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Halcrewebon's General Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by halcrewebon. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
halcrewebon
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
266
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
1467
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who wrote the opera 'The Oprichnik'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which is the name of a family of Italian violin makers? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which type of poetry is comprised of three unrhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Naum Gabo was of which profession? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Aeneas was, in Roman mythology, the son of Anchises, a Trojan prince, and which Roman Goddess? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In what year did Ludwig van Beethoven die? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What is the first name of Homer's rival, Grimes, from 'The Simpsons'? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which sibling of one 'Friends' character was also a character on 'Mad About You'? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What type of dance is set to music in a moderately fast two-four time, of which 'the grand right and left' and 'strip the willow' are examples? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What word translates in Greek to 'a sounding together'? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who wrote the opera 'The Oprichnik'?

Answer: Tchaikovsky

This was Tchaikovsky's third opera, completed in 1872. It came after 'The Voyevoda' and 'Undine'.
2. Which is the name of a family of Italian violin makers?

Answer: Guarneri

This family of violin makers, who lived and worked during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, produced violins which were highly regarded. One son, Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri, was particularly talented, and his instruments were regarded as second only to those of Antonio Stradivari.
3. Which type of poetry is comprised of three unrhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables?

Answer: haiku

One of the masters of the haiku form was the Japanese poet Matsuo Munefusa, who used the pseudonym Basho. After being a samurai as a young man, Basho devoted his life to poetry. He lived from 1644 to 1694.
4. Naum Gabo was of which profession?

Answer: sculptor

Naum Gabo was a Russian-American sculptor who was one of the leading practitioners of 20th-century constructivism. He was born in 1890 and died in 1977.
5. Aeneas was, in Roman mythology, the son of Anchises, a Trojan prince, and which Roman Goddess?

Answer: Venus

6. In what year did Ludwig van Beethoven die?

Answer: 1827

7. What is the first name of Homer's rival, Grimes, from 'The Simpsons'?

Answer: Frank

8. Which sibling of one 'Friends' character was also a character on 'Mad About You'?

Answer: Ursula

Phoebe's identical twin sister Ursula (also played by Lisa Kudrow) was also a waitress in one of the restaurants Paul and Jamie would go to in 'Mad About you'. In one episode of 'Friends', Jamie showed up in the Central Perk with a friend, and seeing Phoebe, thought Phoebe was Ursula.

They thought Urusla was also a waitress at the Central Perk, and proceeded to ask Phoebe to serve them, Phoebe all the while not knowing what was going on.
9. What type of dance is set to music in a moderately fast two-four time, of which 'the grand right and left' and 'strip the willow' are examples?

Answer: reel

10. What word translates in Greek to 'a sounding together'?

Answer: symphony

Source: Author halcrewebon

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