Entertainment Quiz #292
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 21 August 2014
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Q1.
The Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch painted his works in which centuries AD?
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Q2.
What was significant about a recording released by Capitol Records In 1948 by Les Paul, entitled "Lover (When You're Near Me)", with "Brazil", on the B-side, that had begun as an experiment in Paul's garage?
Note: This question was updated in September 2023
A
It was the first recording credited to "Les Paul and Mary Ford"
B
It was his first commercial release of multi-layered sound built into a single track
C
It was his first recording using a Gibson solid-bodied guitar
D
The sound of a Chevrolet Camaro being revved up went throughout the song
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Q3.
Which pigment is named after an Italian city?
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Q4.
When did the US TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, begin its six years of seasons?
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Q5.
Which poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742, was so popular in London literary circles that Gray was forced to publish the work on 15 February 1751 to pre-empt a magazine publisher from printing an unlicensed copy?
B
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
C
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
D
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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Q6.
Who owned the fictional plantation of Tara?
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Q7.
Which of these is a book by Oliver Goldsmith?
B
The Bishop of Casterbridge
D
The Curate of Marston Moor
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