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Cultural Entries Trivia Quiz

More names and titles - perhaps you will delve into these works- try a serving of Milhaud over the Discourses of Montaigne.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
40,361

Updated
May 25 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
881

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Question 1 of 10

1. Of the Seven Hills of Rome, which one was Edward Gibbon on top of when the inspiration to write the 'History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' came to him? Hint

Capitoline

Viriminal

Quirinal

Esquiline

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Question 2 of 10

2. Shiva was a white-male with 4 arms. Who was his consort- she had black skin with 4 arms as well?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the Greek furies had a name which translated literally to 'envious-one'? Hint

Megaera

Tisiphone

Alecto

Clotho

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote the opera Le Boeuf Sur le Toit, or the Nothing Doing Bar in 1919? Hint

Honegger

Milhaud

Borodin

Ceasar Cuis

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who sketched the intriguing... 'Erasmus shortly after his death'? Hint

Baldung

Alberta

Brueghal

Cranach

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Question 6 of 10

6. What famous prognosticator wrote the 'Treatise on Make-up', which described the ingredients of the pomade used by Queen Elizabeth I?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote the 'Persian Letters'? Hint

Holmes

Corneille

Boerhaeve

Montesquieu

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Question 8 of 10

8. Besides water, what is the main component in a healthy batch of Urine? Hint

creatinine

calcium

ammonia

potassium

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the earliest Spanish dramatist, coeval to Shakespeare? Hint

Goya

Rabelais

Lorca

Lope De Vega

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which civilization had a 8-day week, 10-month calendar, and neatly eliminated 61 days in the winter? Hint

India

Babylonia

Rome

Sumer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Of the Seven Hills of Rome, which one was Edward Gibbon on top of when the inspiration to write the 'History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' came to him?

Answer: Capitoline

2. Shiva was a white-male with 4 arms. Who was his consort- she had black skin with 4 arms as well?

Answer: Kali

3. Which of the Greek furies had a name which translated literally to 'envious-one'?

Answer: Megaera

4. Who wrote the opera Le Boeuf Sur le Toit, or the Nothing Doing Bar in 1919?

Answer: Milhaud

5. Who sketched the intriguing... 'Erasmus shortly after his death'?

Answer: Baldung

6. What famous prognosticator wrote the 'Treatise on Make-up', which described the ingredients of the pomade used by Queen Elizabeth I?

Answer: Nostradamus

7. Who wrote the 'Persian Letters'?

Answer: Montesquieu

8. Besides water, what is the main component in a healthy batch of Urine?

Answer: creatinine

It comprises generally 52 grams per liter.

9. Who was the earliest Spanish dramatist, coeval to Shakespeare?

Answer: Lope De Vega

10. Which civilization had a 8-day week, 10-month calendar, and neatly eliminated 61 days in the winter?

Answer: Rome

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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