1. 

   Michael Jackson failed to appear at the High Court in London this week, claiming he was too sick to travel. But he is he being sued by an Arab Sheikh for £4.7m for allegedly breaking a contract to do what?

   1. Produce an album, stage play and autobiography

   2. Produce four albums and a film soundtrack

   3. Sell the contents of his estate including Netherland

   4. Perform at the Sheikh's niece's birthday party

2. In an interview with MTV, which pop star said this week: "People think that when you go through something in life you have to go to therapy. For me, art is therapy, because it's like you're expressing yourself in such a spiritual way."

   1. Katy Perry

   2. Scarlett Johannson

   3. Britney Spears

   4. Ashlee Simpson

3. 

   Swedish garage-rock band the Hives have recorded a Christmas single with which singer, explaining: "It may sound weird and come as a surprise to some, but we had to"?

   1. Cher

   2. Cyndi Lauper

   3. Annie Lennox

   4. Belinda Carlisle

4. Jim Morrison's 65th birthday is to be celebrated next month with the unveiling of a plaque at one of his old LA haunts, Barney's Beanery bar. But on what spot will the plaque be placed?

   1. Where he once urinated against the bar

   2. Where he first took LCD

   3. Where he collapsed on stage after a 48-hour drink binge

   4. Where he proposed to his girlfriend

5. 

   Paul McCartney said this week that he would like to release a previously overlooked, 14 minute-long, experimental Beatles track. What is the name of the 1967 track?

   1. Carnival of Sight

   2. Carnival of Light

   3. Carnival of Carnivals

   4. Carnival Carnivores with Cantankerous Claws and Cloaks

6. According to tabloid press reports this week, which musician foiled the theft of a dog belonging to 1970s Bond girl Caroline Munroe outside a central London supermarket?

   1. Chris Martin

   2. Gruff Rhys

   3. Noel Gallagher

   4. Bobby Gillespie

7. Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr are set to collaborate with which other musician on a charity record to raise money for Oxfam?

   1. Neil Finn

   2. Dizzee Rascal

   3. Art Garfunkel

   4. Nick Cave

8. Record producer Daniel Lanois described which band's new album this week by saying "rock 'n' roll has been reinvented one more time"?

   1. Klaxons

   2. David Gray

   3. New Young Pony Club

   4. U2

9. Which band have revealed they will play an MTV-organised gig at ancient Cambodian temple, Angkor Wat, next month to raise awareness of human trafficking?

   1. The Cheeky Girls

   2. Placebo

   3. Take That

   4. Rage Against the Machine

10. Which singer reportedly criticised gay marriage in an interview with the New Yorker by saying: "God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out"?

    1. Chad Kroeger

    2. Kid Rock

    3. R Kelly

    4. Prince

Solutions

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

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   Ain't No Sunshine

2. 5 and above.

   Beat It

3. 8 and above.

   Smooth Criminal

4. 10 and above.

   You Rock My World