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100

This band were photographed crossing Abbey Road.

The Beatles

100

Which city has the highest number of Skyscrapers?

New York (822)

100

'Oh man. I shot Marvin in the face.'

Pulp Fiction

100

Make a 1st conditional sentence.

If/your father die/you/make the deal.

If your father dies, you'll make the deal, Sonny.

100

A writer known for his works of science fiction and popular science. He created the Robot and the Foundation series. 

Isaac Asimov



200

This band has 'flown to the dark side of the Moon'. 

Pink Floyd

200

What's the name of the of the infamous prison island,  located 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco. 

Alcatraz

200


"We are consumers. We're the by-products of a lifestyle obsession."

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."


Fight Club

200

Complete the sentence:

I (not/see) the new Star Wars film yet.



I haven't seen the new Star Wars film yet. 

(Nor will I ever :))

200

This book written by Jack Kerouac is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use. 

On the Road

300

The first 4 albums of this band were called I-II-III-IV

Led Zeppelin

300

In which state is the Grand Canyon?

Arizona

300

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

The Godfather 2

300

Make a second conditional sentence:

I/ask her to marry me/if/I/not hate her so much.

I'd ask her to marry me if I didn't hate her so much.

300

A novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

400

This band got its name from the first book of the Old Testament. Their best selling albums were 'Selling England by the Pound' and 'We Can't Dance'

Genesis

400

What's the name of the National Memorial that's centered on a sculpture of 4 U.S. Presidents carved into the granite face of a rock in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota?

Mount Rushmore

400

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

Blade Runner

400

Make a third conditional sentence.

You/go mad/if/you/see it.

You'd (would) have gone mad if you'd (had) seen it.

400

 A novella written by John Steinbeck, published in 1937. It tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States.

Of Mice and Men

500

This Oxford based band was (one of) the first one(s) to sell their 2007 album 'In Rainbows' online as a 'name-your-price' album.   

Radiohead

500

A tragic event that happened at Ford's Theatre a few days after the American Civil War on April 14, 1865. The perpetrator's name was John Wilkes Booth. 

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

500

"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"

Dirty Harry

500

Complete the sentence.

This time next year I (work) here for 5 years.

This time next year I'll have been working here for 5 years.

500

He is an American novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and poet whose complex novels, several of which are mysteries, are often concerned with the search for identity and personal meaning. Some of his most popular books are: The Brooklyn Follies, Mr Vertigo, 4-3-2-1, The New York Trilogy. 

Paul Auster