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| The first performance of this Russian composer's 'The Rite of Spring' in 1913 caused an uproar in the audience due to the unconventional choreography. Who was he? | Stagecoach Quiz
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Stravinsky. The audience carried on so loudly that the dancers were unable to hear the orchestra.
Argus. Argus was assigned to guard Io, Zeus' mistress, by Hera, Zeus' jealous wife, after Zeus had changed her into a cow to hide her from Hera. Argus was also the name of Odysseus' dog in 'The Odyssey'.
Gus Grissom. The first American in space was Alan Shephard, in May, 1961.
| What is defined as the science of designing machines, products, and systems to maximize the safety, comfort and efficiency of the people who use them? | Stagecoach Quiz
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Ergonomics. Ergonomics, also called human engineering or human factors engineering, is used increasingly often as employers seek to maximize their workers' potential and minimize accidents and inefficiency.
Chimpanzee. There are two species of chimpanzee: common and bonobo (pygmy). Chimps can use and make tools, communicate, and solve problems. They differ from humans by only one percent of their genetic material.
| Which of Canada's provinces is called the Heartland Province? | Stagecoach Quiz
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Ontario. Ontario is the southernmost of the ten provinces, as well as the most populous.
| What tiny European country is completely surrounded by France and Spain? | Stagecoach Quiz
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Andorra. Andorra, in the Pyrenees Mountains, is only 181 square miles.
| What movie is famous for its five-note musical tone and image of the Devil's Tower monolith in Wyoming? | Stagecoach Quiz
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind. This 1977 film was directed by Steven Spielberg.
| In Egyptian mythology, who was the goddess of the sky and Queen of Heaven? | Stagecoach Quiz
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Hathor. Daughter of the sun god Ra and wife of the sky god Horus, she was also the goddess of fertility, love, and beauty. In case you haven't figured it out, the first letter of each of the correct answers spell {STAGECOACH.;)}
| 'Hell is other people' is a (translated) quote from which writer? | Quiz about Hell
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Jean-Paul Sartre. From Sartre's play 'Huit Clos' ('No Exit' in English), based on the (questionable) premise that being in a room with irritating people can be worse than being roasted and prodded with forks for all eternity.
| In 'Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey', which game is NOT played by the 2 heroes to escape from Hell? | Quiz about Hell
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Chess. A good film, starring Keanu Reeves and ... that other guy. You know ... the one with the curly hair ... wasn't he in a film about a demon knight or something ...
| In which 'Friday the Thirteenth' film does Jason go to hell? | Quiz about Hell
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The Final Friday. I shouldn't criticise a film I haven't seen, but I'm guessing 'Jason Goes to Hell' is no Oscar winner.
| What was the first name of the Dutch painter, Bosch, famous for his hellish visions? | Quiz about Hell
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Hieronymus . His most famous painting, 'the Garden of Earthly Delights' is in the Prado, Madrid - the plate depicting hell is quite disturbing (and those depicting heaven and earth are no picnic either).
| Who played the Devil's son, Damien, in 'Omen III: The Final Conflict'? | Quiz about Hell
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Sam Neill. This was the frankly disappointing conclusion to the chilling trilogy tracing Damien's growth from child to man. I'm not counting 'Omen IV' because it was such rubbish that even the Damien character was too ashamed to appear in it.
| In an episode of 'The Simpsons', what does Homer sell his soul for? | Quiz about Hell
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A donut (or doughnut, if you're British). It's alright, he gets it back.
| Who is the lady who introduced herself into millions of American homes in the late 1970s and early 1980s touting Alberto VO5 hair care products? | Gee, This Quiz Smells Terrific.
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Rula Lenska. These commercials were EVERYWHERE. People always made fun of the ads because Lenska was a complete unknown in the US at the time. Well, that's why she always started each ad by saying "Hi, I'm Rula Lenska"! If she were already famous, she wouldn't have had to. Duh. Lenska is still acting in the UK, where she was born.
| Jon, of course, loves it when a mouse's plans don't pan out, so his favorite cliche is "The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry." Can you tell Jon were it comes from? | Jon's Catty Quiz
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Robert Burns. "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang oft a-gley" is from the poem "To A Mouse" by Scottish poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796). "Gang aft a-gley" means "often go awry". "To A Mouse" first appeared in "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" published July 31, 1786.
| Jon loves reading vintage mysteries, and he is trying to find "Cat of Many Tails". He knows it was published in 1949, but he doesn't know the author's name. Can you please tell Jon who wrote it? | Jon's Catty Quiz
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Ellery Queen. Ellery Queen was the pen name of cousins Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Bennington Lee (1905-1971). Their first Ellery Queen novel was "The Roman Hat Mystery" published in 1929. The cousins wrote several Ellery Queen novels and short stories. One of the finest was "Cat of Many Tails" (1949), a suspenseful tale about an unlikely serial killer. They also wrote the Drury Lane mysteries under the pen name Barnaby Ross.
| It really figures that Jon's favorite musical is "Cats". Jon says it was based on a book of poetry by T.S. Eliot. Is Jon correct? | Jon's Catty Quiz
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Yes. T.S. Eliot's book of poetry "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" was first published in 1939 and was the basis for the musical "Cats". Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was an American-born dramatist, poet, and critic, but he made his life and literary career in Great Britain, becoming a British citizen. One of his most acclaimed works was "The Waste Land" published in 1922.
| Jon thought the concept of humans having a mouse as a son was quite controversial in E.B. White's novel "Stuart Little". He did, however, like the family cat. What was the cat's name? | Jon's Catty Quiz
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Snowbell. "Stuart Little" was first published in 1945 and told the adventures of Stuart, a mouse born into a family of humans. American writer E.B. (Elwyn Brooks) White (1899-1985) also wrote two other wonderful novels for children: "Charlotte's Web" (1952) and "The Trumpet of the Swan" (1970). White also published several volumes of essays.
| Jon says it's not true that cats don't dance, and his favorite party tune is "Stray Cat Strut". Can you guess who made it? | Jon's Catty Quiz
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Stray Cats. The American rockabilly trio of Brian Seltzer, Slim Jim Phantom, and Lee Rocker first found success in Great Britain with their albums "Stray Cats" and "Gonna Bail" in 1981. "Built For Speed", the best of their two British albums, was released in the United States in 1982, and contained the hits "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town".
| Jon enjoys watching old movies on the late show, but he fell asleep during the final credits of "Cat People" (1942). Can you tell Jon who played Irena Dubrovna? | Jon's Catty Quiz
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Simone Simon. "Cat People" starred Simone Simon as Irena. It also starred Kent Smith and Jane Randolph. All three actors returned in the 1944 sequel "The Curse of the Cat People".
| I tried to tell Jon that the play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" wasn't about the daring rescue of a cat from a housetop by the fire department, but he just will not listen. He also thinks William Faulkner wrote it, but is Jon right? | Jon's Catty Quiz
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No. American playwright Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) won his second Pulitzer Prize for drama for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1954). His first Pulitzer was for "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947). "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was loosely based on Williams's short story, "Three Players of a Summer Game" and like much of his work, it was set in the American South.
| Jon slept with a nightlight for a week after watching this 2003 horror movie remake which starred Crispin Glover and a bunch of rampaging rats. What's the name of the movie that caused Jon's fur to stand on end? | Jon's Catty Quiz
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Willard. "Willard" (2003), starring Crispin Glover as Willard Stiles, was the story of how a man used a bunch of rats to get even with his nasty boss. It was a remake of "Willard" (1971) which starred Bruce Davison as Willard Stiles and Elsa Lanchester as Henrietta Stiles.
| According to Jon's favorite poem, written by Carl Sandburg, what "comes on little cat feet"? | Jon's Catty Quiz
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Fog. "Fog" was written by American poet and writer Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) and first appeared in "Chicago Poems" published in 1916. "The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on."
| Jon loved the play "The Mousetrap" because Agatha Christie used his favorite nursery rhyme throughout the story. What is Jon's favorite nursery rhyme? | Jon's Catty Quiz
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Three Blind Mice. Agatha Christie's play "The Mousetrap" was based on the story "Three Blind Mice" found in her book "The Mousetrap and Other Stories" (1950), also published as "Three Blind Mice and Other Stories". "The Mousetrap" has been running in London, England, since Nov. 25, 1952. Mr. J. Katt and I thank you for taking our catty quiz.
| Jon says the cliché "raining cats and dogs" is based on a real incident in which the clouds opened up and cats and dogs fell from the sky, but is Jon correct? | Jon's Cattier Quiz
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No. The saying "raining cats and dogs" has apparently been around for hundreds of years and there are different theories on its origin. One is that cats and dogs once symbolized bad weather, with cats symbolizing rain and dogs symbolizing wind. Another is that in England, during the Seventeenth Century, torrential rain caused all sorts of refuse to splash up out of the sewers including dead dogs and cats, so "raining cats and dogs" became a common expression meaning heavy rainfall. English playwright, Richard Brome, was the first to record the expression in "The City Wit" in 1653, "it shall rain dogs and polecats". There have been many recorded cases of strange things that fell from the sky, but luckily for Jon, cats and dogs aren't one of them.
| Jon reads so much that he sometimes gets mixed up. Can you help him finish the title of this 1959 Agatha Christie mystery novel "Cat Among the _______"? | Jon's Cattier Quiz
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Pigeons. "Cat Among the Pigeons" (1959) featured Agatha Christie's little Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and was the tale of murder at the Meadowbrook School for girls.
| Jon says you'll need your brain, heart, and courage to answer this one. He claims that in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The Wizard of Oz", the Wicked Witch of the West had a black cat that rode around on her broomstick with her, but did she? | Jon's Cattier Quiz
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No. I confess that Jon had me stumped on this one. After checking back in my own copy of L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz", I found out the Wicked Witch could control talking wolves, black bees, and crows. By using the golden cap, she could command obedience from the flying monkeys three times, but she did not have a black cat. Jon also says that the story would have been so much better if only Toto had been a cat, but I think Jon's just being a smartycat.
| Can you tell Jon who wrote the novel "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" on which Disney's 1961 animated movie was based? | Jon's Cattier Quiz
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Dorothy "Dodie" Smith. The novel "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" was written by English author and playwright Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (1896-1990) in 1956. Ms. Smith owned several Dalmatians during her lifetime, and Pongo in the novel was based on her own Dalmatian named Pongo. Her novel was the basis for both Disney's animated 1961 film version and the 1996 film that starred Glenn Close.
| Jon absolutely adores Duchess, the lovely white cat in Disney's 1970 animated film "The Aristocats". Can you please tell him who did the voice of Duchess? | Jon's Cattier Quiz
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Eva Gabor. Eva Gabor was the voice of Duchess in Disney's "The Aristocats". Phil Harris was the voice of J. Thomas O'Malley, and Scatman Crothers was the voice of Scat Cat. Adriana Caselotti provided the voice of Snow White in Disney's very first animated movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
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