Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez was born on this day in 1927. Here is a quiz on one of the most significant authors of the 20th century
QUESTION 1
Let’s start with a simple one: in which year Did Márquez win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
XQUESTION 2
Upon García Márquez’s death in April 2014, Juan Manuel Santos, then president of Colombia, called him something. What is it?
XQUESTION 3
This is a fictional town from one of his most celebrated novels of all time, One Hundred Years of Solitude.
The town is often supposed to draw from Márquez’s
childhood town, Aracataca. Name the town.
XQUESTION 4
What was the name of the Colombian newscast that aired between 1992 and 1997? Márquez was one of the founders of this newscast.
XQUESTION 5
This 1975 novel by Márquez is termed a ‘dictator novel’, having been based on a variety of real-life leaders. Name the novel.
XQUESTION 6
What is the title of the speech given by Márquez upon being awarded the Nobel Prize? This theme also runs through much of Márquez’s works.
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Questions and Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz: 1. The reason Antonio Vivaldi was nicknamed ‘Red Priest’.
Ans: He had red hair and was trained as a priest.
2. The reason Vivaldi did not function as a priest was because of this ailment.
Asthma
3. The composer spent 37 years of his life at the Pio Ospedale della Pietà asylum which housed these inmates. Ans: Orphaned girls
4. The most recognised of his compositions was this group of four concerti written for this instrument. Ans: ‘The Four Seasons (’Le quattro stagioni’) for the violin
Ans: 5. Vivaldi’s compositions are identified by these two letters.
Ans: RV (Ryom-Verzeichnis), a number created by Danish musicologist Peter Ryom
Visual: Name this famous composer. Ans: Johann Sebastian Bach Early Birds:
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