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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Sep-17-2006 02:55

Cynder is just going to sit here, sip tea demurely, and refuse to admit that Atomic Kitten is one of her guilty pleasures........

Sep-17-2006 05:38

1. Bycicle Thieves
2. ?
3. The Thief
4. ?
5. The Thief of Bagdad
6. ?
7. The Good Thief
8. ?
9. ?
10. To Catch the Thief

There is the word "thief" or "thieves" in all the titles.

Sep-17-2006 05:44

1. I got my is and ys wrong (Bicycle Thieves)

Sep-17-2006 08:53

6. The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover (Peter Greenaway)
... and that's it

Sep-17-2006 11:33

10. To Catch A Thief - *lol* - only one, but one of my all time favourites :)

Sep-17-2006 21:13

nice quiz, Cynderbear!

unfortunately i don't know the answer to any :(

Sep-18-2006 02:04

Okay--here are the answers:

1. The Bicycle Thief
2. The Thief Lord
3. Thief
4. The Thief
5. The Thief of Baghdad
6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
7. The Good Thief
8. My Dog, the Thief
9. Once a Thief
10. To Catch a Thief

And the thief-catcher who wins the posting of the next quiz is *fanfare*

ROSAMUND CLIFFORD!

My thanks to those who played and enjoyed, or read and enjoyed, or just lurked....

Sep-18-2006 02:57

Thanks for the quiz Cynderbear! I was forced to lurk. Much too challenging for me! :0) Good job!

Sep-18-2006 05:13

Thanks, Cynderbear, it was a nice quiz.

Name the opera and the composer:

1. An Egyptian warrior is in love with an Ethiopian slave.
2. A former barber tries to marry the countess's maid.
3. A soldier falls in love with a beautiful gypsy, but she leaves him for a toreador.
4. An American Navy officer marries a geisha.
5. An officer tries to learn the secret of the three cards from an old countess.
6. An elderly doctor forfeits his soul to the devil in exchange for youth.
7. A faithful wife disguises in male clothes to save her imprisoned husband.
8. A count uses the services of a barber to win the hand of his beloved.
9. A Druid priestess has two children by a Roman proconsul, but he loves another woman.
10. A young knight is in quest for the Holy Grail.

Sep-18-2006 05:51

1. Aida - Verdi
2. Marriage of Figaro - Mozart? (I'm gonna get 8 & 2 mixed up)
3. Carmen - Bizet
4. Madamae Butterfly - Puccini?
5. I don't know many Operas about cards, Queen of Spades by Tchaichovsky
6. Faust - and I have no idea :s
7. This is the one by Beethoven and it's his only opera... minds gone blank for the name?
8. Barber of Seville? - Rossini?
9. absolutely no idea?
10. Parsifal - Wagner