Irish Republic. The British authorities stamped it out quickly, and in the aftermath many arrests were made and 90 ringleaders were executed.

Answer: Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon, Cher

"The Witches of Eastwick" was loosely based on a novel by John Updike. Jack Nicholson shines as Daryl Van Horne (or more correctly Horny) in one of his most overtly comic roles.

Answer: Judas Priest

The title "Rising in the East" is a nod to Priest's first live album which was called "Unleashed in the East". This concert was recorded not long after the band patched up their differences with legendary lead singer Rob Halford and reformed in mid-2003.

Answer: West

The format was adapted by an American TV network first as a pilot called "Good Behavior", and then readapted as "Scoundrels" which first aired in 2010. And yes - the only thing this question had to do with "East" was "West"!

Answer: East

While most people would realise the earth revolves either to the east or the west (since it rotates around its north-south axis), it is not necessarily easy to work out which!