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Entertainment Quiz #371

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 25 February 2016

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Q1. In 1829 a 20 year old already accomplished composer made his first visit to Scotland and was so struck by the mists and the power of the seas that he wrote what piece?

A
Dialogue of the Wind and Sea by Benjamin Britten
B
Fingal's Cave by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
C
Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius
D
La Mer by Claude Debussy
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Q2. Which painters aim to convey a state of mind rather than create a realistic representation, such as El Greco, Bosch, Goya, Grunewald and Munch?

A
Expressionist
B
Impressionist
C
Cubist
D
Pre-Raphaelite
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Q3. The musical "The Music Man" is set in what city?

A
Budapest
B
St Louis
C
San Francisco
D
River City
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Q4. Which American is famous for her photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono taken the day of Lennon's death, Demi Moore nude when 7 months pregnant, and, later, nude with a suit painted on her body?

A
Annie Liebowitz
B
Diane Arbus
C
Barbara Nitke
D
Lisolette Gilcrest
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Q5. In her "Adventures in Wonderland", Alice said which of these phrases frequently?

A
Off with his head
B
Elementary, my dear
C
Are you havin' a laugh?
D
Curiouser and curiouser
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Q6. Which of these painters was born in Greece?

A
El Greco
B
Gainsborough
C
Picasso
D
Rembrandt
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Q7. Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist Buffy Sainte-Marie won the 2015 Polaris Music Prize for what album?

A
"Up Where We Belong"
B
"Power in the Blood"
C
"Running for the Drum"
D
"Little Wheel Spin and Spin"
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