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Entertainment Quiz #625

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 7 January 2021

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Q1. Crowley, who figures as a Satanic force in Terry Pratchett's and Neil Gaiman's book, "Good Omens", and in multiple other situations including the long running US TV series "Supernatural" has resonances from a person of the same name who lived when?

A
16th century
B
19th and 20th century
C
17th century
D
11th and 12th century
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Q2. When is Shakespeare's play "Troilus and Cressida" set?

A
The Renaissance
B
The Roman occupation of Carthage
C
Elizabethan era
D
The Trojan War
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Q3. What other well-known work was written by the author of "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes"?

A
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
B
Ode to a Nightingale
C
Ode to the Little China Man
D
The Naming of Cats
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Q4. During which period did sound recording studios first start up in the US?

A
Late 1880s and early 1890s
B
Late 1890s
C
Late 1890s and early 1900s
D
Early 1910s
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Q5. What is the name for an enthusiast for the TV series "Star Trek"?

A
Roddenberryist
B
Kirkie
C
Starfan
D
Trekkie
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Q6. Which set of 19 piano pieces based on folk themes were composed by Franz Liszt between 1846 and 1885 and named after his homeland?

A
The German Sonatas
B
The Brazilian Cantatas
C
The Hungarian Rhapsodies
D
The Egyptian Etudes
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Q7. In the 21st century visual arts world, what art work or works does the name "Kaleidoscope" refer to?

A
Lighting displays created for the 2012 Olympic Games in London
B
A series of paintings created using butterfly wings
C
Thread art in the Sky Lounge at IQ Shoreditch, London, and at LE MÉRIDIEN, Hamburg
D
Sculptures on the shores of Hudson Bay, Canada
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