ENO Weekly Round Up, Week of 13/4/20

21st April 2020 in News

Here’s another round up of our favourite bits you might’ve missed on ENO’s social channels last week.

John from Wigs and Makeup showed us how to get ready for a Saturday night in!

https://twitter.com/E_N_O/status/1251570766723911680?s=20

ENO Harewood Artist Bož Smiljanić’s friendly reminder to stay home and wash those hands:

https://www.facebook.com/englishnationalopera/posts/10157795176743429

Can you name the production this epic scene is from?

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_CcAHcBHQF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

For this week’s #ENOCraftMoment, we introduce you to Megan, our Head Milliner.

https://www.facebook.com/englishnationalopera/posts/10157799411798429

Once again, give our weekly quiz a go and let us know how you get on!

</p> <section data-rocket-location-hash="72651c892d54b60f02150027c53cc360"> <h2>ENO Weekly Quiz, Vol. 5</h2> <p>Welcome to the ENO Weekly Quiz, with a new set of topics and questions to keep those brains busy!</p> <p> </p> <p>We’ll be putting together a five round quiz each week. One of the rounds will be about opera, the other four will cover a wide range of topics.</p> <p> </p> <p>Test yourself and share how you did with #ENOQuiz on social media.</p> </section> <section> <h2> <h2><strong>Film & TV: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">Which of these is not a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock?</strong></h2> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Film & TV: </strong><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">BBC spy drama <em>Spooks</em> is set in which British intelligence agency?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Film & TV: How many episodes of <em>Charlie’s Angels </em>featured Farrah Fawcett?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Film & TV: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">What was the name of the longest serving pet on <em>Blue Peter</em>?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3><strong>Food & Drink: </strong><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">An Eggplant, as it’s known as in America, is a type of Vegetable. What is it called in the UK?</strong></h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Food & Drink: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff;">In Italy, what is a Mortadella?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Food & Drink: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff;">In which country is the wine making region of the Yarra Valley?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3><strong>Food & Drink: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff;">In which country did the Bagel originate?</strong></h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Opening Lines: “The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.”</strong></h2> </h3> <p><em style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Which book or film do these famous opening lines come from?</em></p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Opening lines: ‘Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically’ </strong></h2> </h3> <p><em style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Which book or film do these famous opening lines come from?</em></p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">Opening lines: “On September 3, 1973, 6:28pm and 32 seconds, a blue fly of the Calliphorides species, whose wings can flutter 14,670 times per minute landed in Saint-Vincent Street, Montmartre.”</strong></h2> </h3> <p><em style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Which book or film do these famous opening lines come from?</em></p> </section> <section> <h3><strong>Opening Lines: </strong><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">‘The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon’ is the first sentence of which post-war novel? </strong></h3> <p><em style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Which book or film do these famous opening lines come from?</em></p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Opera: What is the job of Britten’s Albert Herring?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Opera: Verdi’s <em>Rigoletto</em> is based on a play by whom?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Opera:<em> </em>Britten’s <em>Gloriana</em> concerns which British monarch?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Opera: In which opera is the heroine several hundred years old?</span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h2>Better luck next time!</p> <h2><strong></strong></h2> </h2> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>No worries!</strong></h2> </h3> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Pretty solid!</strong></h2> </h3> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Well done!</strong></h2> </h3> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>You’re a pro!</strong></h2> </h3> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>

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