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Adultery, and its consequences, has been making the news around the world for many, many years. Let's have a quick look at this emotive subject.

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Rowena8482

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
326,788

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. The actual word adultery has a Latin root. What does the Latin word it stems from actually mean? Hint

Adult or majority

Infidelity or oath breaking

Sin against

Change or corrupt

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the United States, the study of sexual relationships, including extra-marital sex, is big business.There is even an institute dedicated to "Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction". Who is the famous founder of this institute? Hint

Dr. Ruth

Alfred Kinsey

Oprah Winfrey

Leonhard Stejneger

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote the play "The Homecoming" which features Ruth, an adulterous wife, and her first meeting with her husband's father and brothers? Hint

Arthur Miller

Harold Pinter

Henrik Ibsen

John Osborne

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Question 4 of 10

4. Composer Richard Wagner stopped work on his famous "Ring Cycle" in order to compose "Tristan und Isolde" in honour of a married lady with whom he had become infatuated. He also set five of this lady's poems to music. Now called after her married name, how are these poems known? Hint

Wesendonck Lieder

Ebbinghaus Lieder

Kageneck Lieder

Vogelin Lieder

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who said "There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded" when she gave a television interview about her husband's infidelity, in 1995? Hint

Katie Price aka Jordan

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Diana, Princess of Wales

Joan Collins

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Question 6 of 10

6. In June 2010, a woman named Suzanne Corona made the news worldwide when she was charged with adultery after she was apprehended having sexual intercourse with her lover Justin Amend. He was later released without charge. In which country were the couple caught? Hint

Saudi Arabia

The Netherlands

South Africa

United States

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which famous author scandalised Victorian society by openly having a twenty year relationship with a married man? Hint

Jane Austen

Charlotte Bronte

George Eliot

Mary Shelley

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Question 8 of 10

8. One derogatory term sometimes used to describe a man whose wife has strayed is cuckold, or to say he is "wearing horns". In which country would the term "he is wearing a green hat" be used to mean the same thing? Hint

Ireland

China

Brazil

Kenya

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Question 9 of 10

9. The major theme of Shakespeare's play "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is a "fat knight" named Sir John attempting to entice two married ladies of the Royal Court to dally with him behind the backs of their husbands. Who is this would be adulterer?

Answer: (One Word 8 letters surname only)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Possibly one of the most (in)famous cases of adultery of the 20th century involved the then President of the United States Bill Clinton, and White House office intern Monica Lewinsky. Can you remember the name of the "friend" who, by passing on recordings of her phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky, caused her affair with the President to become public? Hint

Gennifer Flowers

Linda Tripp

Paula Jones

Lucianne Goldberg

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The actual word adultery has a Latin root. What does the Latin word it stems from actually mean?

Answer: Change or corrupt

The Latin word that the term adultery comes from is "adultere" which means to change or corrupt. It translates literally as "make other".

Answer: Alfred Kinsey

Originally named the "Institute for Sex Research", the Kinsey Institute was founded in 1947. Over the years, the work of the Institute has been hailed as valuable scientific research by some, and branded immoral and vilified by other sections of the community.

3. Who wrote the play "The Homecoming" which features Ruth, an adulterous wife, and her first meeting with her husband's father and brothers?

Answer: Harold Pinter

"The Homecoming" was written in 1964 and first opened on Broadway in 1967. It won a Tony Award that year for "Best Play".
In 2005, Harold Pinter won a Nobel Prize for Literature.

Answer: Wesendonck Lieder

Nobody will ever know for certain if Frau Mathilda Wesendonck and Wagner actually consummated their relationship, but it is known that when Frau Wagner discovered a love letter from her husband to Mathilda, he subsequently left her and went to Vienna alone.

5. Who said "There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded" when she gave a television interview about her husband's infidelity, in 1995?

Answer: Diana, Princess of Wales

The interview in question was broadcast on the "Panorama" television show, a year before the divorce of Prince Charles and Diana was granted. The third person referred to in the quote was of course Camilla Parker-Bowles, who would later become Duchess of Cornwall upon her marriage to Prince Charles.

Answer: United States

Suzanne Corona and Justin Amend actually indulged their passion in a public park in Batavia in New York State! Outraged passersby called the police and the couple were arrested. Suzanne was charged with adultery under a statute dating back over 100 years once it was proven that she was married, but her lover denied knowing she was married and was released without charge.
In 2010, adultery was still illegal in ten States of America although charges are rarely brought against anyone.

7. Which famous author scandalised Victorian society by openly having a twenty year relationship with a married man?

Answer: George Eliot

Eliot, born Mary Ann Evans, lived with George Lewes and referred to him as her husband, even though he was married to someone else. It wasn't so much the actual relationship that was seen as scandalous, rather the fact that Eliot, Lewes, and Mrs. Lewes were completely open about it. Mrs. Lewes also had affairs, and even bore several children by men other than her husband.

Answer: China

You will almost never see a Chinese man wearing a green hat, because people would immediately poke fun at him and say it must be because his wife is unfaithful to him.
The Italians use the term cornuto (having horns) to describe a cuckold, and the actual word cuckold was first recorded in English around the middle of the 13th century.

Answer: Falstaff

This is the only one of Shakespeare's plays to be completely set in the contemporary world of his own Elizabethan era. It was considered to be hilariously funny by audiences of the time, with many cases of mistaken identity and practical jokes played throughout.
At least four operas have since been written based on the play written around 1600.

Answer: Linda Tripp

The "Lewinsky scandal" made headlines around the world and led to an impeachment trial for President Clinton, before the US Senate.
Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones were also alleged to have been involved in affairs with President Clinton.
At Goldberg's suggestion, Linda Tripp taped and then passed on her tapes of her phone calls with Monica Lewinsky to Lucianne Goldberg, who was actually a literary agent and author. It was Goldberg who informed prosecutor Kenneth Starr of the existence of the tapes, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Source: Author Rowena8482

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