The 80s Across the Centuries

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1. The 1980s saw the introduction into popular culture of what would become iconic amusements. Which of the following was NOT a product of the '80s? Trivial Pursuit Pac-Man Sony PlayStation Cabbage Patch Kids

2. Beginning in 1884, baseball's National League champion played the American Association champion in what would become known as the 'World Series'. Who defeated the AA's New York Metropolitans 3 games to 0 to win the first ever Series? Worcester Worcesters New York Highlanders Providence Grays Boston Beaneaters

3. In 1788, Antonio Salieri became music teacher of the Princess of Württemberg, beating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for the post, largely because he was more widely popular in music circles and because, unlike Mozart, he taught singing. Which of the following composers was NOT a student of Antonio Salieri? Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Schubert Franz Liszt Joseph Haydn

4. In 1680, what two acting troupes were joined together by royal command to form the Comédie-Française? none, there were no acting troupes to be found as acting was illegal the troupe of the Hôtel Guénégaud and that of the Hôtel de Bourgogne Les Troupes des M. Scarron et M. Rotrou a resident troupe and a touring troupe both owned by Moliere

5. A baby born in Spain in 1584 could be 10 days younger than an English baby born the same day. True False

6. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni had an unusual arrangement with his painting master in the 1480's. What was different about it? the master paid the apprentice the master was his father-in-law the apprentice paid the master the master was his father

7. Geoffrey Chaucer began writing his famous "Canterbury Tales" in 1388. Told by pilgrims en route to Canterbury, where did the group depart from? a barn in Stepney a tavern in Bermondsey a tavern in Southwark a church in Lambeth

8. Well-to-do families of the 1280's had no trouble finding something to do on rainy days. Which of the following diversions was NOT available to relieve 13th century boredom? backgammon chess solitaire dice

9. "Sur le Pont d'Avignon ..." - Just what was placed on the bridge of Avignon, completed in 1185? all are correct the Chapel of Saint Nicholas the body of Saint Bénézet a large gatehouse to guard the French frontier

10. Shrewsbury Abbey was built in 1083, and is now famous as the haunt of the monk/detective Brother Cadfael, a creation of Ellis Peters. Despite surviving Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries", what unusual fate befell the abbey in later centuries? it was destroyed by German bombing in WW2 the A5 road was built right through it in the 1800s it was permanently converted to a morgue by the 1918 influenza it was bought by the punk rock band 'Sex Pistols' and turned into a studio