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Trivia: Arts and music

Ten questions with four answers each. Circle the answer you think is right. The answers are on the last page.

Trivia: Arts and music

Circle the answer you think is right.

  1. Which stringed instrument is the national instrument of Ireland?

    A. The banjoB. The luteC. The harpD. The fiddle

  2. Which art movement is Claude Monet linked with?

    A. Pop artB. CubismC. ImpressionismD. Surrealism

  3. Who wrote the play "Macbeth"?

    A. William ShakespeareB. George Bernard ShawC. Oscar WildeD. Arthur Miller

  4. Who composed the opera The Magic Flute?

    A. Giuseppe VerdiB. Wolfgang Amadeus MozartC. Franz SchubertD. Johann Sebastian Bach

  5. Which painter cut off part of his own ear and painted "Starry Night"?

    A. Pablo PicassoB. Vincent van GoghC. Claude MonetD. Paul Cézanne

  6. Who wrote the story A Christmas Carol?

    A. Rudyard KiplingB. Lewis CarrollC. Charles DickensD. Mark Twain

  7. Who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?

    A. Edward LearB. Kenneth GrahameC. Lewis CarrollD. J. M. Barrie

  8. What is the Taj Mahal?

    A. A templeB. A fortC. A palaceD. A tomb

  9. Which dance is linked with Argentina and Buenos Aires?

    A. The flamencoB. The tangoC. The waltzD. The polka

  10. Who wrote "A Christmas Carol"?

    A. Mark TwainB. Thomas HardyC. Charles DickensD. Jane Austen

Answers

  1. C. The harp. The harp is used as the symbol on Irish coins.
  2. C. Impressionism. The name came from his painting "Impression, Sunrise".
  3. A. William Shakespeare. Many actors will not say the name "Macbeth" inside a theatre, calling it "the Scottish play".
  4. B. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart finished it in 1791, the year he died.
  5. B. Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh painted "Starry Night" in 1889.
  6. C. Charles Dickens. It was first published in 1843 and features Ebenezer Scrooge.
  7. C. Lewis Carroll. Lewis Carroll was the pen name of the writer Charles Dodgson.
  8. D. A tomb. It was built in India by the emperor Shah Jahan in honour of his wife.
  9. B. The tango. The tango began in the 1800s in the port areas of Buenos Aires.
  10. C. Charles Dickens. It was first published in December 1843.