Entertainment Quiz #585
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 2 April 2020
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Q1.
What was the original nationality of the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Mario and the Magician", "Joseph and His Brothers", "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain"?
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Q2.
Which dog appears in comics with Shaggy, Fred, Velma & Daphne?
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3
Q3.
Paul Young and Susan Boyle have covered "Don't Dream It's Over", which was written for (and was a US hit record for) which band?
Note: This question was updated in April 2022
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Q4.
In what language was the "Kalevala" written?
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Q5.
Which of these was painted first?
A
American Gothic by Grant Wood
B
The Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens
C
The Cardplayers by Paul Cézanne
D
The Adoration of the Magi by El Greco
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Q6.
In the words of the 1941 song popularised by Glenn Miller and his band, about when does the Chattanooga Choo Choo leave Pennsylvania Station?
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Q7.
Why did Netflix announce in January 2019 that it would shoot its series "OBX" in South Carolina instead of North Carolina?
A
The North's studios were flooded
B
The North Carolina staff went on strike
C
The still existing parts of North Carolina's "bathroom bill"
D
The North's studios were destroyed in a tornado
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