Have you been paying attention this year? Find out with the LDP Arts Quiz 2010

1. What was unusual about the swans in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake that toured to the Liverpool Empire?

2. Which famous Liverpool-born musician held a last-minute concert at the O2 Academy earlier this month?

3. What was the theme of the Picasso exhibition at Tate Liverpool?

4. Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall played which Shakespearean character at the Liverpool Playhouse?

5. What item of furniture did The Bluecoat use to mark John Lennon’s 70th birthday?

6. Which American author held afternoon tea for his fans as part of the Homotopia Festival?

7. What vessel did artist Antti Laitinen use to sail across the River Mersey as part of the A Foundation’s contribution to the Liverpool Biennial?

8. What sort of concrete creatures were hung from the ceiling of the winter garden at the Pier Head, as part of the Liverpool Biennial?

9. Comedian Les Dennis appeared in four shows at the Empire Theatre this year. What were they?

10. The work of which French painter was featured in the High Kicks and Low Life exhibition at The Walker?

11. Which former Playboy centrefold is currently starring in Aladdin at the Empire?

12. The Everyman marked its forthcoming rebuild with its Unbound series made up of Anthology and which play by John Ford?

13. Which gallery released detailed plans of its move to Mann Island?

14. What glass sculpture was completed by artists in Sunderland and is now awaiting installation in the new Museum of Liverpool?

15. Ex-Brookside star Neil Caple appeared in which farce at the Royal Court?

16. Jeremy Dyson, who co-wrote Ghost Stories at the Liverpool Playhouse, is best known for his work on which TV series?

17. Which thespian brought his one-man show, The Man From Stratford, to Liverpool?

18. And who tackled Shakespeare’s Villains at Crosby Civic Hall?

19. Keith Coventry won the John Moores Painting Prize with which art work?

20. What were the names of the two events – one in summer and one in winter – when Liverpool’s cultural venues welcomed visitors well past their usual opening hours?

21. Which everyday useful items were the subject of an exhibition at the Liverpool Academy of Arts in February?

22. Which musical took over the Echo Arena for three weeks in June?

23. Who won the Liverpool Art Prize and has also been short-listed for the Northern Art Prize?

24. Michael Praed starred as Captain Von Trapp alongside Connie Fisher in the Sound of Music at the Empire, but in which TV show did he don an outfit of Lincoln green?

25. With which Liverpool trio did the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra perform on Liverpool Day at the World Expo, in Shanghai?