Did you follow arts and culture news this week? Are you up to speed on the latest books, plays and movies? Take our quiz to test yourself.
1 This week, the Vancouver Art Gallery revealed that 10 paintings by a famed member of the Group of Seven, donated nine years ago, are fakes. To which Group of Seven member were the forgeries attributed?
a. Lawren Harris
b. Arthur Lismer
c. A.J. Casson
d. J.E.H. MacDonald
2 Which movie did The Globe’s Barry Hertz name the best film of 2023?
a. Barbie
b. The Zone of Interest
c. Dicks: The Musical
d. Oppenheimer
3 Keanu Reeves’ band, Dogstar, played at what small-capacity Toronto venue last weekend?
a. Lee’s Palace
b. The Horseshoe Tavern
c. The Cameron House
d. The Garrison
4 In his memoir Making It So, Patrick Stewart recalls playing chauffeur to a famous musician one night in the ‘60s. Who was it?
a. David Bowie
b. Paul McCartney
c. Jimmy Hendrix
d. Aretha Franklin
5 Bestselling author Nita Prose just released The Mystery Guest, which is a sequel to her bestselling 2002 novel. What is its name?
a. The Butler
b. The Baker
c. The Maid
d. The Nanny
The Maid. In August of 2022, Prose mailed a copy of The Mystery Guest to her father, who was so ill she was unsure if he’d make it to the book’s publication date, Prose told The Globe. Two days later, he called. “I finished the book and I think you wrote another bestseller,” he said.
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