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Quiz Bowl #2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which Italian Baroque composer composed "The Four Seasons?" | Vivaldi (a woman!) |
| Which three instruments are Vivaldi's solos focused on? | The violin, bassoon, and cello |
| Which Austrian composer is known as the "Father of the Symphony?" | Haydn |
| Who wrote "Crime and Punishment", and who is the protagonist of the story? | Dostoyevsky; Rascolnickov is the main character |
| What are some other noticeable works by Dostoyevsky? | The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Demons, Poor Folk, and Notes from Underground |
| What is the name of the general assembly of Iceland? | The Allthing |
| Who beat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo during the War of the Seventh Coalition? | The First Duke of Wellington (Wellesley) |
| Which English crime writher wrote "Murder on the Orient Express?" | Agatha Christie |
| What was Agatha Christie's usual pen-name? | Mary Westmacott |
| What is the name of the wars that were fought by the British in South Africa? | Boer Wars |
| What were the Boer wars about? | The British were fighting two Dutch settlement groups over land in South Africa. |
| What is the name of the text where Norse mythology was compiled? | Prose Edda |
| Which river is the longest in Poland and also flows through its capital? | The Vistula River |
| Which American writer wrote "The Last of the Mohicans?" | James Cooper |
| What are some other noticeable novels by James Cooper? | The Prairie, the Red River, and Precaution |
| Which American author wrote "O' Pioneers!?" | Cather |
| Who is the protagonist of "O' Pioneers?" | Alexandra Bergson; She is a Scottish who have to leave the prairie |
| Who created the play "Taming of the Shrew?" | Shakespeare |
| Which Austrian composer of light music created the opera "A Night in Venice" and the song "On the Blue Danube." | Johann Strauss |
| What other incomplete play by Strauss is about an Italian ruler? | Romulus |
| Which prime minister of Great Britain fell from power in 1922? | David Lloyd George |
| What volcano is the biggest on Hawaii and also considered the largest on Earth? | Mauna Loa |
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