Entertainment Quiz #770
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 19 October 2023
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Q1.
Which of these characters in a play does not appear on stage?
A
"Abigail" in "Abigail's Party" by Mike Leigh
B
"Othello" in "Othello" by William Shakespeare
C
"Mr Sloane" in "Entertaining Mr Sloane" by Joe Orton
D
"Foreskin" in "Foreskin's Lament" by Greg McGee
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2
Q2.
Which series first released on Netflix in 2019, co-created by and starring Natasha Lyonne, received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations in its first season?
B
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
D
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
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Q3.
Which UK TV series , based on a 1939 novel by Rumer Godden and starring Gemma Arterton, Alessandro Nivola, Aisling Franciosi, Jim Broadbent and Gina McKee, also starred Diana Rigg in one of her last performances?
A
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017)
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Q4.
The more than 800 works of which 15th and 16th century artist include "Rhinoceros", the botanical study "Great Piece of Turf", "Young Hare", "Praying Hands", "The Feast of the Rosary" as well as portraits and studies of buildings?
C
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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Q5.
Sir George Benjamin's 2018 opera "Lessons in Love and Violence" follows the story and fallout of a relationship between whom?
A
Oscar Wilde and Bosie Douglas
B
Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I
D
Edward II of England and Piers Gaveston
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6
Q6.
Grace Kelly made her last professional appearance in which 1956 musical film?
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Q7.
What is the central focus of the play "Bully Boy" (2011), written by British-Danish playwright and comedian Sandi Toksvig?
A
Public school education in the UK
B
Moral issues of military occupation and its effects on the mental health of serving soldiers
C
National posturing, and resulting international conflict
D
Tactics of film studios and their effect on people around them
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