98197 Intermediate Trivia Questions
98197 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which body first fixed International Women's Day as March 8 in 1921?
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Second International Conference of Communist Women
Which revolutionary wrote that Women's Day would inaugurate the 1917 revolution?
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Leon Trotsky
Who declared 8 March as International Women's Day in 1922?
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Vladimir Lenin
Who translated the English words of "O Come, All Ye Faithful" in 1841?
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Frederick Oakeley
"Personent hodie" was probably adapted from a 12th-century song honoring which saint?
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Saint Nicholas
Which composer wrote "Star Carol" in 1972?
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John Rutter
"Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" first appeared in writing in which 1833 carol book?
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Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern
Who composed the tune "Humility" for "See, amid the Winter's Snow"?
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John Goss
Who wrote the words for "Masters in This Hall" around 1860?
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William Morris
"Ríu Ríu Chíu" is known from the 1556 songbook called what?
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Cancionero de Upsala
"The Friendly Beasts" is set to the melody of which Latin song?
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Orientis Partibus
Who translated the Polish carol "W żłobie leży" as "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly"?
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Edith Margaret Gellibrand Reed
Who published the 1833 version of "I Saw Three Ships"?
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William Sandys
The tune for "Good King Wenceslas" comes from which spring carol?
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Tempus adest floridum
Who wrote the words to "Ding Dong Merrily on High"?
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George Ratcliffe Woodward
What are the 11th to 13th days of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 2nd to 4th days of Eid al-Adha, called?
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Days of Tashriq
During dhabihah, what phrase follows Bismillah in 'Bismillah Allahu Akbar'?
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Allahu Akbar
In Singapore's public holidays, what Malay name is used for Eid al-Adha?
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Hari Raya Haji
What Arabic name for Eid al-Adha means 'Greater Eid'?
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Eid al-Kabir
Where do Hajj pilgrims gather pebbles for the next day's stoning ritual?
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Muzdalifah
On 10 Dhu'l-Hijja, pilgrims stone which largest pillar at Mina?
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Jamrat al-Aqabah
Which day of Hajj is called Tarwiyah Day?
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8th Dhu'l-Hijja
The crescent-visibility boundary differs from which line, causing Eid dates to vary locally?
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International Date Line
Which Saudi body is listed as announcing official Eid al-Adha dates?
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Supreme Judicial Council
On which date of Dhu'l-Hijja does Eid al-Adha end?
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13 Dhu'l-Hijja
Which Arabic term can encompass qurban in Islamic law?
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Udhiyah
Future Saudi Eid al-Adha dates are estimated using which calendar?
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Umm al-Qura calendar
Which sermon follows the Eid al-Adha prayer?
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Khutbah
The word 'Eid' appears once in which surah of the Quran?
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Al-Ma'ida