Mystery Quiz the Fourth by Sijnaanik

Champion(s):

grimesr


Runner(s)-Up:

Tortoise
Slow and Steady


Quiz Description

My fourth mystery quiz (as the title hints). Pretty much general knowledge. As usual, the final question is giving the theme. (Should be easier than my previous one.)

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Questions:

The following (slightly redacted) screenshots were taken from the Wikipedia article on what planet?

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Jupiter (Mozart 41)

In what 2006 film did Michael Sheen play the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

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The Queen (Haydn 85)

Starting in 1949, about 2000 public officials were removed from their positions in what former capital city? Many were exiled, some were executed, and about 200 were given lengthy prison sentences.

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Leningrad (Shostakovich 7)

In what language were the novels The Island of the Day Before and Invisible Cities initially written?

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Italian (Mendelssohn 4)

What comes next in this sequence: The Revenge of Michael Myers, The Curse of Michael Myers, 20 Years Later,…?

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Resurrection (Mahler 2)

What element, number 80 on the periodic table, was once known as hydragyrum?

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Mercury (Haydn 43)

What “weeping prophet” is traditionally considered the author of the Book of Kings and the Book of Lamentations, as well has his own eponymous book?

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Jeremiah (Bernstein 1)

What does the OED define as “A part of an animal or plant adapted for a particular function, such as digestion, respiration, excretion, locomotion, perception, etc…” (among many other definitions)?

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Organ (Saint-Saëns 3)

Famous examples of this linguistic curiosity include ones about a passageway between two oceans, the first exile of Napoleon, and the meeting of the first two humans.

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Palindrome (Haydn 47)

What word is represented by the following images?

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Titan (Mahler 1)

What began on January 5, 1968 with the election of Alexander Dubček? (A two word answer; each word fits the theme independently, making this something of a twofer.)

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Prague Spring (Mozart 38, Schumann 1(or Britten))

What is the theme of this quiz?

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Names of symphonies