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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Romeo And Juliet

In what decade was Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet probably first performed?

Answer

The 1590s

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Romeo And Juliet

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, in which Italian city is most of the action set?

Answer

Verona

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Norse Mythology In Literature

In the Poetic Edda poem Hávamál, how many nights does Odin hang on the world tree?

Answer

Nine nights

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Norse Mythology In Literature

In Richard Wagner’s opera Die Walküre, who is Brünnhilde’s father?

Answer

Wotan

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Norse Mythology In Literature

In Wagner’s Ring Cycle, which opera is performed first?

Answer

Das Rheingold

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Norse Mythology In Literature

In Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology, which god’s death follows Loki’s mistletoe plot?

Answer

Balder

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Norse Mythology In Literature

In Beowulf, what is the name of the Geatish queen who is Hygelac’s wife?

Answer

Hygd

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Norse Mythology In Literature

Which medieval Danish historian wrote Gesta Danorum, a source for the Hamlet tradition and Norse legends?

Answer

Saxo Grammaticus

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Norse Mythology In Literature

In the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, which goddess or seeress tells Odin about the world’s fate?

Answer

The völva

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Norse Mythology In Literature

What is the name of the single surviving manuscript of the Old English epic Beowulf?

Answer

Nowell Codex

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Norse Mythology In Literature

In what year was the first complete performance of Wagner’s Ring Cycle held at Bayreuth?

Answer

1876

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Norse Mythology In Literature

Who edited J. R. R. Tolkien’s posthumous book The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún?

Answer

Christopher Tolkien

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