Brain Explosion

Sydney Morning Herald

Thursday January 1, 2009

BRUCE ELDER

1.Which musician was handed a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize board for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture" this year?

2.What ABC series did Bindi Irwin (pictured) win a Logie for this year?

3.Which football coach is nicknamed "Dingo", although he is a New Zealander?

4.Which iconic Aussie gave his name to the ship used by the Sea Shepherd organisation to harass the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean?

5.Which Aussie picked up a surprise silver medal in the women's 100-metre hurdles at the Beijing Olympics?

6.Which couple named their first child Indigo in July?

7.Which Australian-born art critic described British artist, Damien Hirst, as "functioning like a commercial brand"?

8.What was the stage name of legendary rocker Elias Bates who died, aged 79, in Florida on June 2?

9.What is the title of Steve Toltz's novel that was shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker literary prize?

10.Who won five Grammys last year and wasn't able to collect any of them?

ANSWERS:

1: Bob Dylan 2: Bindi: The Jungle Girl 3: Robbie Deans 4: Steve Irwin 5: Sally McLennan 6: James and Erica Packer 7: Robert Hughes 8: Bo Diddley 9: A Fraction of The Whole 10: Amy Winehouse