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Quiz Questions
- Which British TV series set in Manchester gets its title from a traditional Northern English saying?
- Who was the first openly gay elected official in California?
- Name the American artist and designer best known as the creator of the rainbow flag?
- In which year did the first same sex marriages in England and Wales take place?
- Brighton Pride is usually held in which month?
- The Stonewall Inn is in which Lower Manhattan neighbourhood?
- The first female same-sex kiss to be broadcast before the 9pm watershed appeared on which British TV soap in 1994?
- Name the 2014 film that chronicled the life of mathematician Alan Turing?
- Who directed the romantic drama film Brokeback Mountain?
- Which novel by James Baldwin, published in 1956, explores complex themes of gay and bisexual identity?
- Which American president officially declared June as Pride Month for the first time?
- Name the founder of Stonewall and Member of the House of Lords who played the role of Colin Russell in Eastenders?
- In which decade did the American Psychiatric Association declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder?
- Which British synth-pop band released their debut album The Age of Consent in 1984?
- Which city's pride celebration is widely considered to be the biggest celebration of its kind in the world?
- Which country was the first for same-sex marriage to become lawful?
- Who in 2007 became the first openly gay host of the Academy Awards?
- The bisexual flag is a pride flag with three colours. What colour is the middle stripe?
- Which UK drama TV miniseries written by Russell T. Davies is set in London between 1981 and 1991?
- Which film won the Queer Palm award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival?
- Which country elected the first openly gay head of government in 2009?
- Who played the gay character Jodie Dallas in the US sitcom Soap?
- Which Yorkshire market town has been branded "the lesbian capital of the UK"?
- Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 British film about which playwright?
- Which Lady Gaga song has become an anthem for self-acceptance among young people?
Answers
- Queer as Folk (the saying is: "there's nowt so queer as folk")
- Harvey Milk
- Gilbert Baker
- 2014
- August
- Greenwich Village
- Brookside
- The Imitation Game
- Ang Lee
- Giovanni's Room
- President Bill Clinton (1999)
- Michael Cashman
- 1970s (1973)
- Bronski Beat
- Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Netherlands
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Purple (a purple stripe which represents the "overlap" of the blue and pink stripes)
- It's a Sin
- Pride
- Iceland
- Billy Crystal
- Hebden Bridge
- Joe Orton
- Born This Way