Quiz Questions 4

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A round drawing on art, music theory and mythology. The painter who worked at Saint-Rémy, what a crescendo instructs, and the Roman god of war.

Science closes it out with a question about the composition of the atmosphere.

  1. Which famous artist produced a collection of paintings whilst staying at the Saint Paul de Mausole asylum?
  2. What is the meaning of the word crescendo?
  3. In ancient Roman mythology, who is the god of war?
  4. What is the primary gas responsible for the blue color of Earth's sky?
  5. In golf, what is the term for completing a hole in two strokes under par?
  6. From Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what type of characters are Titania, Oberon and Puck?
  7. What word beginning with letter P describes a flat or plane, two-dimensional closed shape bounded with straight sides?
  8. Which instrument did Mozart call the king of instruments?
  9. In the lyrics of Elton John's "Rocket Man," what phrase follows 'And I'm gonna be high'?
  10. What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates on its side, making it appear to roll along its orbit?
  11. In the world of computer programming, what does the acronym "HTML" stand for?
  12. Who is the famous detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
  13. Which sport involves sliding down a frozen track while lying face down on a small sled?
  14. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
  15. In the world of emojis, in what colour is the "100" emoji written and underlined?
  16. According to Bob Dylan, the answer my friend is...?
  17. Who authored the classic novel 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'?
  18. What word describes a negatively charged subatomic particle that can be either bound to an atom or free (not bound)?
  19. Nelumbo nucifera is the scientific name of which flower?
  20. Which Shakespearean play features a shipwreck, a love story, and a magical island with the character Prospero?