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THE WEEKLY QUIZ THAT TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARTS

1 Complete the couplet: "Great things are done when men and mountains meet" -

2 What thoroughfare, in a Polish ghetto, was written about Bruno Schaulz, and was put on the stage by the Theatre de Complicite?

3 What thoroughfare takes you from Ruby Keeler in 1933 to Chekhov in 1994?

4 Along what thoroughfare might you encounter Elmo, Hoots, Aloysius and Alice Snuffleupagus, Placido Flamingo and Prairie Dawn?

5 "Mondays and Wednesdays, I live for them. Thank God, half past seven tonight and I shall be in Paradise." Which poet laureate was inspired by what thoroughfare?

6 What thoroughfare gave Raphael Ravenscroft 15 minutes of fame in 1978?

ANSWERS

1 "This is not done by jostling in the street" - a bon mot by William Blake. 2 Street of Crocodiles. 3 42nd Street. 1993 saw the musical, starring Keeler, 1994 was the year of Vanya on 42nd Street, Louis Malle's filmed version of Uncle Vanya.

4 Sesame Street.

5 Sir John Betjeman, by Coronation Street.

6 Baker Street - he was the saxophonist on Gerry Rafferty's hit song.