| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Opera about a captured Ethiopian princess | Aida | 81%
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| City where Verdi received a full state funeral in 1901 | Milan | 75%
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| German composer whose style he was accused of emulating towards the middle of his career | Richard Wagner | 75%
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| Verdi's last opera | Falstaff | 69%
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| The profession of Rigoletto, main character of the eponymous opera | Jester | 69%
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| Opera about the Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem | Nabucco | 69%
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| English playwright whose works inspired several of Verdi's operas | William Shakespeare | 69%
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| Number of operas Verdi wrote (not counting revisions, translations, and unfinished works) | 26 | 63%
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| Sacred work beginning with the words "Dies irae" | Requiem | 63%
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| Librettist who wrote the text to Rigoletto and La traviata | Francesco Maria Piave | 56%
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| First two words of the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from the above opera | Va, pensiero | 50%
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| Empire where Verdi was born in 1813 | First French Empire | 44%
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| Italian political movement in which Verdi was involved (although the intensity of his involvement is disputed) | Risorgimento | 44%
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| Modern-day Italian province where Verdi was born | Parma | 38%
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| Italian Prime Minister called out over budget cuts during a performance of Nabucco | Silvio Berlusconi | 38%
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| University that houses the American Institute for Verdi Studies | New York University | 31%
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| Inflammation of the brain to which Verdi's first wife succumbed | Encephalitis | 25%
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| Verdi's second wife and soprano who starred in his early operas | Giuseppina Strepponi | 19%
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| Verdi's middle names (name one) | Fortunino Francesco | 13%
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| Composer who rejected the libretto of the above | Otto Nicolai | 6%
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