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Theatre and opera quiz — Arts & literature The “Theatre and opera” quiz — Arts & literature. It has 25 questions in five categories: Stage roots, Playwrights, Stagecraft, Opera basics, Opera masterpieces. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
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A peek at the questions The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Stage roots 100 In which city did dramatic competitions become a central part of a major spring festival in ancient Greece?
200 Which god gave his name to the pictured Athenian theatre on the Acropolis's south slope?
300 Which pictured philosopher wrote…
In the game400 Which Roman playwright wrote…
In the game500 Which son of Kan'ami…
In the gamePlaywrights 100 Which pictured playwright wrote Hamlet?
200 Which pictured playwright wrote The Cherry Orchard?
300 Which pictured playwright…
In the game400 Who wrote Mother…
In the game500 Who wrote Six Characters…
In the gameStagecraft 100 What is the pictured arch that frames the stage opening and separates stage from auditorium?
200 What is the pictured lowered area in front of the stage where opera musicians perform?
300 What is the large…
In the game400 What is a stage…
In the game500 What open-weave stage fabric…
In the gameOpera basics 100 What is the text of an opera, containing all the words spoken or sung by performers?
200 What is the highest female voice type in opera called?
300 What is a self-contained…
In the game400 What speech-like sung passage…
In the game500 What is a recurring…
In the gameOpera masterpieces 100 Which pictured composer wrote The Magic Flute?
200 Which pictured composer wrote La traviata?
300 In the game400 Who composed the music…
In the game500 Who composed…
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