The pop kitsch IQ test

6. In the 1970s, no one even bothered hiding their guilty pleasures. A Taste of Honey, for instance, actually won the Grammy for best new artist of 1978 (beating, among others, that grumpy Elvis Costello fellow, pictured). What was the L.A. disco group’s biggest hit?

A. “My Boogie Shoes”

B. “Boogie Nights”

C. “Boogie on Reggae Woman”

D. “Boogie Oogie Oogie”

E. “Jungle Boogie”   (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

D. Ryan Gosling

Caption on previous photo: Seated from left, Ryan Gosling and Britney Spears; Second row, from left, Tate Lynche and Christina Aguilera; Back row, from left, T.J. Santini, Nikki Deloach and Justin Timberlake.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

10. Muscle man Arnold Schwarzenegger is the governor of California and muscle man Jesse Ventura held the same job in Minnesota. That’s not all they have in common. The two have been in films together on several occasions. Which of the films below did not feature both of the brawny thespians?

A. “The Running Man”

B. “Raw Deal”

C. “Predator”

D. “Batman & Robin”   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

A. Burt Reynolds   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

13. U.K. singer James Blunt had the massive 2005 hit “You’re Beautiful,” which was voted the most annoying song ever recorded in a Yahoo poll about British music. It’s a wimpy song but pretty-boy Blunt actually had a tough-guy previous career. What was it?

A. A British army officer in Kosovo

B. An elite karate instructor in Scotland

C. A welding specialist on an oil rig in Bolivia

D. A search-and-rescue worker in the Alps  (Carlos Alvarez / Getty Images)

B. Lassie  (Zak Hussein / Associated Press)