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Quiz about Im Forever Stuck in Ballets

I'm Forever Stuck in Ballets! Trivia Quiz


Just when I thought I was done, I get pulled back to that stage and transported into more ballets. Can you figure out which ones I've landed in?

A multiple-choice quiz by Caseena. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Caseena
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
392,891
Updated
Nov 24 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
435
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 148 (7/10), Guest 174 (10/10), Guest 104 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. I'm one of the few sane people in this first ballet! Among the many bizarre characters I encounter are a photographer that turns into a rabbit, a tap-dancing milliner, a crazy duchess and her pig baby, and a queen obsessed with the color red. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I fall down a vortex into another ballet, where I certainly am popular. Everyone seems to want me--a handsome soldier (who's already engaged), a creepy priest, a reclusive hunchback, and my husband, who I only married to prevent his death. In what ballet did I land in the main role? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The scene goes dark. Then a spotlight picks out my hands. It slowly lights up my whole body, and I see I'm dancing on a table. The music's repetitive, playing the same two melodies for 15 minutes, but everyone watching is entranced! What short ballet am I dancing solo? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Oh, what's that thing on the wall? It's shaped like me, runs away when I run towards it, and follows me when I try to flee it! In what watery ballet have I just discovered my shadow? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. No more shadow dancing--now I'm a ghost nurse dancing with men dressed as soldiers against a backdrop of hills and wires. In what plotless ballet set during WWI did I land? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The ballet stage fades to black...just as my character has a blackout. In a vision, I dance with the spirit of my mother, who is shocked to see blood stains on my dress. Now I've come around. In which ballet am I accused of murdering my father and stepmother? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Oh dear, something's gone terribly wrong in the next ballet I've fallen into. Of the six dancers on stage, one of us is always doing the wrong thing! One goes right while the others go left, one's arms are wrong...we're hardly ever together! There must have been some intense rehearsals to make this dance look unintentionally wrong. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Hey! In this ballet, I get to have fun storming the castle! A couple have been kidnapped on their wedding day, and we villagers get to break into the castle to get them back! What fun! Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What a depressing ballet I've been hurled into next! I'm a flower-wearing courtesan dying of consumption, and my lover has forsaken me. I eventually die, and all my possession are sold. I can't help thinking I've seen this story before in an opera. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The scenery whirls around me, and I'm in a much more fun ballet this time, though I can't see very well! I'm dressed as a duck, wearing yellow tights and shoes. A fox is pretending to court me, but he's just trying to get me into his soup pot! What am I in? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. I'm one of the few sane people in this first ballet! Among the many bizarre characters I encounter are a photographer that turns into a rabbit, a tap-dancing milliner, a crazy duchess and her pig baby, and a queen obsessed with the color red.

Answer: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

This ballet, based on Carroll's first "Alice" book, starts in the real world at a garden party before transitioning to Wonderland. Several dancers portray two characters: Lewis Carroll is the White Rabbit, Alice's mother (who loves white roses) is the Queen of Hearts (who loves red), and the magician is the Mad Hatter (who taps his part).

There are several references to other ballets, including a scene where the Queen dances a parody of the Rose Adagio from "The Sleeping Beauty".
2. I fall down a vortex into another ballet, where I certainly am popular. Everyone seems to want me--a handsome soldier (who's already engaged), a creepy priest, a reclusive hunchback, and my husband, who I only married to prevent his death. In what ballet did I land in the main role?

Answer: La Esmeralda

This ballet version of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre-Dame de Paris" is based on the libretto Hugo himself wrote for an opera version. Unlike the book, the opera and ballet have happy endings: in the ballet, Phoebus prevents Esmeralda's hanging and the two marry.

However, sometimes the ballet is staged with another ending that is much closer to the novel: Esmeralda is hanged, and Quasimodo dances with her corpse after killing Frollo.
3. The scene goes dark. Then a spotlight picks out my hands. It slowly lights up my whole body, and I see I'm dancing on a table. The music's repetitive, playing the same two melodies for 15 minutes, but everyone watching is entranced! What short ballet am I dancing solo?

Answer: Bolero

Ravel's "Bolero" is the basis for this short dance. Much of it is danced standing or turning on the spot, but there's some leaping towards the end. "Bolero" was the last dance Sylvie Guillem performed. It happened on December 31, 2015, in Japan. The dance was timed so that it ended as the clock struck midnight.
4. Oh, what's that thing on the wall? It's shaped like me, runs away when I run towards it, and follows me when I try to flee it! In what watery ballet have I just discovered my shadow?

Answer: Ondine

When Ondine comes on land and sees her shadow for the first time, she eventually figures out what it is and dances with it. She falls in love with Palemon, a prince who's already engaged, but he marries her anyway. An unhappy ending awaits him. Margot Fonteyn originally danced the title role. While reviews for the ballet were mixed, her performance stood out as the best part.
5. No more shadow dancing--now I'm a ghost nurse dancing with men dressed as soldiers against a backdrop of hills and wires. In what plotless ballet set during WWI did I land?

Answer: Gloria

Kenneth MacMillian created this short ballet in 1980. It uses music from Francis Poulenc's "Gloria". Seeing this ballet inspired Edward Watson, a principal dancer for the Royal Ballet, who didn't know that ballet could look that way.
6. The ballet stage fades to black...just as my character has a blackout. In a vision, I dance with the spirit of my mother, who is shocked to see blood stains on my dress. Now I've come around. In which ballet am I accused of murdering my father and stepmother?

Answer: Fall River Legend

This ballet is based on the case of Lizzie Borden, who was accused of killing her father and stepmother with an axe in Fall River in 1892. While Borden was acquitted, the girl in this ballet, called only The Accused, is convicted of the crime. Throughout the ballet, she has a courtship with a preacher, which her stepmother tries to destroy by telling the preacher the girl is mad.

The murders aren't shown, but hinted at with the above blackout and a bloody dress.
7. Oh dear, something's gone terribly wrong in the next ballet I've fallen into. Of the six dancers on stage, one of us is always doing the wrong thing! One goes right while the others go left, one's arms are wrong...we're hardly ever together! There must have been some intense rehearsals to make this dance look unintentionally wrong.

Answer: The Concert

The full title of Jerome Robbins' ballet is "The Concert (or The Perils of Everybody)". The part I'm in is called the "Mistake Waltz", which is carefully choreographed to make it appear like someone is always making a mistake--one dancer even forgets to take her glasses off at the start!
8. Hey! In this ballet, I get to have fun storming the castle! A couple have been kidnapped on their wedding day, and we villagers get to break into the castle to get them back! What fun!

Answer: Laurencia

"Laurencia" was one of many Soviet ballets created due to demands that movement have a purpose. Being about a peasant revolution was another bonus for the Soviets. The two-act ballet by Chabukiani contains classical dancing and folk dancing. On the science side, laurencia is a type of red sea algae.
9. What a depressing ballet I've been hurled into next! I'm a flower-wearing courtesan dying of consumption, and my lover has forsaken me. I eventually die, and all my possession are sold. I can't help thinking I've seen this story before in an opera.

Answer: Lady of the Camellias

Also called "Die Kameliendame", "Lady of the Camellias" is based on the book of the same named by Alexandre Dumas fils, which is also the basis of the opera "La Traviata". Set to Chopin music, the ballet uses the sale of the Marguerite's things after her death as a framing device while her story is told in flashback. Marguerite wears either a red or white camellia in some of her scenes. Red means that she's menstruating; white means that she's available to ply her trade.
10. The scenery whirls around me, and I'm in a much more fun ballet this time, though I can't see very well! I'm dressed as a duck, wearing yellow tights and shoes. A fox is pretending to court me, but he's just trying to get me into his soup pot! What am I in?

Answer: Tales of Beatrix Potter

I'm Jemima Puddle-Duck, a duck having trouble hatching her eggs because farmers always take them. Also presented in this ballet are stories about Pigling Bland, Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. Everyone wears face-obscuring masks when playing the pigs, frogs, rabbits, squirrels, and foxes.

The men playing pigs wear pointe shoes to simulate hooves, just like the dancer playing Bottom in "The Dream", who wears black pointe shoes when he's turned into a donkey.
Source: Author Caseena

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