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petroniaI tried to make them the same approximate level as the sample questions I was sent by Ced and Félix. (I.e. Oh my gawd I am going to diiiiie trying to answer these as an actual contestant with an actual buzzer WTF, Ken Jennings cannot you take over my body for a few hours?) Of course, since these are mine, you'd probably be able to answer them if you uhh memorised my Livejournal. :P
Answers to come. This post just because people seem to enjoy pulling their hair out over this sort of thing.
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This first novel created a furor at its publication in France in 1954, due to its portrayal of a sexually liberated teenager.
Along with La Mort de Marat, this painting was one of a series of "Martyrs of the Revolution" portrayed by Jacques-Louis David, but was later lost.
This novel by the 1905 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature has been adapted for film six times, most notably by Warner Studios in 1951 and in its original language in 2001.
This quintessentially English artistic movement was formed by young painters and poets in 1848 as a reaction to the accepted style of the Royal Academy.
This 18th-century English lyrical poet is also considered the greatest Shakespearean critic of his time.
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Ryuuichi Sakamoto is best known for his film scores. Name the influential band of which he was a member during the early eighties.
This Argentinean composer created a stylistic revolution by synthesizing contemporary classical music, jazz and tango.
The medieval lute in Western Europe derives from this Middle Eastern instrument in both name and form.
With Gilberto Gil, this prolific artist is known as the primary architect of Brazil's Tropicalismo movement during the seventies.
This suite of twelve solo piano pieces is considered the composer Isaac Albéniz's magnum opus.
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...In other news, just realised I have to write a concert report for Lali Puna and company (the "and company" was rather ace) last night. XD In the meantime, Morr Music if you want to sample the music. Flash everything, but if that's not an issue it's an adorable site - you'll see what I mean.
Answers to come. This post just because people seem to enjoy pulling their hair out over this sort of thing.
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This first novel created a furor at its publication in France in 1954, due to its portrayal of a sexually liberated teenager.
Along with La Mort de Marat, this painting was one of a series of "Martyrs of the Revolution" portrayed by Jacques-Louis David, but was later lost.
This novel by the 1905 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature has been adapted for film six times, most notably by Warner Studios in 1951 and in its original language in 2001.
This quintessentially English artistic movement was formed by young painters and poets in 1848 as a reaction to the accepted style of the Royal Academy.
This 18th-century English lyrical poet is also considered the greatest Shakespearean critic of his time.
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Ryuuichi Sakamoto is best known for his film scores. Name the influential band of which he was a member during the early eighties.
This Argentinean composer created a stylistic revolution by synthesizing contemporary classical music, jazz and tango.
The medieval lute in Western Europe derives from this Middle Eastern instrument in both name and form.
With Gilberto Gil, this prolific artist is known as the primary architect of Brazil's Tropicalismo movement during the seventies.
This suite of twelve solo piano pieces is considered the composer Isaac Albéniz's magnum opus.
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...In other news, just realised I have to write a concert report for Lali Puna and company (the "and company" was rather ace) last night. XD In the meantime, Morr Music if you want to sample the music. Flash everything, but if that's not an issue it's an adorable site - you'll see what I mean.
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Date: 2004-11-15 02:02 pm (UTC)-Ced
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Date: 2004-11-15 02:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-15 02:56 pm (UTC)*blinks*
I can't answer any of these!
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Date: 2004-11-15 04:11 pm (UTC)For further credit, where did the title of the 1954 novel come from?
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Date: 2004-11-15 04:12 pm (UTC)Um, Bonjour Tristesse? No idea.
I have no idea either. I'm going to guess La Mort de Camille Desmoulins :P
-_- I should know this one. It probably is in French, isn't it?
Pre-Raphaelites? The time is probably wrong.
Oh fork. Coleridge?
I am totally a musical philistine so shall skip those. XD
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Date: 2004-11-15 06:41 pm (UTC)