Colin Daffern 

Glastonbury festival 2013 quiz: can you beat a Glasto mastermind?

Oxfam steward Colin Daffern is such a Glastonbury buff that he chose the festival as his specialist subject in the semi-finals of Mastermind. Think you can take him on?
  
  


  1. Which band were due to headline the very first festival back in 1970, but pulled out at the 11th hour?

    1. Fleetwood Mac

    2. The Kinks

    3. The Moody Blues

    4. The Dagenham Girl Pipers

  2. Which legendary rock drummer came to blows with folk singer Roy Harper onstage at the 1981 festival, as he felt the latter’s set was going on too long?

    1. Cozy Powell

    2. Phil Collins

    3. Ginger Baker

    4. Animal from the Muppets

  3. Now known as Worthy FM, what was the festival’s on-site radio station previously called?

    1. Radio Avalon

    2. Pilton Sound

    3. Glastonbury FM

    4. Longdrop Longwave

  4. In which year was the festival first televised?

    1. 1985

    2. 1990

    3. 1994

    4. 1997

  5. Which film-maker made a celebrated documentary about the festival in 2006?

    1. Nick Broomfield

    2. Julien Temple

    3. Shane Meadows

    4. Russ Meyer

  6. Which future MP and party leader was a guest speaker at the 1984 festival?

    1. Gordon Brown

    2. Caroline Lucas

    3. Iain Duncan-Smith

    4. Paddy Ashdown

  7. Although he’s best known as a dairy farmer, what was Michael Eavis’s original job after leaving school?

    1. Milkman

    2. Merchant seaman

    3. Hairdresser

    4. Lorry driver

  8. Prior to 2010, the stage now called West Holts was known as what?

    1. Jazzworld stage

    2. Acoustic stage

    3. Classical stage

    4. Norwegian Death Metal stage

  9. Which veteran TV presenter will make his Glasto debut on the Avalon stage at this year’s festival?

    1. Nicholas Parsons

    2. Des O’Connor

    3. Sir Bruce Forsyth

    4. Lionel Blair

  10. Which legendary Mancunian act made their only Glastonbury appearance in 1984?

    1. New Order

    2. The Buzzcocks

    3. The Smiths

    4. The Reg Coates Experience

  11. Which of the following years was the only one NOT to be a "fallow year" for Glasto? (ie one where the festival didn’t take place)

    1. 1988

    2. 1991

    3. 2002

    4. 2006

  12. What famously caused the Dance Tent to be cordoned off during the 1998 festival?

    1. An exploding sound system

    2. An unexpected deluge of raw sewage

    3. An escaped cow

    4. A spontaneous outbreak of morris dancing

  13. What was the approximate number of people who attended the free Glastonbury Fayre in 1971?

    1. 1,200

    2. 5,000

    3. 12,000

    4. 25,000

  14. David Bowie opened his acclaimed set at the 2000 festival with which song?

    1. Heroes

    2. Let’s Dance

    3. Moonage Daydream

    4. Wild Is the Wind

  15. When Bob Dylan appeared on the Sunday of the 1998 festival, he actually performed as the third act from the top of the Pyramid Stage lineup. Which two acts came after him?

    1. Happy Mondays & Björk

    2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds & Pulp

    3. Orbital & Oasis

    4. Daniel O’Donnell & Steps

  16. In which year was the Stone Circle erected at Worthy Farm?

    1. 1972

    2. 1982

    3. 1992

    4. 2002

  17. What was the name of the sculpture created out of old Volkswagen Beetles and campervans which featured at the 1997 festival?

    1. The Leaning Tower of Eavis

    2. Dubhenge

    3. Beetlemania

    4. Camper Van Gogh

  18. Which hip-hop star headlined the Pyramid stage in 2008, much to the apparent disgust of Noel Gallagher?

    1. Eminem

    2. Jay-Z

    3. Snoop Dogg

    4. Kanye West

  19. Although Glasto now invariably takes place at the end of June, in which month was the original 1970 event?

    1. May

    2. August

    3. September

    4. November

  20. Which Welsh singer appeared at the 2007 festival in a pair of customised diamante-studded wellies?

    1. Dame Shirley Bassey

    2. Sir Tom Jones

    3. Cerys Matthews

    4. Charlotte Church

  21. Which of the following acts, who all played at Woodstock in 1969, is the only one NOT to have also graced the stages of Glastonbury?

    1. Richie Havens

    2. Santana

    3. The Who

    4. Joan Baez

  22. In 2005, the New Bands Tent was renamed in honour of which late Radio 1 DJ?

    1. Kenny Everett

    2. John Peel

    3. Alan Freeman

    4. Stuart Henry

  23. What is the approximate length of the perimeter fence around the Glastonbury site?

    1. 4.5 miles

    2. 6.5 miles

    3. 8.5 miles

    4. 10.5 miles

  24. At the 1999 festival, who stumbled across a set of backstage toilets that were “exclusively for the use of the Manic Street Preachers”?

    1. Michael Eavis

    2. Billy Bragg

    3. Joe Strummer

    4. Keith Allen

  25. In which year did Oxfam first provide stewards for Glastonbury?

    1. 1987

    2. 1990

    3. 1993

    4. 1998

Solutions

1:B, 2:C, 3:A, 4:C, 5:B, 6:D, 7:B, 8:A, 9:C, 10:C, 11:C, 12:B, 13:C, 14:D, 15:B, 16:C, 17:B, 18:B, 19:C, 20:A, 21:B, 22:B, 23:C, 24:B, 25:C

Scores

  1. 0 and above.

    Oh dear. Your Glasto knowledge is stuck in the mud :(

  2. 1 and above.

    Oh dear. Your Glasto knowledge is stuck in the mud :(

  3. 2 and above.

    Oh dear. Your Glasto knowledge is stuck in the mud :(

  4. 3 and above.

    Oh dear. Your Glasto knowledge is stuck in the mud :(

  5. 4 and above.

    Oh dear. Your Glasto knowledge is stuck in the mud :(

  6. 5 and above.

    Oh dear. Your Glasto knowledge is stuck in the mud :(

  7. 6 and above.

    Oh dear. Your Glasto knowledge is stuck in the mud :(

  8. 7 and above.

    Oh dear. Your Glasto knowledge is stuck in the mud :(

  9. 8 and above.

    Oh dear. Your Glasto knowledge is stuck in the mud :(

  10. 9 and above.

    Oh dear. Your Glasto knowledge is stuck in the mud :(

  11. 10 and above.

    Not bad, but you should probably lay off the ciders next time

  12. 11 and above.

    Not bad, but you should probably lay off the ciders next time

  13. 12 and above.

    Not bad, but you should probably lay off the ciders next time

  14. 13 and above.

    Not bad, but you should probably lay off the ciders next time

  15. 14 and above.

    Not bad, but you should probably lay off the ciders next time

  16. 15 and above.

    Not bad, but you should probably lay off the ciders next time

  17. 16 and above.

    Not bad, but you should probably lay off the ciders next time

  18. 17 and above.

    Not bad, but you should probably lay off the ciders next time

  19. 18 and above.

    Not bad, but you should probably lay off the ciders next time

  20. 19 and above.

    Congratulations! A stunning headline performance!

  21. 20 and above.

    Congratulations! A stunning headline performance!

  22. 21 and above.

    Congratulations! A stunning headline performance!

  23. 22 and above.

    Congratulations! A stunning headline performance!

  24. 23 and above.

    Congratulations! A stunning headline performance!

  25. 24 and above.

    Congratulations! A stunning headline performance!

  26. 25 and above.

    Congratulations! A stunning headline performance!
 

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