The Michael Cycle Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jagger

Keith delivered this scathing remark about the first solo album by his fellow Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger, entitled "She's The Boss". The album was released in 1985 and featured an all star cast including Pete Townshend, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck, Nile Rodgers and Sly and Robbie.

Answer: Barrymore

Barrymore brought the house down with this performance in front of H.M. The Queen and increased his popularity even more, although he was already incredibly popular, serving up to 20 million viewers each week on his "Strike It Lucky" TV show. His popularity waned in 2001 after a man was found dead and with severe anal injuries in his swimming pool during a party. Barrymore was arrested on suspicion of murder and serious sexual assault in 2007 but following a protracted investigation and in 2017, he won damages from Essex police, estimated to be in excess of £2.4 million for wrongful arrest.

Answer: Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev was the final leader of the Soviet Union and implemented policies of "glasnost" (openness) and "perestroika" (restructuring) within the country, which had the unintended consequence of leading to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the independence of the former Soviet states such as Ukraine, Belarus, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan.

Answer: Mouse

Mickey Mouse has made countless movies and TV shows since that 1928 debut and in 2018 was still going strong with "Mickey and the Roadster Racers". In 1978, he became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame but, despite all of his success, he is still seen as an amateur movie star and derided as such.

For example, in 1984 Wayne Gretzky, when talking about the New Jersey Devils said, "They had better stop running a Mickey Mouse organization and put somebody on the ice", while UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called the European Parliament a "Mickey Mouse parliament" when she was in power.

Answer: Platini

Michel Platini was one of the most gifted attacking midfielders that France has ever produced, with an ability to play skillful football as well as read the game technically. He used this latter attribute to good effect when he retired from playing and was named national coach.

The team went on a 19-game unbeaten streak under him, but then were eliminated in the first round of Euro '92 and he stood aside. In 2015, he received an eight year ban from all football activity after being found guilty of ethics violations while president of UEFA.

Answer: Fleetwood

Mick Fleetwood, all 195 cm (6' 5") of him, is indeed the missing member of Fleetwood Mac from this line-up which gave us the classic "Rumours" album way back in 1977. Was it really that long ago? The album was, and continues to be, an incredible success, spending 31 weeks at the top of the Billboard charts in USA and by 2016 it had spent over 600 weeks in the UK top 75 album charts.

Answer: de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes' Spanish classic was originally published in two volumes, ten years apart in 1605 and 1615 and is considered a seminal work of the era - one of the earliest novels. The books were hugely influential, being mentioned in "The Three Musketeers", "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" as well giving the English language the words "quixotic" meaning showing impracticality when pursuing ideals and "Lothario" meaning a seducer of women who lacks scruples.

Answer: Madsen

Michael Madsen made his movie debut in 1982s "Against All Hope" in which he played an abusive alcoholic on the verge of suicide until he turns to religion. The Tarantino movies he has appeared in are "Reservoir Dogs" (1992), "Kill Bill Vol.One" (2003), "Kill Bill Vol.Two" (2004) and "The Hateful Eight" (2015), as well as "Sin City" (2005), which was co-directed by Tarantino, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez.

Answer: Pence

While Governor of Indiana, Mike Pence provided more than $800 million for new road building, ensured repeat drug offenders would get a ten year prison term and prohibited abortions for reasons of race, gender, or disability.

Answer: Tyson

Mike Tyson, became, along with Ali, Foreman, Witherspoon, Floyd Patterson and Evander Holyfield, one of the few men to regain a heavyweight boxing title after losing it. He served three years of a six year sentence for the rape of 18 year old Desiree Washington in 1991.