Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 30 July 2009
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1
What was the fate of "Violetta" in Verdi's opera "La Traviata"?
A
She was strangled by her husband
C
She goes mad and commits suicide
D
She died of consumption
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2
In which 1940 film did the characters Adenoid Hynkel, Benzino Napolini, Garbitsch and Herring appear?
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3
What is the name of the statue that was unveiled in October 1886, on Bedloe Island?
C
Liberty Enlightening The World
D
Memorial to Dag Hammerskjold
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4
The Queen of the Night appears in which of these operas?
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5
What was the name of the home of Captain Haddock, a character in the "Tintin" books?
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6
Which 1955 film was withdrawn from the Venice Film Festival when the US Ambassador to Italy, Clare Booth Luce, refused to attend because the film gave too alarming an impression of conditions in US schools?
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7
Which UK TV series based around the fictional Holby City Hospital, focuses on the staff and patients of the hospital's Accident and Emergency Department?
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