Q.1
In the film 'The Sound of Music', which (one) of the Ten Commandments do Maria's former 'sisters' in the Abbey break?
  • They envy Maria her marriage to Captain von Trapp
  • They steal part of the motor from the car in which the Nazi officials are pursuing Maria
  • They cause a young stormtrooper to be killed when he trips and falls from the Abbey walls
  • They celebrate Maria's escape by sharing alcoholic drink amongst themselves
Q.2
Brunelleschi's Dome adorns the cathedral of which famous city?
  • Pisa
  • Venice
  • Florence
  • Bristol
Q.3
Which 20th-century Pope had earlier worked as an actor?
  • Pius XII
  • John XXIII
  • Paul VI
  • John Paul II
Q.4
A panel of stained glass in which cathedral depicts a pilgrim on his way to the tomb of St Thomas a Becket, there to seek healing from a copious nose-bleed?
  • Compostela
  • Clervaulx
  • Beauvais
  • Canterbury
Q.5
Which playwright wrote 'Murder in the Cathedral'?
  • T S Eliot
  • Dorothy L Sayers
  • George Bernard Shaw
  • Agatha Christie
Q.6
In which play does Canon Chasuble appear?
  • Charley's Aunt
  • The Importance of Being Earnest
  • Blithe Spirit
  • When We Are Married
Q.7
Who played the role of the young monk Adso of Melk, in the 1980s film of Umberto Eco's mediaeval monastic mystery novel 'The Name of the Rose'?
  • Christian Slater
  • Leonardo di Caprio
  • Nicholas Farrell
  • Anthony Calf
Q.8
There are numerous heraldic, and other, variants on the graphically simple symbol of the Cross; which of the following definitions is INCORRECT?
  • The Cross of Lorraine has a second, smaller transverse bar
  • The Tau Cross lacks any vertical projection above the crossbeam
  • The Sicilian Cross has a 'double tongue' at the end of each of its four symmetrical limbs
  • The diagonal cross (as in the flag of St Andrew) is technically known as a Saltire
Q.9
This city on the Rhine houses the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe, begun in the 13th century and only completed in the 19th, and which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its western facade is the biggest on any church in the world. Which city has this cathedral?
  • Koblenz
  • Cologne (Koln)
  • Schwarzach
  • Mannheim
Q.10
Which English composer, known for his empathy with children and amateur performers of all ages, wrote a cantata on the life of St Nicolas?
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Edward Elgar
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • William Walton
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