cultural literacy 44

Question 1

Bounty

Answer 1

coconut-filled, chocolate-covered candy bar manufactured by Mars for the UK and Canada market (imitation of Mounds)

Question 2

Whispers

Answer 2

Cadbury malted milk chocolate balls (UK)

Question 3

skittles

Answer 3

a historical lawn game and target sport of European origin, from which the modern sport of nine-pin bowling is descended (still a popular indoor pub game in UK and Ireland)

Question 4

Il Trittico

Answer 4

an opera by Puccini made up of the three one-act operas Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicci

Question 5

dramatic, spinto, lyric, and coloratura

Answer 5

the four different operatic soprano voices

Question 6

“O mio babbino caro”

Answer 6

famous aria from Puccini’s one-act opera Gianni Schicci

Question 7

Phidippides

Answer 7

Greek messenger who ran 25 miles to Athens to deliver the news of the Greek victory over Persia at the Battle of Marathon

Question 8

de Villiers

Answer 8

French general who defeated George Washington in the French and Indian War and found his journal