Wednesday, December 31, 2014

In ‘ Gullivers Travels’, which land is the kingdom of the giants?

Brobdingnag

How many strings does a cello have?

4 Strings

Whose work is the ” Liberty Leading the People”?

Eugene Delacroix

Where was Beethoven from?

Germany

Which of these poets is not part of the Cursed Poets?

Walt Whitman

Where is located La Pedrera, a famous building by Antoni Gaudi?

Barcelona

Who’s the author of the opera ‘ Madame Butterfly’?

Puccini

When was Michael Ende’s ‘The Neverending Story’ published?

1979

Which art movement does the painting ” The Scream” belong to?

Expressionism

What color when mixed with red makes orange?

Yellow

Complete the sentence: to be or___?

Not to be

Auguste Rodin is known for his sculptures in which of the following materials?

Bronze

Which of the following artists is known for his impressionist style?

Monet

Which of the following books is written by Jules Verne?

Journey to the Center of the Earth

What color do you get if you mix blue and red?

Violet

Gustavo Adolfo Becquer was a________

Poet

Who wrote ‘ The Pelican Brief’?

John Grisham

Which of the following was not written by Agatha Christie?

Catcher in the Rye

What does the Latinism ‘de facto’ mean?

In Fact

Which of the following is not a work by Robert Louis Stevenson?

Paradise Lost

Where did the Wizard of Oz live?

Emerald City

Who composed the opera “La Traviata”?

Verdi

Which figurative language means: Exaggerated statements or claims not to be taken seriously?

Hyperbole

Who painted the picture “The Old Guitarist”?

Pablo Picasso

What philosopher said that, due to the existence of the soul previous to the actual birth, knowing something was simply ‘recalling’ it?

Pluto

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo

Who composed the music of opera ‘The Magic Flute’?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Which of the following works was written by Aldous Huxley?

Brave New World

ln JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, before he was corrupted by the ring, Gollum was once most like aÛ_?

Hobbit

Which one of the following is not a part of the body?

Violin

What is writer Paul Auster’s favourite city, according to his novels?

New York

Who painted the ‘Mona Lisa’?

Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci

Who wrote Snow White?

Grimm Brothers

Whos the king in Tolkien’s ‘The Return of the King?

Aragorn

Who is a famous cellist?

Yo-Yo Ma

In which book by Mark Twain can we find characters as Widow Douglas, the slave Jim, Aunt Sally and Tom?

Huckleberry Finn

In which European country is Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set?

Italy

What was the name of Boromir’s brother, one of the members of Tolkien’s fellowship of the ring?

Faramir

Where was Leonardo da Vinci from?

Florence

How many times was Julius Caesar stabbed?

Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times

In what novel is the main character a killer with an amazingly developed sense of smell?

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

A tatami is used in which of the following sports?

Judo

What was the first printed book?

The bible

How do we call the Greek columns shaped as a woman?

Caryatid

Who of the following was not a famous artist?

Pascal

Where are pretzels from?

Germany

How many bridesmaids were in the movie Bridesmaids?

5

Who won the first basketball world cup?

United States

What colors is the flag of Brunei?

White, yellow, black, red

How many symphonies did Mozart write?

41 symphonies

Don Quixote fought them believing they were giants. What were they actually?

Windmills

Which band performs the song “Another Brick In The Wall”?

Pink Floyd

Who painted American Gothic?

Grant Wood

What didn’t the fox in La Fontaine’s fable like due to being green?

Grapes

Which of the characters from ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ didn’t have a brain to think?

Scarecrow

What century was William Shakespeare born?

16th Century

What was James Joyce’s nationality, author of Ulysses?

Irish

What kind of creature was Medusa?

Gorgon

Whos the author of “The Count of Monte Cristo”?

Alexandre Dumas

Who is detective Sherlock Holmes partner?

John Watson

Which one of these novels was not written by Robert Louis Stevenson?

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Which of the following is not one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

The Colosseum

What singer is considered the ” Queen of Soul”?

Aretha Franklin

Which of these artists is a photographer?

Man Ray

What kinds of plants did Monet paint?

Water Lillies

Who is Apollo’s twin?

Artemis

Which of these is a three-stringed musical instrument?

Balalaika

In what novel is Holden Caulfield the main character?

The Catcher in the Rye

What was the name of Don Quixote’s horse?

Rocinante

How many letters are in the English Alphabet?

26 Letters

Where did medieval theatre originate?

Churches

Whos the main representative of literary naturalism?

Emile Zola

Who wrote the novel Dracula?

Bram Stoker

What important piece of art was stolen and kept under a bed until it was returned to the Louvre Museum?

Mona Lisa

What part of the heart pumps out blood into the body?

The Left Ventricle

Which animal belongs to the breed Abyssinian?

Cat

Which state is known also as "The Cheese Head State"?

Wisconsin

What phase transition occurs during sublimation?

From Solid to Gas

When was the fall of the Roman Empire?

476

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