quiz 1611 – ballet

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1	Which of these ballets did Marius Petipa not choreograph? Coppelia, The Pharaoh's Daughter, Le Corsaire, Sleeping Beauty
2	Which of these ballets did Tchaikovsky not compose the music for? Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake
3	Which one of these did George Balanchine not marry (in ballet)? Tanaquil le Clercq, Maria Tallchief, Tamara Geva, Suzanne Farrell
4	Which of these ballets was not choreographed by George Balanchine? Fancy Free, Western Symphony, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Stars and Stripes
5	Who composed La Peri (in ballet)? Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Igor Stravinsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Dukas
6	What is the name of the man who first falls in love with the princess in Swan Lake? Rothbart, Igor, Siegfried, Benno
7	What is Benno's last name (in ballet)? von Stein, von Rothbart, von Hugo, von Sommerstern
8	In what year was Swan Lake released in Moscow? 1878, 1879, 1880, 1877
9	In the first Swan Lake Moscow performance, who played Odette? Anna Sobeshchanskaya, Irina Baronova, Svetlana Adyrkhaeva, Anna Pavlova
10	Who casts the spell on the princess in Swan Lake? von Stein, von Rothbart, von Hugo, von Sommerstern
11	Which ballerina playing the princess in Swan Lake performed a number of consecutive pirouettes? Natalia Bessmertnova, Carlotta Grisi, Pierina Legani, Anna Pavlova
12	What did Tchaikovsky say that the swan in Swan Lake represented? Anger, Purity, Kindness, Womanhood
13	Act 4 of Swan Lake is set where? By a lake, On a train, In an opulent palace, In the sky
14	Where does Act 1 of Swan Lake take place? A palace, A lake, A chariot, A park
15	In an early part of Sleeping Beauty, how many fairies are invited to be godmothers to the infant princess (in ballet)? Seven, Eight, Ten, Nine
16	There is a statue of Sleeping Beauty in Wuppertal in which country? Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Austria
17	How many acts are there in La Sylphide (in ballet)? Four, Two, Three, Five
18	Only one version survived, but how many versions of La Sylphide were there (in ballet)? One, Six, Two, Four
19	James Ruben, a young Scotsman, appears at the start of which ballet? Le Corsaire, La Bayadere, La Sylphide, Swan Lake
20	What is the name of James's fiancee in La Sylphide (in ballet)? Effie, Gurn, Odette, Old Madge