1. MEDIA STUDIES PUB QUIZ

2. Television & Radio

3. Television & Radio
Question 1:
Nicholas Brody is the main character of which
US drama series?

4. Television & Radio
Question 2:
Now saved from closure, name one of the two
BBC radio stations facing the axe in 2010?

5. Television & Radio
Question 3:
In which 1990s sci-fi series would you find Sam
Beckett travelling in time?

6. Television & Radio
Question 4:
Which UK political comedy followed the career
of Jim Hacker?

7. Television & Radio
Question 5:
Irish President Michael D. Higgins came to
blows with which U.S. radio host in a clip that
was recirculated widely in 2012?

8. Television & Radio
Question 6:
Running between 1951-1960 and often billed as
created by Spike Milligan, name this comedy
radio show?

9. Television & Radio
Question 7:
In Man Men the character Dick Whitten is better
known by which name?

10. Television & Radio
Question 8:
What is the name of the TV drama, running on
NBC between 1963-4 created by Gene
Roddenberry of Star Trek fame?

11. Television & Radio
Question 9:
Who replaced Chris Moyles as Radio 1‟s
breakfast anchor in 2012?

12. Television & Radio
Question 10:
The TV series The Thick of It is associated with
which writer-director?

13. The Internet

14. The Internet
Question 1:
Which viral video which currently has over 116
million views, features the line “Is this real life?”

15. The Internet
Question 2:
What‟s the name of the first You Tube Video?

16. The Internet
Question 3:
Developed by the whole earth community,
known as the first online community and
currently facing closure, name this hangout spot?

17. The Internet
Question 4:
When users join the social network „My Space‟
they are automatically friended by one person,
what is him name?

18. The Internet
Question 5:
Published online on February 8th, 1996, in
response to the passing into law of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 in the US, who
wrote a declaration of the independence of
cyberspace?

19. The Internet
Question 6:
Launched in 2003, by Christopher Poole and
famous for the popularization of lolcats,
rickrolling and its infamous /b/ board, name this
image board?

20. The Internet
Question 7:
Invented as a peer-to-peer digital money for the
internet, and famously heavily traded on the
“darknet”, name this currency?

21. The Internet
Question 8:
Founding members are known for starting a very
famous BitTorrent tracker in Sweden and with
one of its founding principles being “people with
access to free communication, culture and
knowledge grow, feel better and create a more
fun and humane society for everyone to live in”
what is the name of this political party.

22. The Internet
Question 9:
Who coined the phrase Web 2.0?

23. The Internet
Question 10:
Last year a 14 minute trailer for an amateur film
was released on You Tube, resulting in the
service being banned in Afghanistan and blocked
in Egypt and Libya. What is the name of this
film?

24. Music

25. Music
Question 1:
Which former member of Pulp and Longpigs has
just released the album „Standing at the Sky‟s
Edge‟?

26. Music
Question 2:
Which Divine Comedy album follows a couple
on a day at the seaside?

27. Music
Question 3:
What is the name of Radiohead‟s first studio
album?

28. Music
Question 4:
Bob Marley‟s life has recently been the subject
for which filmmaker?

29. Music
Question 5:
The song The Days of Pearly Spencer was
written by which songwriter from Northern
Ireland?

30. Music
Question 6:
Which singer is married to the Media Artist and
creator of the Cremaster Cycle Matthew Barney?

31. Music
Question 7:
Which film composer is associated with the 1979
song „Video Killed the Radio Star?‟

32. Music
Question 8:
During the 2009 VMA awards who famously
interrupted Taylor Swift accepting the Best
Female Video stating “I‟m really happy for ya,
I‟ma let you finish but Beyonce have one of the
best videos of all time”?

33. Music
Question 9:
Which musician was brought back from the dead
last year using a 3D hologram to perform on
stage with rapper Snoop Lion (Dogg)?

34. Music
Question 10:
What joins these musician together: Janis Joplin,
Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Brian
Jones and Amy Winehouse?

35. Videogames

36. Videogames

37. Videogames

38. Videogames

39. Videogames

40. Videogames

41. Clips

42. Clip 1

43. Clip 2

44. Clip3

45. Clip 4

46. Clips

47. Journalism

48. Journalism
Question 1:
Which Northern Ireland newspaper claims to be
the oldest, continuously published English
language daily in the world?

49. Journalism
Question 2:
Which news publication first published topless
pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge?

50. Journalism
Question 3:
Who said „The TV business is uglier than most
things. It is normally perceived as some kind of
cruel and shallow money trench through the
heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic
hallway where thieves and pimps run free and
good men die like dogs, for no good reason‟.

51. Journalism
Question 4:
To the nearest million, what was the last reported
settlement was Rebekah Brooks awarded by
News International?

52. Journalism
Question 5:
Which journalist was reported to the Press
Complaints Commission for comments made
about the death of singer Stephen Gately?

53. Journalism
Question 6:
What is the name of Qatar‟s state news network?

54. Journalism
Question 7:
In 2011, photojournalist Don McCullin was
awarded a honorary doctorate from which
university?

55. Journalism
Question 8:
Which organization hosts events pairing
journalists with technologists to create new
works in data journalism?

56. Journalism
Question 9:
Which country claims to have produced the first
newspaper?

57. Journalism
Question 10:
Which satirical news platform has the tagline
“America‟s finest news source”?

58. Film

59. Film
Question 1:
The screenplay for Requiem for a Dream was
adapted from a novel by which author?

60. Film
Question 2:
Who directed the Irish film Silence released in
2012?

61. Film
Question 3:
Who said „Life is a tragedy when seen in close-
up, but a comedy in long shot‟?

62. Film
Question 4:
Clint Eastwood is currently planning to remake
which film, first made in 1937 and remade in
1954 and 1976?

63. Film
Question 5:
Which film director is Nicholas Cage‟s Uncle?

64. Film
Question 6:
Festen (1998) was made under which manifesto?

65. Film
Question 7:
What is the name of the 2004 film starring
Marion Cotillard set in an unusual boarding
school?

66. Film
Question 8:
Who directed Solaris (1972)?

67. Film
Question 9:
Who was originally set to play the part of
Madeleine/Judy in Hitchcock‟s Vertigo?

68. Film
Question 10:
Which Japanese films pits a group of students
against each other in a fight to the death?

69. Theorists Mug Shots