Quiz · Public Funding and the Arts

Question 1What difficult question does the talk mainly discuss in detail?

How artists can apply for private donations Why hospitals receive more money than schools Whether governments should spend taxpayers' money on the arts Which countries have the best orchestras and theatres

Question 2How does the British system fund the arts, according to the talk?

It relies entirely on cinema ticket sales It taxes private donations to theatres heavily It lets committees fund only safe, conventional work It uses lottery money for films, exhibitions, and performances

Question 3What do critics of public funding worry about most?

That creative industries employ too many people That committees will favour safe work over risky experiments That tourists will avoid cities with many galleries That lottery money will run out far too quickly