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Turner Prize 2003

The Big T quiz

The world of contemporary art is all about having strong opinions as well as some knowledge of artists and their works. Try our game:

1

The Turner Prize was set up to rival another famous prize. Which was it?

A The Academy Awards
B The Brit Awards
C The Booker Prize

2

Who was a Young Brit Art Rebel in the 1960s?

A Antony Gormley
B Tony Cragg
C Tony Hancock

3

In 1986, an artistic duo won the Turner Prize. Their names were:

A Gilbert and George
B Gilbert and Sullivan
C Boy George

4

What were the ingredients of a work by Sarah Lucas shown at the Saatchi Gallery in the Young British Artists II exhibition in 1993?

A Two fried eggs and a kebab
B Two pints of larger and a packet of crisps
C Fish and chips twice

5

In 1995, artist Damien Hirst's winning entry included Mother and Child, Divided, a corpse of a cow and calf cut in half and suspended in formaldyhyde. Hirst trained at:

A The Worshipful Company of Butchers
B The Vindaloo Restaurant
C Goldsmiths College

6

In 1996, the Turner Prize shortlist was entirely male. What happened the following year?

A The shortlist was entirely male again
B The shortlist was half male, half female
C The shortlist was all-female

7

In 1998, Chris Ofili used which unconventional material on his large paintings:

A Insect vomit
B Elephant dung
C Camel tails

8

Who brought the House down at the Tate in 1999?

A Steve McQueen
B Alexander McQueen
C Rachel Whiteread

9

Who deposited a pile of rubbish at the Royal Academy in 2000?

A Everyone who's ever exhibited there
B Tim Noble and Sue Webster
C Royal academicians, outraged by the exhibits in the Sensation exhibition

10

The Tate Britain's younger counterpart, Tate Modern, is the most visited modern art gallery in Britain. What was the building used for originally?

A Gasworks
B Power station
C Slaughterhouse

11

Where is the 'vacant plinth' due to be filled by one of a shortlist of six contemporary artists next year?

A Baltic, Gateshead
B Liverpool city centre
C Trafalgar Square, London

12

What kind of artist was the American Nat Tate?

A Figurative artist
B Conceptual artist
C Con artist

13

Which Grande Dame of Modern Art had a major exhibition at Tate Britain in London this summer?

A Eva Hesse
B Bridget Riley
C Claude Cahun

14

Turner Prize nominees Jake and Dinos Chapman first caused a stir in 1991 with a reworking of which artist's war engravings?

A Francisco de Goya
B John Nash
C Pablo Picasso

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