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The following all had the dubious honour of being awarded one star by our critics in 2021.

31 Which Netflix sequel, released in November, was described by the Telegraph as “tawdry and pointless”?

32 Another sequel, this one a film featuring a spooky, ooky family, was described by the Telegraph as “vapid and vacant”. Name it.

33 “Turn off the TV and read a book instead” was how the Telegraph described which literary-lite BBC show?

34 “A stonecold europudding” was how the Telegraph described which Channel 4 drama, starring Christopher Eccleston?

35 “Drains even its ideal reader of any goodwill” was how the Telegraph dismissed Twelve Caesars, a book by which celebrity classicist?

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36 Frances Wilson’s Burning Man was a spirited reappraisal of which unfashionable early-20th-century British novelist?

37 In her brilliant memoir Will She Do?, which British actress was convinced as a small child that her father was Adolf Hitler?

38 John Preston’s Fall charted the extraordinary life of which controversial media mogul?

39 This year’s Booker winner told the story of a white South African family’s moral decline. Name it, and name the author.

40 Which Nobel-winning writer’s latest novel was told through the eyes of a robot called Klara?

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41 Who announced in January that he was leaving the London Symphony Orchestra?

42 Which star violinist entered the world of early music with an acclaimed set of recordings, accompanied by the Venice Baroque Orchestra?

43 Welsh National Opera promised webinars to accompany a production, with titles such as The Long Arm of Imperialism and Women: Who’s Telling Our Stories? Name the opera.

44 Soprano Lisette Oropesa has been described as the opera star of the year. Name the two Covent Garden productions in which she appeared.

45 Ksenija Sidorova took the Last Night of the Proms by storm. What instrument does she play?