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BANNED
Can you answer the following quiz questions on the theme of things that have been banned?
1. | The 1970 Kinks hit Lola was banned from BBC radio until the lyrics were changed slightly, as it was deemed to be advertising which product? |
2. | Which book by Alice Walker was banned by the American Library Association for racism, but was later turned into a sucessful movie directed by Steven Spielberg? |
3. | Whick tennis star was handed a two year ban after testing positive for cocaine at Wimbledon in 2007? |
4. | Written by former MI5 operative Peter Wright, which book was banned by the British government in 1987? |
5. | Who had a hit in 1972 with Hi Hi Hi, which was banned by the BBC for its "suggestive" lyrics? |
6. | Which movie, directed by Stanley Kubrick and released in 1972, was withdrawn from UK cinemas a year later because of copycat sexual violence? |
7. | Who wrote the novel Lady Chatterley`s Lover, which was famously banned in the UK for breaking obscenity laws? |
8. | Which novel by James Joyce was banned in 1922 under obscenity laws? |
9. | Which Anna Sewell novel was banned in some countries because of the word "black" in its title? |
10. | Who was the female vocalist alongside Serge Gainsbourg on the song Je t’aime, which was banned by the BBC in 1969 for sexual references? |