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1. Grayson is an Essex Boy - he was born and raised in its county town about 30 miles from London. What is the name of this town?
2. Grayson graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Portsmouth in 1982. He'd become interested in a particular kind of art work during this course, and in fact exhibited his first piece at an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1980. What slightly unusual kind of art did he become interested in?
3. Which prestigious British art prize did Grayson win in 2003, the first time it had been awarded to a ceramicist?
4. Grayson has been a transvestite since an early age, and in fact when he accepted the Turner Prize in 2003 he was dressed in women's clothing. What name has he clearly given to this female alter-ego?
5. In 2012 Grayson (referred to as "the social critic from hell"), made a TV documentary series about social class, "All in the Best Possible Taste". The research he carried out in making these programmes led to him producing a series of six works of art depicting social mobility in scenes from the life of a fictitious character called Tim Rakewell. What was the name of this series of works, taken from a phrase coined by Sigmund Freud in 1917?
6. In what unusual medium were the six art works constituting "The Vanity of Small Differences" series produced? This art form reached its zenith in Europe (especially in Flanders and France) from the 14th to the 17th Centuries.
7. "The Vanity of Small Differences" series pays homage to a work by which 18th Century English artist? The name of Grayson's character should give you a clue.
8. From childhood onwards Grayson created a fantasy world linked to one of his toys, and it appeared repeatedly in his works. The toy is called Alan Measles - but what type of toy is it?
9. Between 2012 and 2015 Grayson designed and built a house on the Essex coast. It's an astonishing building, richly furnished and decorated, and it commemorates the life and death of Julie May Cope, a fictitious Essex woman who was born during the Canvey island floods in 1953 and who was knocked down and killed by a curry delivery driver in Colchester in 2014. The house has two names: firstly "Julie's House" (obviously) and secondly - what?
10. Grayson became a noted and influential commentator in the media, making TV series, writing books, editing magazines and giving lectures. In 2013 he was invited to present a particular series of lectures on BBC Radio 4; this series had been broadcast every year since 1948 and was named after an early figure of great importance in the founding and development of the BBC. Who was this person?
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