1. 

   Boy George appeared in court this week accused of restraining and attacking a male escort at his east London house. But what did the prosecution claim was the reason for the alleged attack?

   1. The escort was not the same person Boy George expected to arrive

   2. Boy George was just in a bad mood

   3. The escort tampered with Boy George’s computer

   4. The escort insulted Boy George verbally

2. 

   Sony has gone back on its decision not to release, as a single, Leona Lewis’s cover of what song, after the singer performed the track on The X Factor earlier this month?

   1. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

   2. Snow Patrol - Run

   3. Ella Fitzgerald - Cry Me A River

   4. Oasis - Wonderwall

3. 

   Bob Geldof is due to turn on which town’s Christmas lights, after reportedly branding the place ugly while speaking to a local magazine earlier this year?

   1. Margate

   2. Southend-on-Sea

   3. Folkstone

   4. Harwich

4. What name did Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson give to their first-born child last week?

   1. Zuma Nesta Wentz

   2. Bronx Mowgli Wentz

   3. Willow Rose Wentz

   4. Baloo Boo Wentz

5. The Young Marble Giants and which other group are set to reunite this May for the fan-curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead, Somerset?

   1. The Smiths

   2. The Jesus Lizard

   3. Television

   4. Pavement

6. 

   Cliff Richard is due to hit the road with the Shadows next year for a 50th anniversary tour. But the arena in which city - where Cliff will perform on his 69th birthday - has banned fans from camping out to queue for tickets, citing health and safety fears?

   1. Cardiff

   2. Manchester

   3. Glasgow

   4. Sheffield

7. 

   A first-run copy of which Beatles record, with the serial number 0000005, sold for £19,201 on eBay this week?

   1. The White Album

   2. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

   3. Revolver

   4. Abbey Road

8. 

   Chinese newspaper the Global Times panned Guns N’Roses new album this week, claiming Chinese Democracy was what?

   1. "A venomous attack on China"

   2. "An unbalanced reflection of thousands of years of culture and history"

   3. "Too loud and not very good"

   4. "Fifteen years too late and no longer relevant"

9. Mojo, Uncut and Q Magazine's lists of their top albums of 2008 appeared online this week. Apart from Fleet Foxes' debut, which other album was the only one to feature in each magazine's top 10?

   1. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

   2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

   3. Portishead - Third

   4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!

10. Which US group survived a serious tourbus crash in France last week, blogging from the ambulance to say: "Dog we are soooo alive right now"?

    1. The Roots

    2. Metallica

    3. The Pharcyde

    4. The Hold Steady

Solutions

1:C, 2:B, 3:A, 4:B, 5:B, 6:D, 7:A, 8:A, 9:D, 10:A

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   Archives of Pain

2. 5 and above.

   Repeat after me - fuck quiz and country

3. 8 and above.

   From Despair to Where?

4. 10 and above.

   You! Love! Us!