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Entertainment Quiz #707

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 4 August 2022

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Q1. What do the writings - by historian Sima Qian 2nd century BCE in the "Shiji"; by Saint Augustine in "Confessions" about 400 CE; in "The Book of Margery Kempe" 1438; by Enea Silvio Piccolomini (then Pope Pius II) in "Commentarii" 1458-1464 - have in common?

A
They contain historical research
B
They are autobiographical
C
They are writings of theological dissent
D
They include fantasy or fables
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Q2. The lead singer of which band is known as Suggs?

A
Oasis
B
Madness
C
The Barron Knights
D
INXS
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Q3. When did Netflix stream its first original series, "Lilyhammer"?

A
2013
B
2010
C
2016
D
2012
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Q4. What was the Musée d'Orsay in Paris used for before it was an art gallery?

A
Railway station
B
Factory
C
Cathedral
D
Palace
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Q5. Which of these is a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music and literature?

A
Cubism
B
Hexahedronism
C
Rhombohedronism
D
Tetrahedronism
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Q6. The band, "Eric Burdon & The Animals", has which of the original Animals as one of Eric Burdon's backing musicians?

A
Steve Conte
B
Hilton Valentine
C
John Steel
D
Chas Chandler
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Q7. According to the Guinness Book of World Records this song is the second most popular in the English language; it is sung to a tune allegedly composed in France in 1709 and later popularised by Marie Antoinette, and is sung in multiple language versions including Klingon. Which song is it?

A
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
B
In an English Country Garden
C
Eeny Meeny Miny Moe
D
It Was a Little Sailor
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