Entertainment Quiz #185
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Q1. What needlework technique incorporating features of embroidery, cutwork and needle lace, popular in England in the 19th century, is characterised by patterns composed of small holes or eyelets bound with overcast or buttonhole stitches?
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Q2. A US TV series (1974 to 1982) was called "The Little House ... " where?
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Q3. What genre did Howard L. Chace, a professor of French, use when he wrote "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut", the story of Little Red Riding Hood written using English words (but never the correct ones) to demonstrate that the intonation, and context, of spoken English is almost as important to the meaning as the words themselves?
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Q4. Who painted "Number 5" in 1948?
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Q5. The Forest of Arden appears in which Shakespearean play?
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Q6. What was the setting for the British TV series "Taggart"?
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Q7. In which of Shakespeare's plays is Brutus described as "the noblest Roman of them all"?
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