Entertainment Quiz #774
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 16 November 2023
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Q1.
What function does a clothlet serve in the visual arts?
C
To polish statuary highlights
D
Backing for small tapestries
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Q2.
The fictional paradise Shangri-La was introduced in which book?
A
"Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan
B
"She" by H. Rider Haggard
C
"Liliom" by Ferenc Molnar
D
"Lost Horizons" by James Hilton
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Q3.
Who or what, at one level, is the "Half" in American author Brit Bennett's book "The Vanishing Half" (2020)?
A
The protagonist's husband
C
Spanish-American illegal immigrant workers
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Q4.
Which music appeared in the 2010s and grew during the CoViD-19 pandemic lockdowns 2020 onwards, a hybrid of deep house, jazz, and lounge music characterised by synths and wide percussive basslines?
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Q5.
Which of these is a character in "The Matrix" series of films?
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Q6.
What famous fictional character's name means "pine eye"?
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Q7.
In which literary work does the character of Mrs Malaprop appear?
A
Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"
B
Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
C
Sheridan's "The Rivals"
D
Wycherley's "The Farmer's Wife"
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