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In Japanese culture, the equivalent of a clown performer is called a 'kyogen'.clownjapantheater
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In Japanese culture, what is the equivalent of a clown performer called?Kyogen actor✓ correct
Kabuki dancer
Noh master
Bunraku puppeteer
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What is the term for the turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story?Climax✓ correct
Denouement
Rising action
Exposition
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Which Shakespeare character says, "To be or not to be, that is the question"?Hamlet✓ correct
Escalus
Exeter
Julius Caesar
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Which author wrote 'Othello'?William Shakespeare✓ correct
Arthur C. Clarke
Isaac Newton
Enid Blyton
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Which actor played the role of President Josiah Bartlet on "The West Wing"?Martin Sheen✓ correct
Harrison Ford
Tom Hanks
Robert De Niro
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What Shakespearean tragedy features Roderigo and Iago at the start of the play?Othello✓ correct
Macbeth
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
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Which of the following characters does not appear in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?Brutus✓ correct
Puck
Hermia
Oberon
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Which musical features the songs 'The People's Song' and 'Paris'?Les Misérables✓ correct
Phantom of the Opera
Cats
Hamilton
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Who wrote the play "The Mousetrap"?Agatha Christie✓ correct
Maya Angelou
Amiri Baraka
Alan Bennett
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Which of the following characters is not a part of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'?Othello✓ correct
Romeo
Juliet
Mercutio
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Which Shakespeare play contains the line 'if music be the food of love play on''?Twelfth Night✓ correct
Romeo & Juliette
Hamlet
The Taming of the Shrew
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What is the term for a solo song in an opera?An aria✓ correct
A duet
An adiago
A dirge
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In which play is the Duke of Milan marooned, inspired by the 1609 wreck of an English ship off Bermuda?The Tempest✓ correct
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
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Which actor originally played the role of Han Solo in Star Wars?Harrison Ford✓ correct
Mark Hamill
Brad Pitt
Pedro Pascal
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Who played the role of James Bond in Casino Royale?Daniel Craig✓ correct
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Sean Connery
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In which of Shakespeare's plays does the character 'Prospero' appear?The Tempest✓ correct
Othello
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Romeo and Juliet
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In which of Shakespeare's plays do we find the famous line 'All the world's a stage'?As You Like It✓ correct
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Tempest
Hamlet
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What playwright wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire"?Tennessee Williams✓ correct
Graham Greene
Franz Grillparzer
Anthony Neilson
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Which famous musical features the song 'I Feel Pretty'?West Side Story✓ correct
The Sound of Music
Oklahoma!
Grease
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In which musical did Joely Fisher make her Broadway debut as Rizzo?Grease✓ correct
West Side Story
The Sound of Music
Jesus Christ Superstar
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Which author wrote 'Richard III'?William Shakespeare✓ correct
Arthur C. Clarke
Isaac Newton
Enid Blyton
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From which Shakespearean comedy do the lines 'And thereby hangs a tale' and 'All the world's a stage' come?As You Like It✓ correct
Twelfth Night
Much Ado About Nothing
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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What play, set in Tuscumbia, Alabama and at the Perkins Institute for the blind, tells the story of Helen Keller's life?The Miracle Worker✓ correct
A Raisin in the Sun
The Glass Menagerie
Death of a Salesman
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Which song from the musical 'South Pacific' begins with the lyrics 'We got sunlight on the sand, we got moonlight on the sea'?"There's Nothing Like A Dame"✓ correct
"Some Enchanted Evening"
"Bali Ha'i"
"I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair"
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Which Hollywood actor has starred in films including Interstellar and The Wolf of Wall Street?Matthew McConaughey✓ correct
Ryan Reynolds
Jim Carrey
Hugh Jackman
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Who is the youngest daughter of King Lear, and the only one who truly loved him?Cordelia✓ correct
Regan
Goneril
Ophelia
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Which actor played the role of Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?Robert Downey Jr.✓ correct
Chris Evans
Chris Hemsworth
Tom Holland
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Which action star has featured in both Terminator and Predator?Arnold Schwarzenegger✓ correct
Sylvester Stallone
Jason Statham
Chuck Norris
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Which actor played the role of John McClane in Die Hard?Bruce Willis✓ correct
John Travolta
Sean Penn
Al Pacino
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Which legendary mime picked up a 1955 Emmy for Best Specialty Act?Marcel Marceau✓ correct
Jacques Tati
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
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Which Shakespeare character urges her husband to kill the king?Lady Macbeth✓ correct
Juliet
Ophelia
Cordelia
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Who won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Leading Actor for playing the role of Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump?Tom Hanks✓ correct
Morgan Freeman
Nigel Hawthorne
Paul Newman
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Which actor has featured in films including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Million Dollar Baby?Clint Eastwood✓ correct
Matt Damon
Robert De Niro
Sean Connery
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Which actor plays the role of Dr Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?Benedict Cumberbatch✓ correct
Jeff Goldblum
J.K. Simmons
Michael Douglas
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Which actor played Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy?Christian Bale✓ correct
Keanu Reeves
Dan Aykroyd
Donald Sutherland
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In which iconic '90s film did Leonardo DiCaprio play the role of Jack Dawson?Titanic✓ correct
Romeo + Juliet
The Beach
The Great Gatsby
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Which actor has featured in films including Forrest Gump and Apollo 13?Tom Hanks✓ correct
Ewan McGregor
Will Smith
Tom Cruise
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Which actor plays the role of Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?Idris Elba✓ correct
Peter Dinklage
Josh Brolin
Chadwick Boseman
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Which of these is a play by Shakespeare?Macbeth✓ correct
Tristram Shandy
Twilight
Ivanhoe
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