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• Quinceañera

What Spanish dance term commonly describes the formal quinceañera waltz?

Answer

Vals

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• Quinceañera

In a traditional quinceañera shoe ceremony, who usually changes the celebrant’s shoes?

Answer

Her father

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• Quinceañera

What Catholic service may accompany a traditional quinceañera as a thanksgiving ceremony?

Answer

Misa de acción de gracias

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• Quinceañera

What are the male attendants in a traditional quinceañera’s corte de honor called?

Answer

Chambelanes

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• Pandora's Box

In James Cameron’s Avatar universe, what type of celestial body is Pandora?

Answer

A moon

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• Pandora's Box

What is the official minor-planet number of the asteroid Pandora?

Answer

55 Pandora

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• Pandora's Box

What does “Pandora’s box” commonly symbolize in modern English?

Answer

A source of unexpected troubles

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, what does Pandora become in Greek myth?

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The first woman

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• Pandora's Box

Which 1929 German film directed by G. W. Pabst centers on the character Lulu?

Answer

Pandora’s Box

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• Pandora's Box

Which god leads Pandora to Epimetheus in Hesiod’s account?

Answer

Hermes

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s myth, which goddess gives Pandora clothing and adornment?

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Athena

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• Pandora's Box

Who popularized the later “Pandora’s box” wording in Renaissance Europe?

Answer

Erasmus

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