Entertainment Quiz #501
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 23 August 2018
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Q1.
In classical architecture, what is the plain-faced portion, usually rectangular, of a pedestal between the base and the cornice?
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2
Q2.
The musical "West Side Story" is associated with which geographical area?
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3
Q3.
Sean Connery won his only Academy Award (for Best Supporting Actor) in what 1987 film?
A
Children of a Lesser God
B
The Hunt For Red October
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Q4.
What event brings a group of old friends together in the 1983 film "The Big Chill"?
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Q5.
Which opera shocked audiences at its première due to a combination of a biblical theme, the erotic and the murderous, especially "The Dance of the Seven Veils" and the heroine making necrophiliac love?
A
"Salome" by Richard Strauss
B
"Hansel and Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck
C
"La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi
D
"Les Dialogues des Carmelites" by Poulenc
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Q6.
Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen worked for which newspaper?
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Q7.
What band's most commercially successful line-up, in 1969-73, featured Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Roger Glover and Ian Paice?
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