Glastonbury quiz
1. Tickets for the first festival in 1970 cost just one pound. What was included in the price?
Milk from the farm
Wellington boots
Joss sticks
2. The first event was held two days after the death of which rock star?
Jimi Hendrix
Elvis Presley
Jim Morrison
3. Headline act Jay-Z is married to which singer?
Leona Lewis
Beyonce
Mariah Carey
4. Complete the following line from a hit by headliner Shakin’ Stevens. “There’s an old piano and they play it hot behind the…”
Curtain
Green door
Bike sheds
5. Which headline performer at this year’s event spent five years in a Buddhist monastery?
Leonard Cohen
Mark Ronson
James Blunt
6. Which rockers share a writing credit on The Verve’s hit “Bittersweet Symphony”?
Lennon and McCartney
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Status Quo
7. Welsh singer Duffy will perform at Glastonbury on Saturday. Her debut album shares its name with which suburb of Birkenhead on the Wirral peninsula?
Rock Ferry
Port Sunlight
New Brighton
8. Last year, which singer wore diamante-encrusted boots and a sequin-covered pink gown during her performance?
Bjork
Shirley Bassey
Lily Allen
9. The Pyramid Stage is located above which feature?
A wartime air-raid shelter
An ancient burial mound
The Glastonbury-Stonehenge ley line
10. The site covers hundreds of acres in the Vale of Avalon. Which band had a hit with a single and album called Avalon in the early 1980s?
Roxy Music
Adam and the Ants
The Smiths
11. A few miles north of the festival site is England’s smallest cathedral city. What is it?
Bath
Wells
Salisbury
12. Legend has it that which character may be buried at nearby Glastonbury Tor?
Robin Hood
Merlin
King Arthur
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