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?
B
Shuffled off this Mortal Coil
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2
Q2.
Which of these is a type of 16th and 17th century drama?
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3
Q3.
Who is the naval officer in Puccini's "Madam Butterfly"?
C
Warrant Officer Lincoln
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4
Q4.
What instrument was played most frequently by composer Frederic Chopin?
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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?
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