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Take Your Partner ... Trivia Quiz

Who goes with whom? From myth, opera, fiction and real life all you need to do is match the partners. Have fun.

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

Author
imperial

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
74,818

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
2477

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Question 1 of 15

1. In the commedia dell'arte who was the partner that Columbine chose? Hint

Pierrot

Punch

Pantaloon

Harlequin

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who was the wife of Hiawatha? Hint

Laughing River

Pocahontus

Minnehaha

Mulan

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Question 3 of 15

3. Sir Winston Churchill, politician and statesman was married for 57 years. What was the name of his wife? Hint

Eugene

Clementine

Alice

Arabella

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Question 4 of 15

4. On learning of his death, Cleopatra killed herself with the bite of an asp. Who was this lover? Hint

Julius Caesar

Mark Antony

Ptolemy Dionysius

Cassius Tacitus

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Question 5 of 15

5. Nell Gwyn, orange-seller and actress was mistress of which King of England? Hint

Charles I

Henry VI

Henry VIII

Charles II

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Question 6 of 15

6. When Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth her husband commissioned the Taj Mahal to be built in her honour. Who was her husband? Hint

Shah Jehan

Omar Rhubyat

Rama Khan

Raj Ghandi

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Question 7 of 15

7. Queen Guinevere allegedly caused the downfall of Camelot due to her liaison with whom? Hint

Duke Cador

King Arthur

Sir Lancelot

Sir Gawain

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Question 8 of 15

8. King Edward VIII of England gave up his throne for this woman - what was her name? Hint

Sarah Spencer

Wallis Simpson

Jane Grey

Elizabeth Fitzroy

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which Shakespearean heroine 'won' Bassanio in a lottery to decide her future husband? Hint

Juliet

Portia

Mistress Quickly

Lady McDuff

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Question 10 of 15

10. Orpheus travelled to the underworld to reclaim his dead wife but 'lost' her again when he broke a promise and looked back. What was the name of his wife? Hint

Aphrodite

Eurydice

Cassandra

Hestia

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Question 11 of 15

11. Cio-Cio-San, otherwise known as Madam Butterfly marries which serviceman? Hint

Private Ryan

General Arthur

Major Smithson

Lieutenant Pinkerton

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Question 12 of 15

12. Admiral Nelson was already married when he scandalised England with his affair with which married woman? Hint

Lady Chatterley

Lady Hamilton

Lady McDuff

Lady Douglas

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Question 13 of 15

13. Guy of Warwick married the daughter of an Earl. After forty days he leaves to fight in the Crusades and perform deeds of courage. Whom did he marry? Hint

Eleanor

Sarah

Victoria

Felice

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Question 14 of 15

14. Rodolfo is a poet in Puccini's opera, 'La Boheme'. He falls in love with a mortally ill seamstress. What was her name? Hint

Carmen

Antoinette

Leander

Mimi

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Question 15 of 15

15. The star-crossed lovers in the novel 'Lorna Doone' are eventually united in marriage. Who was the man with whom Lorna Doone fell in love? Hint

John Ridd

Joseph Carne

Jack Daniels

Nat Tyler

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the commedia dell'arte who was the partner that Columbine chose?

Answer: Harlequin

Commedia dell'arte, an Italian comedy, began in the Renaissance. A band of travelling actors, archetypal clowns performed plays. Columbine was the daughter of Pantaloon and chose Harlequin over Pierrot.

2. Who was the wife of Hiawatha?

Answer: Minnehaha

Immortalised in the epic poem, 'The Song of Hiawatha' by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem recounts a story of revenge and love.

3. Sir Winston Churchill, politician and statesman was married for 57 years. What was the name of his wife?

Answer: Clementine

Winston Churchill married Clementine Hozier in 1908. They had five children. They wrote to each other almost daily. Sir Winston died in 1965 aged 90 and Clementine died in 1977, aged 92.

4. On learning of his death, Cleopatra killed herself with the bite of an asp. Who was this lover?

Answer: Mark Antony

Cleopatra (69-30 BC) Queen of Egypt. Married her brother Ptolemy and later had a son to Julius Caesar. In 41BC she met Mark Antony. He committed suicide after being defeated at Actium.

5. Nell Gwyn, orange-seller and actress was mistress of which King of England?

Answer: Charles II

Nell Gwyn (1651-1687) was mistress to Charles II and bore him two sons. She was honoured with a burial in St. Martins in the Field.

6. When Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth her husband commissioned the Taj Mahal to be built in her honour. Who was her husband?

Answer: Shah Jehan

Mumtaz died in childbirth soon after her husband ascended the throne. Shah Jehan took ten years to build the Taj Mahal.

7. Queen Guinevere allegedly caused the downfall of Camelot due to her liaison with whom?

Answer: Sir Lancelot

Guinevere was married to King Arthur however her love affair with Sir Lancelot, one of the Knights of the Round Table, allegedly caused the downfall of Camelot. The earliest record of this story is told in 'Life of St Gildas' c1130 by Cardoc of Llancarton.

8. King Edward VIII of England gave up his throne for this woman - what was her name?

Answer: Wallis Simpson

Edward VIII was born in 1894. He reigned for eleven months before abdicating the throne when he chose to marry the twice divorced Wallis Simpson.

9. Which Shakespearean heroine 'won' Bassanio in a lottery to decide her future husband?

Answer: Portia

From the 'Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare. Portia, a barrister, is to marry the man who chooses, from three caskets, the one containing her portrait.

10. Orpheus travelled to the underworld to reclaim his dead wife but 'lost' her again when he broke a promise and looked back. What was the name of his wife?

Answer: Eurydice

When Eurydice dies early in their marriage, Orpheus travels to Hades to seek her out. Pluto agrees to release her on the promise that neither of them look back until they reach the air. Orpheus does look back and Eurydice vanishes immediately.

11. Cio-Cio-San, otherwise known as Madam Butterfly marries which serviceman?

Answer: Lieutenant Pinkerton

From Puccini's opera, Madama Butterfly (1904). Set in Japan early 20th Century. Lieutenant Pinkerton enters into a 999 year marriage contract with Cio-Cio-San. He does not keep to his side of the bargain and Cio-Cio-San kills herself.

12. Admiral Nelson was already married when he scandalised England with his affair with which married woman?

Answer: Lady Hamilton

Nelson was married to Frances Nisbet when, in 1793, met and fell in love with Lady Hamilton. Nelson died in the Battle of Trafalgar on board his ship Victory.

13. Guy of Warwick married the daughter of an Earl. After forty days he leaves to fight in the Crusades and perform deeds of courage. Whom did he marry?

Answer: Felice

On his return to England from the Crusades he becomes a hermit and lives in a cave near his wife. On his death-bed he is re-united with Felice.

14. Rodolfo is a poet in Puccini's opera, 'La Boheme'. He falls in love with a mortally ill seamstress. What was her name?

Answer: Mimi

La Boheme depicted the poor artists etc of Left Bank society in their garrets. Mimi falls in love with Rodolfo but she is extremely ill and dies in the final scene.

15. The star-crossed lovers in the novel 'Lorna Doone' are eventually united in marriage. Who was the man with whom Lorna Doone fell in love?

Answer: John Ridd

Blackmore wrote Lorna Doone - A Romance of Exmoor, in 1869. It revolves around murder, treachery, kidnapping and love between two families.

Source: Author imperial

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