quiz 1550 – ballet (QA)

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1	The 1958 ballet Ondine was intended to showcase which talent? Rudolf Nureyev, Vaslav Nijinsky, Margot Fonteyn, Igor Stravinsky
2	What is the five-letter nickname of Mikhail Baryshnikov (in ballet)? Barys, Misha, Nikov, Mikha
3	The Sergeyev Collection relates to the Imperial Ballet of which Russian city? Moscow, Samara, Kazan, St Petersburg
4	In which US state is the Alexandra Ballet a major company? Missouri, Florida, Utah, New York
5	Which Irish-born dancer is regarded as the 'Godmother' of English ballet? Darcy Bussell, Ninette de Valois, Margot Fonteyn, Alicia Markova
6	Dame Margot Fonteyn was chancellor at which UK university from 1981 to 1990? Durham, Warwick, Kingston, Oxford
7	'Job: A Masque for Dancing' was a single-act ballet first performed in which decade? 1950s, 1930s, 1960s, 1940s
8	In which country of the UK is La Sylphide set (in ballet)? Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England
9	The characters Kitri and Basil feature in which ballet? La Bayadere, Don Quixote, La Sylphide, Romeo and Juliet
10	Which ballet personality once appeared on The Muppet Show? Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Vaslav Nijinsky, Alicia Markova
11	In which country did Rudolf Nureyev die? Spain, Italy, England, France
12	The first known ballet 'Le Ballet Comique de la Reine' has a name that translates how? The Comic Ballet of the King, The Royal Comedy, The Royal Ballet, The Comic Ballet of the Queen
13	Women were not allowed to dance in public until which century (in ballet)? 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
14	Who wrote the original French fairytale, Cinderella, on which the ballet was based? Jules Verne, Victor Hugo, Carlo Collodi, Charles Perrault
15	The women in Giselle typically dress in which colour (in ballet)? Pink, Red, Black, White
16	Who was the first director of the San Francisco Ballet School? William Forsythe, George Balanchine, Alicia Markova, Adolph Bolm
17	The word 'bayadere' is French for an Indian what (in ballet)? Teacher, House, Temple dancer, Writer
18	In La Bayadere, what is the name of the handsome warrior with whom Nikiya is in love (in ballet)? Ricard, Mik, Malay, Solor
19	The Nutcracker features a '... King' with seven heads? Lion, Cat, Tiger, Mouse
20	Aged eight, what was the first ballet seen by future star Anna Pavlova? La Sylphide, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake