Beautiful, Dirty, Rich Trivia Quiz

Answer: Price Tag

"It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag"

So, is she performing for free then? Hardly likely. "Price Tag" topped the UK charts and was successful in other European countries as well. It was also featured in Jessie J's debut album "Who You Are", also released in 2011.
Jessie J, or Jessica Ellen Cornish - the J is apparently a cross between Jazzhands and Jetlag - is a pop and r&b singer who also draws some inspiration from soul music. She has emerged from relative obscurity very quickly - in less than a year from her debut single "Do It Like A Dude" was released in November 2010, she already won several music awards and has appeared on UK "X Factor" as a guest at Judges House section.

Answer: Scrooge McDuck

Scrooge McDuck was "born" in 1947 and he is named after Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol". His character is also largely based on Ebenezer, as he is miserly and rarely generous. Whilst his first appearance was meant to be a one-off for a Christmas theme, Carl Barks, his creator, decided his character could facilitate future stories. Scrooge was not always rich - he started from the bottom with menial jobs, before finding a gold rock which ascended him to rich heights.

He is said to keep most of his money in the Money Bin, a building made after he found he couldn't keep any more money in his bedroom.

His character is said to somewhat mirror the exploitative nature of humans.

Answer: Jessica Rabbit

Keeping on the animated theme, Jessica Rabbit featured as Roger Rabbit's girlfriend in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" (1988). In this film, cartoons can interact with humans, and live in a fictional area in Hollywood called Toontown. Jessica Rabbit is a cartoon rabbit who is on the border of indecency - she is cool, sassy and sexy.

Whilst she is accused of being involved in shady business, she actually turns out to be good, and delivers the line "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way". She really does love Roger Rabbit, despite his hyperactivity and almost polar opposite nature to Jessica.

Answer: Della Raider

Pussy Galore was in 'Goldfinger' (1964), played by Honor Blackman.
Holly Goodhead was in 'Moonraker' (1979), played by Lois Chiles.
Kissy Suzuki was in 'You Only Live Twice (1967), played by Mie Hama.
The Bond girls are known for their fairly stand out names, some which stand out in some ways more than others! They are an integral feature to the Bond formula, which tends to be, based on my biased opinion (ie on the later ones, since I haven't watched many of the early ones!), convoluted plot, explosions, gunshots, sex scenes, acrobatics, possibly a sacrifice of a female goodie, situations where the bad guy chooses to yammer on about their life story rather than shoot Bond and girl who they have hostage (and end up dying because of it), and a 'happy ever after' ending with some humorous scene. A winning formula indeed. I wonder if any Bond girl has really rejected Bond's charms completely?

Answer: Voldemort

Voldemort is the 'big bad' of the Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling and eventually made into eight movies for every one of the books (two for the last one). Out of vague curiosity, I found out the currency used are Gold Galleons, Silver Sickles and Bronze Knuts. Apparently a Galleon is worth around £5, or was in 2001. Presumably Voldemort would have no need for money, but presumably he does need to eat. Perhaps it's just maggot stew and pick n mix insects or something that sounds more distasteful than it actually is.

At any rate, Voldemort was not a great fan of Harry Potter (he's not the only one), and plotted against him from a distance much of the time, which escalated in intensity before the final book.

Answer: Heart of the Ocean

Rose DeWitt Bukater is drawn wearing only the necklace at one point, and this drawing survives the sinking of the vessel. The sighting of this drawing by the treasure hunter Brock Lovett inspires his search for the necklace. The necklace is originally a gift from Caledon Hockley, who was going to wed Rose.

However, of course, she fell in love with Jack Dawson, despite their vastly different social backgrounds - she is rich and he is poor. Eventually, Caledon retrieved the gem after becoming aware of their relationship, but unwillingly placed it back on Rose when giving her his coat as the ship began to sink. When older, it is revealed Rose kept the gem on her all along, but she threw it into the sea with a melodic squeal, and that was the end of that.

Answer: A diamond encrusted skull

The artwork is supposedly a platinum cast skull with 8601 diamonds embedded within it. According to an article, Hirst's mother exclaimed "For the love of God, what are you going to do next?" - which forms the basis of the title of this 'art'. The same article goes on to say that he thought the piece of art would 'laugh at death', but then notes that with controversy over blood diamonds in Africa, it may become about death in a more literal way.

Other pieces of art by Hirst include a dead shark preserved in formaldehyde in a box, coloured dots uniformly spread (very modern art), and other death related themes, which may have reflected his time spent in a mortuary.

Answer: Oliver Twist

"Oliver Twist" was published in 1838, and the book describes the harsh existence a child might endure in that time period. He is orphaned almost immediately as his mother dies after delivering him, and his father is unknown. He goes from a baby farm to a workhouse to the home of an undertaker whose residents end up beating him after an altercation between him and an apprentice, causing him to run away.

This leads him to meet the famous thieves including the Artful Dodger and Fagin, and become intertwined with them, even if he didn't really want to be.

The book was not particularly joyful, which people tend to like, which probably partly explains its popularity.

Answer: Beautiful

Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" was released in 2002, and is an emotional ballad fighting out about insecurity over beauty.
"You're Beautiful" is an average love song released in 2005 by James Blunt as a part of Blunt's album 'Back to Bedlam', which, apparently, has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. This was news to me as I wasn't aware James Blunt was all that popular.
"Beautiful Girls" was released by Sean Kingston in 2007. Some of the melody is based on Ben E. King's "Stand By Me", and the song depicts a troublesome breakup.

Answer: World of Warcraft

"World of Warcraft" was based on the "Warcraft" series of games, although the gameplay is different to accommodate the fact people are actually playing in real time together. A lot of the game can be played alone, but dungeons and PvP (player v player) demand that groups of people co-operate. The currency system is similar to decimal: 100 copper in a silver, 100 silver in a gold. Despite the virtual nature of the game, some people have been known to take it very seriously, dedicating more hours to it than they would a job. Its carrot and stick method is quite addictive - as I have experienced - since each action is often rewarded by gold or experience.

As a general note, scamming is a term used to describe the misappropriation of player tradable goods or even their accounts by using 'tricks of the trade' to trick the player into giving their items or passwords up. Typically, some common sense is all it takes to avoid this act, but sometimes logic goes out of the window. The mantra "If it sounds too good to be true... it probably is" works as a general protective device. Avoid strange e-mails claiming to be Blizzard, random links, and don't ever give your password away.