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A multiple-choice quiz by halcrewebon. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
halcrewebon

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
266

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1467

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote the opera 'The Oprichnik'? Hint

Tchaikovsky

Mozart

Stravinsky

Beethoven

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which is the name of a family of Italian violin makers? Hint

Alboin

Paganini

D'Annunzio

Guarneri

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which type of poetry is comprised of three unrhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables? Hint

sonnet

ode

epigram

haiku

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Question 4 of 10

4. Naum Gabo was of which profession? Hint

architect

lawyer

composer

sculptor

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Question 5 of 10

5. Aeneas was, in Roman mythology, the son of Anchises, a Trojan prince, and which Roman Goddess? Hint

Venus

Juno

Diana

Minerva

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Question 6 of 10

6. In what year did Ludwig van Beethoven die? Hint

1827

1903

1799

1830

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the first name of Homer's rival, Grimes, from 'The Simpsons'? Hint

Ned

Frank

Seymore

Troy

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which sibling of one 'Friends' character was also a character on 'Mad About You'? Hint

Frank

Emily

Gunther

Ursula

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Question 9 of 10

9. What type of dance is set to music in a moderately fast two-four time, of which 'the grand right and left' and 'strip the willow' are examples? Hint

reel

mazurka

jig

slip-jig

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Question 10 of 10

10. What word translates in Greek to 'a sounding together'? Hint

orchestra

canon

sonata

symphony

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote the opera 'The Oprichnik'?

Answer: Tchaikovsky

This was Tchaikovsky's third opera, completed in 1872. It came after 'The Voyevoda' and 'Undine'.

2. Which is the name of a family of Italian violin makers?

Answer: Guarneri

This family of violin makers, who lived and worked during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, produced violins which were highly regarded. One son, Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri, was particularly talented, and his instruments were regarded as second only to those of Antonio Stradivari.

3. Which type of poetry is comprised of three unrhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables?

Answer: haiku

One of the masters of the haiku form was the Japanese poet Matsuo Munefusa, who used the pseudonym Basho. After being a samurai as a young man, Basho devoted his life to poetry. He lived from 1644 to 1694.

4. Naum Gabo was of which profession?

Answer: sculptor

Naum Gabo was a Russian-American sculptor who was one of the leading practitioners of 20th-century constructivism. He was born in 1890 and died in 1977.

5. Aeneas was, in Roman mythology, the son of Anchises, a Trojan prince, and which Roman Goddess?

Answer: Venus

6. In what year did Ludwig van Beethoven die?

Answer: 1827

7. What is the first name of Homer's rival, Grimes, from 'The Simpsons'?

Answer: Frank

8. Which sibling of one 'Friends' character was also a character on 'Mad About You'?

Answer: Ursula

Phoebe's identical twin sister Ursula (also played by Lisa Kudrow) was also a waitress in one of the restaurants Paul and Jamie would go to in 'Mad About you'. In one episode of 'Friends', Jamie showed up in the Central Perk with a friend, and seeing Phoebe, thought Phoebe was Ursula.

They thought Urusla was also a waitress at the Central Perk, and proceeded to ask Phoebe to serve them, Phoebe all the while not knowing what was going on.

9. What type of dance is set to music in a moderately fast two-four time, of which 'the grand right and left' and 'strip the willow' are examples?

Answer: reel

10. What word translates in Greek to 'a sounding together'?

Answer: symphony

Source: Author halcrewebon

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