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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.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Theatre and opera

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

  1. 100

    In which city did dramatic competitions become a central part of a major spring festival in ancient Greece?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which god gave his name to the pictured Athenian theatre on the Acropolis's south slope?

  3. 300

    Which pictured philosopher wrote…

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  4. 400

    Which Roman playwright wrote…

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  5. 500

    Which son of Kan'ami…

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Playwrights

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which pictured playwright wrote Hamlet?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which pictured playwright wrote The Cherry Orchard?

  3. 300

    Which pictured playwright…

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  4. 400

    Who wrote Mother…

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  5. 500

    Who wrote Six Characters…

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Stagecraft

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What is the pictured arch that frames the stage opening and separates stage from auditorium?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    What is the pictured lowered area in front of the stage where opera musicians perform?

  3. 300

    What is the large…

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  4. 400

    What is a stage…

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  5. 500

    What open-weave stage fabric…

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Opera basics

  1. 100

    What is the text of an opera, containing all the words spoken or sung by performers?

  2. 200

    What is the highest female voice type in opera called?

  3. 300

    What is a self-contained…

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  4. 400

    What speech-like sung passage…

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  5. 500

    What is a recurring…

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Opera masterpieces

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which pictured composer wrote The Magic Flute?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which pictured composer wrote La traviata?

  3. 300In the game
  4. 400

    Who composed the music…

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  5. 500

    Who composed…

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