Entertainment Quiz #356
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 12 November 2015
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Q1.
Some early cellos are found with holes drilled in the base of the neck; what purpose did the holes serve?
A
To hold ornamental ribbons
B
To take cleats to hold the cello securely in its case
C
For rope to hold it round the player's neck when the cello was played in processions
D
To take a hook to hold spare bows during performance
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2
Q2.
What was the subtitle of the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood"?
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Q3.
Which of these musicals was not composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber?
B
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (1968)
D
The Wizard of Oz (2011)
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4
Q4.
Which Italian poet and librettist was known under the name of Metastasio?
B
Christoph Willibald Gluck
C
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi
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5
Q5.
John Forsythe was a regular in which TV series, but was never seen?
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Q6.
What is the name of 100 novellas by Giovanni Boccaccio, a medieval allegorical work known for its bawdy tales of love from the erotic to the tragic, which were probably written in the 1350s?
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Q7.
A 1951 film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Kasey Rogers and Patricia Hitchcock was called "Strangers on a ... what"?
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