Painting the Stars Trivia Quiz

Answer: Red

"Clifford the Big Red Dog" is a children's book series created by Norman Bridwell. The first book was published in 1963, with over ninety books in the series down the line. The series portrays the adventures of eight-year-old girl Emily and her giant red dog Clifford. Norman's desire to own a horse-sized dog he could ride spawned the idea for the series, though the actual size of Clifford remains inconsistent and ambiguous to suit the situation at hand.

Answer: Red

Elmo is a character from classic children's TV series "Sesame Street". Though the furry red puppet is one of the most iconic characters from the series today, he was actually introduced as a supporting character in 1980 in season 11, over ten years after the show launched in 1969, and he did not become a permanent character until 1985 in season 17.

He is noted for his falsetto voice and referring to himself in the third person.

Answer: Red

"Amazing Red" is a professional wrestler and wrestling promoter from Puerto Rico. He has performed across multiple wrestling organisations, with his time at "Total Nonstop Action Wrestling" (TNA) among his best known work, where he is a three-time X Division Champion. He also established his own professional wresting school "House of Glory" where he was a head trainer.

Answer: Blue

"Blue" was released as a single in 1998, and also features on Eiffel 65's 1999 album "Europop". Though it received mixed reviews at the time of release, the song went on to become an international success as one of the highest-selling songs of 1999. It has been extensively sampled and remixed and remains a cultural icon of 1990s European pop music.

Answer: Blue

"Sonic the Hedgehog" is a Sega video game and media franchise that launched with a game of the same name on the "Sega Genesis" console in 1991. The character Sonic the Hedgehog was created by Sega to generate a mascot that could compete with Nintendo's Mario.

He is a humanoid blue hedgehog known for his extreme running speed and compulsion to collect golden rings. Though Sega's video game console aspirations failed in 2001, the "Sonic" franchise has continued to be a valuable asset for the company.

Answer: Blue

The "Pale Blue Dot" book is a sequel to Carl Sagan's popular 1980 book "Cosmos". It takes its title from an iconic NASA photograph of Earth taken by the Voyager 1 space probe from 6 billion kilometres (3.7 billion miles) away, beyond the orbit of Neptune.

It depicts Earth as a single blue pixel suspended within a band of light reflected by the camera. The book combines Sagan's philosophical and scientific ideas about humans and our place in the universe.

Answer: Green

"The Green Mile" is a 1999 fantasy drama film based on a 1996 Stephen King novel of the same name. It follows events in a prison's death row section called "The Green Mile" after an inmate's arrival is followed by a series of supernatural events. It received positive reviews from critics and was commercially successful.

Answer: Green

Luigi was first seen in 1983 Nintendo arcade game "Mario Bros." He bears a striking resemblance to his more famous brother Mario, with distinguishing features being his green colour palette and "L" inscribed on his hat, as well as his taller and slimmer physique.

His video game appearances range from being a simple colour palette switch from Mario, to being a more difficult to control alternate character for additional post-game challenge, to being the main character in titles such as "Luigi's Mansion" and "Mario is Missing!".

Answer: Green

"Green Eggs and Ham" was first published in 1960. It features a vocabulary of just fifty words - a challenge set for Dr. Seuss by his editor Bennett Cerf. Seuss struggled with the challenge, but was able to produce an engaging story that has received wide praise for its writing and illustration. It has even been adapted into an animated Netflix television series with two seasons.

Answer: Purple

Portrayed by Betsy Brandt, Marie Schrader is the wife of DEA agent Hank Schrader and sister of Skyler White. Marie is almost always wearing purple clothes, and her home is strikingly full of purple household items including kitchen appliances and bed linen. Series creator Vince Gilligan famously used colours to represent various themes and motifs throughout the series, though the significance of Marie's penchant for purple is still up for debate.

Answer: Purple

"Purple Rain" is the sixth studio album from Prince, released in 1984. It is the soundtrack to the film of the same title, also released in 1984. The movie was produced by Prince's manager Robert Cavallo after studios rejected the idea of a musician-led film. Prince had threatened to not renew his contract with Cavallo if he could not secure him a starring role in a film.

The film was commercially successful but received mixed reviews from critics.

Answer: Purple

Deep Purple formed in London in 1968, among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock alongside fellow British bands Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. "Smoke On The Water", released in 1973, is considered to be a signature song of the band, with its simple but iconic guitar riff being a popular first riff for beginner guitar players.