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

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
28,519

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
2 / 5

Plays
625

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Question 1 of 5

1. What opera by Berlioz was based on Virgil's Aeneid? Hint

Orpheus in the Underworld

The Trojans at Carthage

Apollo et Hyacinthus

Cavalleria Rusticana

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Question 2 of 5

2. What British queen once said 'Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor'? Hint

Victoria

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth II

Anne

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Question 3 of 5

3. Who 'opened up Japan' for the United States? Hint

Perry

Southard

Johnson

Lee

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Question 4 of 5

4. Who was the founder of the Ottoman empire?

Answer: (Sounds something like 'Ottoman'...)

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Question 5 of 5

5. The 'Moro' is the Muslim sector of what country's population? Hint

Malaysia

Philippines

Spain

Albania

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What opera by Berlioz was based on Virgil's Aeneid?

Answer: The Trojans at Carthage

2. What British queen once said 'Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor'?

Answer: Elizabeth I

Attributed to her, via Bacon.

3. Who 'opened up Japan' for the United States?

Answer: Perry

Commodore Matthew Perry was sent to Japan in 1853 to open up Japan to the outside world. His large ships apparently impressed the Japanese, and the Treaty of Kanagawa was signed in 1854 allowing the USA trade rights in Japan.

4. Who was the founder of the Ottoman empire?

Answer: Osman

5. The 'Moro' is the Muslim sector of what country's population?

Answer: Philippines

The word 'Moro' is derived from 'Moor'...the name for the Muslims in Spain from years past.

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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