Pianos to play and in movies
1. How many keys are on a standard piano keyboard?
A) 66 B) 77 C) 88 D) 110
2. In December 2022, Steven Horsford became the 28th chair of which organization?
A) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) B) Congressional Black Caucus C) NAACP D) NASDAQ
3. Fort Knox is named for a man who held what position?
A) Governor of Kentucky B) Secretary of the treasury C) Secretary of war
D) Vice president of the United States
4. “Fences” and “The Piano Lesson” are part of a cycle of plays by August Wilson set in what city?
A) Atlanta B) Cleveland C) Kansas City D) Pittsburgh
5. What makes Claude the alligator at the California Academy of Sciences unique?
A) He's albino.
B) He can do math. C) He's a clone. D) He's the world's oldest alligator.
6. Who won the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's first Cecil B. DeMille Award for outstanding contribution to entertainment? A) Cecil B. DeMille
B) Alfred Hitchcock
C) Louis B. Mayer
D) Shirley Temple
Answers
1) A standard piano keyboard has 88 keys.
2) Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford is the current chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.
3) Fort Knox is named for Henry Knox, America's first secretary of war.
4) “Fences” and “The Piano Lesson” are part of August Wilson's “Pittsburgh Cycle.” 5) Claude the alligator at the California Academy of Sciences is albino.
6) In 1952, Cecil B. DeMille received the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's first Cecil B. DeMille Award.
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