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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Who painted the famous Declaration of Independence scene often associated with America250?

Answer

John Trumbull

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

In which building was the Declaration of Independence adopted, a site highlighted by America250?

Answer

Independence Hall

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

How many people signed the Declaration of Independence, central to America250’s 1776 commemoration?

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56

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• Pandora's Box

The 1929 film Pandora’s Box was adapted from plays about which character by Frank Wedekind?

Answer

Lulu

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• Pandora's Box

What is the title of the first Lulu play by Frank Wedekind, preceding Pandora’s Box?

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Earth Spirit

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, what quality remains inside Pandora’s container after the troubles escape?

Answer

Hope

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• Pandora's Box

Who translated Hesiod’s jar into a “box,” helping create the phrase “Pandora’s box”?

Answer

Desiderius Erasmus

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• Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology, who was Pandora’s husband according to Hesiod’s later tradition?

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Epimetheus

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, what does Pandora release when she opens the container?

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Evils

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• Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology, what is the name of Pandora’s daughter, considered the first woman born naturally?

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Pyrrha

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• Pandora's Box

What modern idiom means an action that creates many new and difficult problems, like Pandora’s container?

Answer

Open Pandora’s box

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Theogony, who was Pandora’s father or male creator according to the poem’s genealogy?

Answer

Hephaestus

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