Fun Trivia : Faust

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Faust

The Faust legend was derived from late medieval legends of what culture?

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German. It is said that there was actually a German necromancer named Faust who was in league with the devil.



What is the earliest known work dealing witht he Faust legend?

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Faustbuch. The Faustbuch was written anonymously in 1587.



Faust was next handled by a famous playwright, who titled his work 'Doctor Faustus'. What was his name?

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Marlowe.



Perhaps the most famous version of Faust was written by a German poet and dramatist in the early 19th century. Who was this man?

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Goethe . In Goethe's work, as in Marlowe's, Faust flirts with the devil, in the guise of Mephistopheles.



What German-born American writer wrote a new version of Faust entitled 'Doktor Faustus' in 1947?

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Mann. Mann used the Faust legend to describe the nihilistic tendencies in German culture during the early 20th century.



Which Greek mythological figure is Mephistopheles derived from?

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Hephaestus. Mae-phestus is the German derivation of He-phaestus.



Dr. Faustus was the Necromancer that made a pact with the Devil. What was Faust's First and Middle name?

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Georgius Sabellicus.



What is the earliest record of Dr. Faust's existence?

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Letter by Trithemius.



What city did Dr. Faustus obtain his skills as a Magician?

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Cracow.



Jan Fust the (original Faust) lent money to what inventor?

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Gutenberg.



What was the first name of the original Faust (if such a personage ever existed)?

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Johann. If he lived, his dates are approximately 1480-1540. He was both a magician and an astrologer.



Faust first appears in print in the "Faustbuch," more formally known as "The History of the Damnable Life, and Deserved Death of Doctor Faustus" (1992). Who was it printed by?

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Johann Spies. In this work, the demon tempter Mephistopheles appears for the first, but not the last, time.



Who wrote the opera version of "Faust" in 1859?

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Gounod. The libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre, and is based on Goethe's "Faust" Part I.



The aforementioned 1859 "Faust" opera earned the wrath of Wagner, who called the work, "music for ___________" ?

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Sluts. Another critic suggested that because it was so much more popular than the composer's other work, he probably didn't write it. However, after being challenged to a duel, the critic retracted his claim. Coward.



Stephen Vincnet Benet's short story, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" features a Faust figure. What was the name of the film made from the tale?

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All That Money Can Buy. In the story, the Faust figure is an impoverished farmer who is saved from the Devil by Daniel Webster himself.



Berlioz wrote a musical work on the Faust theme. What did he call it?

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The Damnation of Faust. The dramatic cantata incorporated the composer's earlier "Huit Scenes de Faust" (1828).



In 1796 an opera called the "La Ceinture du Doctor Faust" was composed. What is a "ceinture"?

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Belt. Hanke wrote the work, based on the older Faustian legend, not the one Goethe concocted.



Another Faust opera was "Dr. Fausts Hollenfahrt." What's a Hollenfahrt?

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Journey to hell. The 1951 opera was composed by Engelmann.



Who wrote "Doktor Faust: Ein Tanzpoem"?

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Heinrich Heine. This mock-epic was written in 1851.



There were several Faust movies, the most famous of which was done in 1926. Who starred?

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Emil Jannings. The silent film was directed by F.W. Murnau.