What's Opera Doc?
In the opening of the third act of Die Walküre, this Walküre cries out: “mit meiner Grauen gras't gern dein Brauner!”
Gerhilde
Waltraute
Schwertleite
Ortlinde
Ortlinde
In Germany, the government’s office of statistics, the Standesamt, can reject a child’s name if it might be harmful the child’s well being. This name was rejected because it didn’t clearly indicate its gender.
Florian
Legolas
Matti
Nemo
Matti
This American pop singer once said that she, “got to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada.”
Debbie Reynolds
Taylor Swift
Britney Spears
Miley Cyrus
Britney Spears
This is Donald Duck’s middle name.
Juicy
Fauntleroy
Quackmore
Dewey
Fauntleroy
The first washing machine was named after this God
Zeus
Thor
Poseidon
Neptune
Thor
After an opera in 1697 at the new Rome theatre Tor di Nona, this Pope decreed the opera house immoral and ordered it to be burned to the ground.
Innocent XI
Innocent XII
Clement XII
Urban VIII
Innocent XII
On Christmas Day, the most frequently repeated TV show in German history is this British comedy from the 1960s
‘Allo ‘Allo
Dad’s Army
Don’t Mention the War
Dinner for One
Dinner for One
This American humourist from the 1920s once said “Brevity is the soul of lingerie.”
Walt Disney
Will Rogers
Buster Keaton
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
Ducks have this many eyelids.
one
two
three
eight
three
According to a British survey, most people say this is their favourite room to clean.
Kitchen
Bathroom
Living Room
Bedroom
Bathroom
As composed by Richard Strauss, the role of this complex Sophocles heroine is one of opera's most demanding.
Electra
Salome
Das Rosenkavalier
Capriccio
Electra
Oktoberfest starts in this month
August
September
October
May
September
Instead of saying “cheese” before having their picture taken, Victorians said this
Jesus
Prunes
Rule Britannia
Tea
Prunes
This is Daffy Duck’s middle name.
Sheldon
Armando
Doodle
Fuddle Duddle
Sheldon
The average woman cleans for 12,896 hours in her lifetime versus this many hours for men!
10,200
8,500
6,400
1,200
6,400
Wagner’s large Newfoundland dog was named this
Siegfried
Leitmotif
Isolde
Robber
Robber
According to foreigners, this is the “cutest” German word
Gemütlichkeit (cozy peace of mind)
Kummerspeck (grief bacon)
Erklärungsnot (explanation poverty)
Treppenwitz (staircase joke)
Gemütlichkeit (cozy peace of mind)
In the 13th century Pope Gregory IV declared war on these
Protestants
Sardinians
Muslims
Cats
Cats
This phrase appears on Duolingo’s German lessons
The duck is tired
He has a bigger duck than me
Duo’s best friend is a duck
All of the above
All of the above
In the Catalan language, the word for doing laundry also means this.
To self-improve
To become smarter
To pollute the public well
To gossip
To gossip
Wagner had an affair with Mathilde Wesendonk, whose husband Otto Wesendonk was an importer-exporter of these items.
Long matches
Diapers
Silk
Sausages
Silks
According to a survey, this is one thing that Germans are expected to do every day.
Eat cake
Pay taxes
You know (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)
Open windows
Eat cake
In 1834, this was a very popular remedy for indigestion in the U.S.
Creosote
Cocaine
Ketchup
Whiskey
Ketchup
Why is a duck when it spins?
Because it won’t
Sometimes but not usually
Because the higher the fewer
Strangely brown
Because the higher the fewer
Listerine was invented as a surgical antiseptic, but since that market was fairly small, it changed its pitch and advertised itself as this.
A floor cleaner
A cure gonorrhoea
A cure for bad breath
All of the above
All of the above