Music & Literature
Which composer continued composing music after becoming largely deaf?
A) Mozart
B) Beethoven
C) Bach
D) Chopin
Beethoven
Which 1953 film starred Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann?
A) Sabrina
B) Roman Holiday
C) Breakfast at Tiffany's
D) My Fair Lady
Roman Holiday
She was known as the “Queen of Soul” and sang “Respect.” Who was she?
A) Diana Ross
B) Aretha Franklin
C) Tina Turner
D) Whitney Houston
Aretha Franklin
Which planet has the shortest day, meaning it rotates fastest on its axis?
A) Earth
B) Jupiter
C) Mars
D) Saturn
Jupiter
What did one plate say to the other plate?
“Dinner is on me.”
What does the musical term “crescendo” mean?
A) Gradually getting louder
B) Gradually getting softer
C) Playing very quickly
D) Stopping suddenly
Gradually getting louder
Which Disney animated film was released in 1959 and features Princess Aurora?
A) Cinderella
B) Sleeping Beauty
C) Lady and the Tramp
D) Peter Pan
Sleeping Beauty
She was a Canadian singer famous for “The Snowbird.”
A) Joni Mitchell
B) Anne Murray
C) Shania Twain
D) Céline Dion
Anne Murray
What would happen to your voice on the Moon without a radio?
A) It would sound deeper
B) It would sound higher
C) Nobody could hear it
D) It would echo loudly
Nobody could hear it
Sound needs a medium such as air to travel.
Which instrument has 88 keys on a standard modern version?
A) Organ
B) Piano
C) Accordion
D) Harpsichord
Piano
Which of these instruments belongs to the woodwind family?
A) Trumpet
B) Violin
C) Clarinet
D) Trombone
Clarinet
Which actors starred together in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
A) Paul Newman and Robert Redford
B) John Wayne and Clint Eastwood
C) Gregory Peck and Cary Grant
D) Kirk Douglas and Charlton Heston
Paul Newman and Robert Redford
She was a famous anthropologist who spent decades studying chimpanzees in Tanzania.
A) Jane Goodall
B) Dian Fossey
C) Rachel Carson
D) Margaret Mead
Jane Goodall
If the Sun suddenly disappeared, when would Earth actually stop receiving sunlight?
A) Immediately
B) About 1 second later
C) About 8 minutes later
D) About 1 hour later
About 8 minutes later
Who starred alongside Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot?
A) Jack Lemmon
B) Cary Grant
C) Dean Martin
D) Jerry Lewis
Jack Lemmon
In which fictional place does Wuthering Heights take place?
A) The Yorkshire moors
B) The Scottish Highlands
C) The London countryside
D) The Welsh mountains
The Yorkshire moors
Which 1957 film starred Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as two people who meet aboard an ocean liner?
A) An Affair to Remember
B) North by Northwest
C) To Catch a Thief
D) Indiscreet
An Affair to Remember
He was famous for his colourful paintings of Campbell's Soup cans and Marilyn Monroe.
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Andy Warhol
C) Salvador Dalí
D) Henri Matisse
Andy Warhol
If Earth had no Moon, which would most likely be significantly different?
A) Ocean tides
B) The colour of the sky
C) The speed of light
D) The size of the Sun
Ocean tides
He was famous for silent films, a little moustache and the character known as “The Tramp.”
A) Buster Keaton
B) Charlie Chaplin
C) Laurel
D) Stan Laurel
Charlie Chaplin
Which novel features the characters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March?
A) Little Women
B) Little Men
C) Anne of Green Gables
D) The Secret Garden
Little Women
Which set contains ONLY films released during the 1960s?
A) Psycho, Ben-Hur, Cleopatra
B) The Sound of Music, Lawrence of Arabia, The Graduate
C) Roman Holiday, West Side Story, Casablanca
D) Rear Window, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Some Like It Hot
The Sound of Music, Lawrence of Arabia, The Graduate
He became famous for playing the title character in the television series The Lone Ranger.
A) Clayton Moore
B) Roy Rogers
C) Gene Autry
D) John Wayne
Clayton Moore
What causes a solar eclipse?
A) Earth moves between the Sun and Moon
B) The Moon moves between Earth and the Sun
C) The Sun moves between Earth and Moon
D) Clouds cover the Sun
The Moon moves between Earth and the Sun
Which planet is sometimes called Earth's “sister planet” because of its similar size and composition?
A) Mars
B) Venus
C) Mercury
D) Neptune
Venus