Xylophone and Meteorite Mood

Question 1

Which composer used a celesta in “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”?

Accepted Answer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Answer

Sergei Prokofiev

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Johannes Brahms

Answer

Igor Stravinsky

Question 2

The Kennedy Space Center is located in which US state?

Accepted Answer

Florida

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Virginia

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California

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Texas

Question 3

Which two elements make up most of Earth’s core?

Accepted Answer

Iron and nickel

Answer

Nickel and silicon

Answer

Copper and zinc

Answer

Iron and cobalt

Question 4

Which Danish word describes a feeling of cosy comfort and contentment?

Accepted Answer

Hygge

Answer

Sisu

Answer

Fika

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Lagom

Question 5

Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells features prominently in which horror film?

Accepted Answer

The Exorcist

Answer

Rosemary’s Baby

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Halloween

Answer

The Omen

Question 6

Which German author wrote the 1959 novel The Tin Drum?

Accepted Answer

Günter Grass

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Thomas Mann

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Heinrich Böll

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Hermann Hesse

Question 7

The Tunguska explosion of 1908 flattened vast forests in which region?

Accepted Answer

Siberia

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Patagonia

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Alaska

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Lapland

Question 8

Which Renaissance artist created the engraving Melencolia I in 1514?

Accepted Answer

Albrecht Dürer

Answer

Albrecht Altdorfer

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Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Hans Holbein the Younger

Question 9

Which element’s unusually high concentration at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary helped support the giant-impact hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

Iridium

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Palladium

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Osmium

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Platinum

Question 10

Which material produces the changing colours in novelty rings popularized during the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

Liquid crystals

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Crushed opals

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Mica flakes

Answer

Metallic pigments