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David Lynch pictured on the set of Mulholland Drive in 2001. Alamy Stock Photo

Quiz: How much do you know about David Lynch?

The iconic directed worked on a number of critically acclaimed films including Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man and Eraserhead.

WRITER-DIRECTOR DAVID Lynch, who radicalised American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in a number of critically-acclaimed films, died yesterday at the age of 78. 

“There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us,” Lynch’s family said in a statement last night.

“But as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’”

The four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker directed a number of feature films including behind Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Wild at Heart and The Elephant Man, and was the creative force behind television drama Twin Peaks.

So today we’re here to quiz you: How much do you know about David Lynch?

David Lynch was born on 20 January 1946 in the small town of Missoula in which US state?
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Montana
Missouri

South Dakota
Idaho
In 1966, Lynch made his first short film. What was the title of this minute-long animation?
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Four Dogs Getting Angry
Six Men Getting Sick

Four Women Getting Drunk
Five Children Getting Old
1977 saw the release of Lynch's first feature film, with Jack Nance playing the main character, Henry. What was the film's name?
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The Elephant Man
Eraserhead

Wild at Heart
Blue Velvet
2001 saw the release of one of Lynch's most critically-acclaimed films, Mullholland Drive. In which US city is the film set?
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New York
San Francisco

Boston
Los Angeles
In 2005, Lynch founded the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace. This charity seeks to fund the teaching of what technique?
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Yoga
Clairvoyance

Transcendental Meditation
Astral Projection
Lynch was nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards three times. Which of these films did NOT earn Lynch an Oscar nomination?
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Dune (1984)
Mulholland Drive

The Elephant Man
Blue Velvet
David Lynch was nominated for an Academy Award four times, eventually receiving an honorary award in which year?
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2017
2010

2006
2019
Which of the following actors has NOT appeared in a David Lynch film?
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Laura Dern
Nicolas Cage

Johnny Depp
Naomi Watts
Many will know Lynch for his television work, including the cult classic Twin Peaks. Who is found dead at the beginning of of the show?
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Laura Palmer
Shelly Johnson

Audrey Horne
Leland Palmer
As well as tackling film and television projects, David Lynch directed a number of music videos. Which one of these music groups did Lynch direct a video for?
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Pink Floyd
Rammstein

Groove Armada
Faithless
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True David Lynch fan
You know all there is to know about David Lynch - as Lynch would say, you kept your eye on the doughnut and not the hole
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David Lynch film buff
You know almost everything there is to know about the career of the late David Lynch.
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David Lynch fan
You know more than the average fan about the late, great David Lynch.
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You know more than most casual moviegoers about the late film director.
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You've seen his popular projects, and not much else
You don't know much about the late director, but as Lynch himself once said, "there's something we all like about the human struggle".
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