Edge of the World Trivia Quiz

Answer: Billy Bob Thornton

"The Edge of the World" was Billy Bob's second studio album release, and it featured a cover of "Baby Can I Hold You", written by Tracy Chapman and featured on her eponymous first album in 1988. It also featured the song "Emily" which was written by his brother Jimmy Don Thornton.

Answer: Fantasy

Edward Plunkett was the 18th Baron of Dunsany, and used his title as his pen name. "At the Edge of the World" was published as part of Ballantine Books' "Adult Fantasy Series" which gathered a cult following during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Answer: Yul Brynner

Being based on a 1905 book "Le Phare du bout du Monde" by Jules Verne, the film was set in the nineteenth century, at an isolated lighthouse on a rocky island off the coast of Tierra del Fuego in Chile. It was actually filmed in Spain. Problems with the censors led to many of the more violent scenes being cut which many critics thought spoiled the film, and it performed poorly at the box office.

Answer: Erasmus Montanus

"Erasmus Montanus" was written in 1723, and is one of thirty one surviving comedy plays by Holberg. He was Norwegian, but lived in Denmark, and wrote almost all his plays between 1722 - 1723, for performance in a Copenhagen theatre.

Answer: Randy Stonehill

Randy recorded his first live performance album in 1971, and his first studio album "Welcome to Paradise" was released in 1976. His acting credits include a small role in the 1972 horror sequel "Beware! The Blob".

Answer: Scottish Isles

Director Michael Powell had originally wanted to film on the abandoned island of St. Kilda, 42 miles off the north west coast of Scotland, but permission was denied. In the end the film was shot on Foula, which had a small population. In the 1930s, Foula was much more isolated than it is today, and the cast and crew had to live among the native people for several months during filming, with very limited contact with the outside world.
John Laurie is perhaps best known for his role as Private Frazer in British comedy show "Dad's Army" during the 1970s.

Answer: Siouxsie and the Banshees

Susan Ballion is the given name of singer Siouxsie Sioux. Siouxsie and the Banshees formed in 1976, and had their first British hit when their first studio single release "Hong Kong Garden" went to number seven in the UK Singles Chart in 1978.

Answer: Ursula K. Le Guin

The works in "Dancing at the Edge of the World" have four themes in total, with the other two being travel and literature. Since her first novel "Planet of Exile" was first published in 1966, Le Guin has written and contributed to over one hundred books. The full title of the anthology in question is "Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places".

Answer: Bon Scott

The fourth contributor was Glen Tipton of rock band Judas Priest. He arranged the recordings and sorted out a deal with Warner Records to get the album released in memory of Cozy Powell and John Entwistle. All the money raised by the album was donated to a cancer research charity.

Answer: A Coca-cola bottle

The film was actually banned in Trinidad and Tobago when it came out, as the Government there deemed its portrayal of the San tribe to be racist and offensive. Many other people viewed it as an indictment of the treatment of isolated ethnic minorities by 'civilised' societies.