Entertainment Quiz #502
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 30 August 2018
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Q1.
Which comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks that first appeared in 1897 in the "American Humorist", the Sunday supplement of the New York Journal, is still distributed, making it the oldest comic strip still in syndication?
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2
Q2.
What does the name of the nursing convent from which the midwives of the British TV series "Call the Midwife" refer to?
B
The birth of its patron saint
C
Where its patron saint lived
D
What hospital it is attached to
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3
Q3.
Where are the terms "recto" and "verso" applied?
B
In a religious ceremony
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4
Q4.
By what name is Italian sculptor and painter Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi better known?
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Q5.
Which of Shakespeare's plays was made into a film in 1953 starring Marlon Brando, James Mason, Louis Calhern, John Gielgud, Deborah Kerr and Greer Garson?
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6
Q6.
The song "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" is from which musical?
B
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Q7.
What name is given to the jewelled, gilded and illuminated mediaeval religious manuscript, thought to have been created c. 715-20 CE in Britain and presently held in the British Library?
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