Music and weather
A song from the Beatles’ album Abbey Road.
What is « Here comes the sun » (Sun King accepted) ?
This British producer realized Shallow Grave and Trainspotting.
Who is Danny Boyle ?
A famous Swiss-French architect who played a major part in modern architecture.
Who is Le Corbusier ?
The animal symbolizing the UK.
What is a lion ?
It was the death sentence in the UK before it was abolished.
What is death by hanging ?
A well known song from Supertramp’s album Famous Last Words.
What is « It’s raining again » ?
This 1999 Sam Mendes movie, starring Kevin Spacey, satirizes the American middle class and its stereotypes.
What is American Beauty ?
The name of the German modern art school created by Walter Gropius in Weimar.
What is the Bauhaus ?
The animal symbolizing Australia.
What is a kangaroo ?
Introduced in France in the 18th century to make the executions more efficient, it was used until 1981.
What is the guillotine ?
This Simon and Garfunkel song begins with these words : « Time, time, time, see what’s become of me ».
What is « A hazy shade of winter » ?
This 1996 US movie depicts the true story of kids ill-treated in a correctional institution.
What is Sleepers ?
This Italian artistic movement glorified modernity oppositing the past and found its illustration in the Filippo Marinetti’s manifesto.
What was Futurism ?
The animal symbolizing Canada.
What is a beaver ?
This death penalty is still applied in China.
What is death by shooting ?
A 1991 successful single of Crowded House.
What is « Always take the weather with you » ?
This 1993 movie, realized by Mike Leigh, depicts the social misery and violence in London through the character of Johnny Fletcher.
What is Naked ?
A Dutch art movement born in 1917, that used simple composition and working on primary colors, represented among others by Piet Mondrian.
What was De Stijl ?
The animal symbolizing China.
What is a panda ?
Execution method introduced in the USA at the end of the 1880´s
What is the electric chair ?
Composed by George Gershwin, interpreted by many artists like Miles Davis, it bears the same name as a Jazzy Jeff 1991 single.
What is « Summertime » ?
A 1998 harsh satire of an American family including three sisters and depicting the dark face of the US society of its time.
What is Happiness ?
A German architect who became famous for his works on the « liberation of spaces » and who emigrated in the 1930s to the USA.
Who was Mies van der Rohe ?
The animal symbolizing Indonesia.
What is the Komodo dragon ?
Before its abolition, it was the capital punishment in Spain.
What is garroto ?