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Entertainment Quiz #191

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 13 September 2012

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Q1. What is the title of a detective crime novel by Robert B. Parker, written as an authorised sequel to "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler?

A
Perchance to Dream
B
Shuffled off this Mortal Coil
C
Nobler in the Mind
D
Outrageous Fortune
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Q2. Which of these is a type of 16th and 17th century drama?

A
Tasque
B
Basque
C
Casque
D
Masque
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Q3. Who is the naval officer in Puccini's "Madam Butterfly"?

A
Captain Sharpless
B
Lt Pinkerton
C
Warrant Officer Lincoln
D
Petty Officer Yamadori
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Q4. What instrument was played most frequently by composer Frederic Chopin?

A
Piano
B
Balalaika
C
Violin
D
Kazoo
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Q5. Which of these paintings was initially described by critics as "a coquette in a carriage" and "a provocatively beautiful woman, all in velvet and fur, throwing you a sneeringly sensuous glance from a luxurious carriage - is this not one of the effluvia of big cities that allow contemptible women, dressed in outfits purchased for the price of their female chastity, onto the streets"?

A
"Femme aux Bras Croisés" by Pablo Picasso
B
"La Gioconda" by Leonardo da Vinci
C
"Golconde" by René Magritte
D
"Portrait of an Unknown Woman" by Ivan Kramskoi
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Q6. Which of these are from the musical film "High Society"?

A
"My Favourite Things" and "I Whistle a Happy Tune"
B
"Shall We Dance" and "Getting to Know You"
C
"Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and "True Love"
D
"Poor Judd is Dead" and "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'"
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Q7. What 2008 film is an adaptation by Andrew Davies of a book by Sarah Waters, that is set in a Victorian-era women's prison?

A
Affinity
B
Friendship
C
Equality
D
Sisterhood
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