May the Fourth Be With You

See Question Three. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1974.
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The first question concerns today, May 4th. The rest follow a theme related to the first. 


One

On 4 May, Napoleon landed on an island to begin his first exile. What island and in what year?


The first question related to ‘exile’ so we will continue with that theme for the remainder.


Two

Which band released the double album Exile on Main St on this day in 1972?


Three

After eight years in a labour camp and a year of internal exile, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was finally permitted to receive cancer treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1954. Which 1966 Solzhenitsyn novel specifically depicts this period?


Four

Dante Alighieri, known as Dante, poet, writer and philosopher who was the author of Divine Comedy was, in the early 14th century, exiled from his native city for life. What was that city?


Five

Five music questions spread over the past fifty years?

  1. King Crimson’s song Exiles was featured on their 1973 album …’ Tongues in Aspic. What word completes the album title?
  2. Irish singer Enya’s song Exile was from her 1988 album Water…. What four letters complete the album’s one-word title?
  3. Exile, a track from the 1997 album also titled Exile, was performed by a man considered a pioneer of electronic music. Who was this singer?
  4. Exile featured on Slayer’s 2001 album … Hates Us All. What word is missing from the start of the album name? 
  5. In 2020, Bon Iver featured on whose song Exile?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.


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