Illusion and Bloodbath Roses

Question 1

Sofia and the Black Sea port of Varna are cities in which country?

Accepted Answer

Bulgaria

Answer

Romania

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Croatia

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Albania

Question 2

Which part of the human eye adjusts the size of the pupil?

Accepted Answer

Iris

Answer

Retina

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Cornea

Answer

Lens

Question 3

Which English royal dynasty began when Henry VII took the throne in 1485?

Accepted Answer

Tudor

Answer

Plantagenet

Answer

Stuart

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Hanover

Question 4

Who directed the 2006 film The Prestige, starring two rival stage magicians?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Nolan

Answer

Ron Howard

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Martin Scorsese

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David Fincher

Question 5

Which racecourse hosts the Kentucky Derby, the first leg of America's Triple Crown?

Accepted Answer

Churchill Downs

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Belmont Park

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Keeneland

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Pimlico

Question 6

Which confection is also known by the name lokum?

Accepted Answer

Turkish delight

Answer

Marzipan

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Nougat

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Halva

Question 7

On a hot road, an apparent pool of water is primarily caused by which optical process?

Accepted Answer

Refraction

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Reflection

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Diffraction

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Dispersion

Question 8

France's St Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 primarily targeted which religious group?

Accepted Answer

Huguenots

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Anabaptists

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Lutherans

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Jesuits

Question 9

Which artist painted The Treachery of Images, showing a pipe above a contradictory caption?

Accepted Answer

René Magritte

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Salvador Dalí

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Max Ernst

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Joan Miró

Question 10

Which actress voiced Mrs. Potts in Disney's 1991 film Beauty and the Beast?

Accepted Answer

Angela Lansbury

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Maggie Smith

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Judi Dench

Answer

Julie Andrews