HOW would you do against the kind of tough questions Ian Bayley faced on Brain of Britain?

He answered them all correctly and was given a bonus point for answering five in a row.

1. An exhibition of reclining nudes judged obscene and shut down in 1917 was the work of which painter?

2. What nationality was the 20th century composer Gerald Finzi?

3. Which branch of mechanics is concerned with the motion of objects under action of forces?

4. Which pianist and conductor, born in Germany in 1819, was driven to England in 1848, finally settling in Manchester and establishing a career for which he was knighted in 1888?

5. Which institution with buildings near the Tower of London is responsible for lighthouses, light vessels, buoys and beacons around the coast of England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar?

Ian said: “I remember things by noticing coincidences. For example, the $500 note has McKinley on it, McKinley looks a lot like monkey, and monkey is Cockney slang for £500.”

ANSWERS: 1 Amadeo Modigliani; 2 English; 3 Dynamics; 4 Sir Charles Hallé; 5 Trinity House;