June 18th 2001

		The quiz that gets up your nose . . . and attacks your brain 1 Back again for another heartbreaking interrogation? Haven't you had enough? Or have you actually been winning, you sly dog? You didn't SAY anything. Well, this week's teasers are right meanies, even by the Corner's exalted standards of monumental beastliness, so better be on your toes. We begin with pop sensations Hear'Say (we can hear your groans from here). This week, the one named Suzanne had the unmitigated gall to claim that the Popstars house, where they were all closeted from the press, has become a place of musical pilgrimage. To which other legendary musical locale did she compare it? a) Penny Lane b) Abbey Road c) Strawberry Fields d) The Cavern e) Rillington Place 2 That Britney Spears, eh? She gets everywhere, and no mistake. But, no matter how talented the little minx is, she can't really claim to be a spokeswoman for a generation, or indeed a warrior poet who wields the truth like a lance and tosses words of wisdom like hand grenades. Not much of a songwriter, you see. Not a great deal to say. This week, it was announced that she's asked which of the following to write a song for her? a) Alanis Morissette b) Burt Bacharach c) Outkast d) Dido e) Coldplay 3 A few years back, when it looked like indie music was about to dominated by a New Wave of fab Swedish music - like Souls and Whale - who'd have thought that only The Cardigans would break through into the big-time? They weren't the best. In fact, they were horrible, wimpy nonsense. But break through they did, and soon no TV advert was complete without them. Briefly, singer Nina Persson took a vacation from the band, to work on a project called A Camp - her album, also called A Camp, is to be released in August. Who produced it? a) Nina Persson b) Rodney Jerkins c) Rollo from Faithless d) Mark Linkous from Sparklehorse e) Stephen Street 4 Another q about a famous lady, and this one's more famous than the rest. Madonna - she wouldn't have it any other way. Now, a new book had just been released chronicling the great woman's thrilling and often seedy rise to fame. J. Randy Taraborrelli is the author, and he dutifully digs out all the naughty bits for our delectation and delight. For instance, he reckons that Madonna seduced John F. Kennedy Jr by waiting in his apartment - clad only in what? a) Mink b) Her birthday suit c) Rubber d) Diamonds e) Cling film 5 And we end with another Madonna myth. Way back when Madonna's purposefully controversial antics were setting the music industry alight (ooh, WE could write one of those rock biographies - NO problem), she also managed to get up the snooty noses of many of music's aristocracy - one being the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson. Now, Jacko never, ever has a bad word to say about anyone. But which of the following terms did he reportedly use to describe Madonna? a) That sow! b) That piglet! c) That nanny goat! d) That skunk! e) That heifer!