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The Origins of Peaky Blinders: Multiple Choice
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- 01The character of Alfie Solomons, the leader of a Jewish gang in Camden Town, is believed to be inspired by which real-life gangster?
- 02Who is the creator and principal writer of the "Peaky Blinders" series?
- 03The Season 1 antagonist, Billy Kimber, was based on a real-life gangster who controlled which criminal enterprise?
- 04The series is famously set in and around which English industrial city?
- 05What is the iconic opening theme song for "Peaky Blinders," performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds?
- 06The show popularizes the myth that the gang's name came from sewing razor blades into their caps. What is the more historically accepted origin of the name?
- 07Tommy Shelby has a complex and recurring relationship with which real-life 20th-century British politician?
- 08While the TV show is set after World War I, the real Peaky Blinders gang was most prominent during which earlier period?
- 09Who directed the first three episodes of the series, setting its distinctive cinematic tone?
- 10The Shelby family's background and cultural traditions are rooted in which two heritages?