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As 'Britain's biggest exhibition' celebrating Yoko Ono's career prepares to open next week, test your knowledge of the world-famous musician with this quiz from CRAIG BROWN

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Next week sees the opening of Yoko Ono: Music Of The Mind at Tate Modern, described as 'Britain's largest exhibition celebrating key moments in Ono's groundbreaking, influential and multidisciplinary career, from the mid-1950s to the present' .

The Tate Modern worked closely with the musician, who was born in Tokyo in 1933, in the run-up to the exhibition, which will include 'more than 200 works, including instructional pieces and scores, installations, films, music and photography, which represent a radical reveal approach. to language, art and participation that continues to speak to this day'.

The exhibition follows Ono's long career from her early days in avant-garde circles in New York and Tokyo to a brand new version of a 2004 work.with a wall of canvases 15 meters long on which visitors can stick photos of their mothers and share personal messages.

And of course, memories of her late husband John Lennon, who was tragically shot dead in New York in 1980, will be scattered everywhere, including the 1969 project Acorns for Peace, where the couple sent acorns to world leaders, and the WAR IS OVER ! (If You Want It) billboard campaign urging an end to the conflict in Vietnam.

The exhibition runs until September 1.

Test your knowledge of Yoko Ono with this quiz.

Next week is the opening of Yoko Ono: Music Of The Mind at Tate Modern, test your knowledge of the musician with this quiz

1. When asked about her favorite Beatles song, Yoko Ono replied:

a) I want you.

b) She loves you.

c) Revolution No. 9.

d) Yellow submarine.

2. In a 2014 questionnaire for The Guardian, what was Yoko's response to the question, “Which living person do you most admire, and why?”

a) 'I, because I know myself best.'

b) 'Queen Elizabeth II. I know how she feels.'

c) 'Edith Piaf. Like me, she had no regrets.'

d) 'Mahatma Gandhi. Like me, he stood for peace.'

3. In an earlier questionnaire, Yoko was asked about her earliest memory. What did she answer?

a) 'Lying in my stroller, looking up at the clouds, knowing I was an artist.'

b) 'Speaking my first word at the age of 18 months. It was 'serendipity'.”

c) 'Slipping out of my mother's thighs and looking at surgical instruments on an operating room table.'

d) 'Smile for peace.'

4. She has always claimed that before meeting John Lennon, she had barely heard of The Beatles and could only name one. Which?

a) Ringo Starr

b) George Harrison

c) Paul McCartney

d) John Lennon

5. In his memoir Up Front, Lennon's friend Victor Spinetti recalls visiting The Beatles at Abbey Road studio shortly after Yoko Ono arrived on the scene. Their roadie, Mal Evans, asked them what they wanted to eat, and they asked for bacon. But then Yoko arrived. What did she say?

a) “Extra ketchup on mine, please, Mal.”

b) “I'd rather eat the sky, but first you have to cover it with clouds.”

c) 'John only eats food I prepare.'

d) “Don't worry, I'll eat George and Paul's cookies.”

6. As a child, Yoko won a costume contest. Who or what was she dressed up as?

a) Shirley Temple

b) A cloud

c) Minnie Mouse

d) A dandelion

7. In her 1964 book Grapefruit, Yoko Ono spoke wise words. Which of these was not in the book?

a) Throw a rock high enough in the air so that it doesn't come back.

b) Draw a line with yourself. Continue drawing until you disappear.

c) Buy a phone that only reflects your voice. Call every day and talk about many things.

d) Peel an apricot. Place it on your toes. Put on a sock and walk to work. Your foot may be messy, but the sky will still be blue.

8. Yoko continues to share her wisdom on Twitter. Which of these nuggets isn't hers?

a) Make a net. Catch a cloud. Place the cloud in a bottle and send it out to sea.

b) Hammer a nail into the center of a piece of glass. Send each fragment to any address.

c) Make a promise to a tree. Ask if it is passed on to other trees.

d) Imagine making a goldfish swim through the air. Let it swim from west to east. Drink a liter of water.

9. Yoko Ono is the only woman to ever sing a solo on a Beatles song. Which song?

a) The sequel story of Bungalow Bill

b) Octopus garden

c) I'm so tired

d) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

10. What was the phrase she sang?

a) 'All the children sing'

b) 'Not when he looked so fierce'

c) 'He went tiger hunting'

d) 'He always took his mother with him when accidents occurred'

11. In The Ballad Of John And Yoko, in which city do John and Yoko eat 'chocolate cake in a bag'?

a) Amsterdam

b) Vienna

c) Paris

d) London

12. In the same song, John and Yoko also fly home with a bag. What's in it?

a) 10 bananas

b) 50 acorns

c) $100

d) 200 butterflies

In which city do John and Yoko eat 'chocolate cake in a bag' in The Ballad Of John And Yoko?

In which city do John and Yoko eat 'chocolate cake in a bag' in The Ballad Of John And Yoko?

THE ANSWERS

1d; 2a; 3c; 4a; 5c; 6a; 7d; 8a; 9a; 10b; 11b; 12b.

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