MOVIE TRIVIA
“There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. Which luckily I am.”
ANSWERS:
Johnny Depp
The Mad Hatter
Alice in Wonderland
"People had more than they needed. We had no idea what was precious, what wasn't. We threw away things that people kill each other for now."
Denzel Washington
Eli
The Book of Eli (2010)
"Scientists get all sensible & careful when they get old. Young ones like risk, not afraid of new ideas... & you can pay 'em less."
ANSWERS:
Harrison Ford
Dr. Robert Stonehill
Extraordinary Measures (2010)
LITERARY QUOTES
'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.
Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote
Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.
Virgil The Aeneid
Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!
Oscar Wilde The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Accuse not nature, she hath done her part;
Do thou but thine, and be not diffident
Of wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thou
Dismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh,
By attributing overmuch to things
Less excellent, as thou thyself perceivest.
John Milton Paradise Lost
CROSSWORD
SUDOKU
MENSA QUIZ
1. $120 ($120/2=$60, $60+$10 leaves $50; $50/2=$25, $25+$5 leaves $20; $20/2=$10, $10+$10 leaves nothing)
2. “I’ve been completely unsuccessful in following a diet.” (Code: Z=A, Y=B, X=C, W=D, etc.)
3. 5 (1,200/2=600; 600/4=150; 150/3=50; 50/2=25; 25/5=5)
4. It was still in the frame! The burglar brought in a forgery and planned to take the original out at a later date.
5. “I’ll be with you in a flash,” said the photographer.
6. Asleep, elapse
7. His first cousin
OPERA TRIVIA
1. Who wrote the opera called ‘Dido and Aeneas’ ?
b. Purcell
Purcell was a British composer who wrote this opera in English. ‘Dido and Aeneas’ was created in 1689.
2. Who created operas out of works by Henry James, Shakespeare and Herman Melville?
c. Benjamin Britten
‘The Turn of the Screw’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘Billy Budd’.
3. Who commissioned and wrote the libretto for Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’?
d. Emanuel Schikaneder
4. What was Gounod’s most famous sacred song?
c. Ave Maria
5. Which of the following did not collaborate at some time or another with Jean-Baptiste Lully?
b. Francois Villon
6. The father of which famous scientist was a member of the influential intellectual Florentine group called the ‘Florentine Camerata’ who collaborated together to develop the art of recitativo ?
Galileo. Among this group included Jacopo Peri, who wrote the first opera, and composers Giulio Caccini and Emilio de Cavalieri.
7. What is another term for jongleurs, in the historical sense of the word?
b. minstrels. Not strictly an opera question, but the minstrels or jongleurs were part of the evolution into opera in the west.
8. What is the term which refers to a group of individuals hired by a performer or composer to sit amongst the audience and influence the audience’s response ? (One word … starts with C.)
Claque.
9. Who wrote ‘you know my greatest desire is to write operas…I envy anyone who is composing one’ to his father?
d. Mozart. Mozar had a mixed relationship with his father, very devoted but also resentful.
10. Vertdi’s opera ‘Nabucodonosor’ later became abbreviated as what? (One Word)
Nabucco.
NUMBER PUZZLE
Move the numeral 2 half a line up to achieve 101-102 = 1
SHAKESPEARE'S SCROLL
“Everyone can master a grief but he that has it” – starting from the ‘e’ in costume…
Much Ado About Nothing (Act III Scene II)
GARDENS
Hank pear apple cherry rose
Sam cherry onion rose tulip
Paul carrot gourd onion rose
Zick aster rose tulip lily
Luke pear nut gourd parsley
WINDMILL PUZZLE
Door should be on the other side
Blades of windmill are too long and will hit stairway
WHAT WORDS OR PHRASES DO THESE REPRESENT?
For Instance
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