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Entertainment Quiz #121

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 12 May 2011

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Q1. Which 1959 film, directed by François Truffaut with music by Jean Constatin, was the story of a 13 year old Parisian (played by Jean-Pierre Leaud) falling into delinquency?

A
Black Orpheus
B
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
C
Breathless
D
The 400 Blows
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Q2. Who painted two versions of "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" in 1890?

A
Andy Warhol
B
Jackson Pollock
C
Vincent van Gogh
D
Peter Blake
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Q3. Which of these is a photographer, who captured (and help create) the high fashion and celebrity chic of 1960s 'Swinging London', who has been married to Rosemary Bramble, Catherine Deneuve, Marie Helvin and Catherine Dyer?

A
George Eastman
B
Cecil Beaton
C
David Bailey
D
Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Q4. Who knighted Christopher Wren, the architect responsible for rebuilding 55 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including St. Paul's Cathedral?

A
George V
B
George III
C
Charles II
D
Victoria
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Q5. A 1966 British children's TV series featuring stop-motion puppets, and each episode began with a music box playing, accompanied by "Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today?" Which of these was it?

A
Playschool
B
The Magic Roundabout
C
Rainbow
D
Camberwick Green
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Q6. With what activity is Italian Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni associated?

Note: This question was updated in September 2024
A
Architecture
B
Painting
C
Musical composition
D
Ballet
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Q7. What was the name of the Ewing ranch in the TV series "Dallas"?

A
Southfork
B
Northfork
C
Eastfork
D
Westfork
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