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Trivia Questions

The Staszic Palace in this capital is the headquarters of the Polish Academy of Sciences

James Joyce's nephew sometimes conducts tours of the James Joyce Cultural Centre in this city

Opera lovers know the Royal Danish Opera is based in this city

Now Haiti's capital, this city once known as L'Hopital was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1751

Antonio Canova's nude "Mars the Peacemaker" statue wasn't liked by its subject, this French emperor

The night sky on Brazil's flag represents the one seen from this city

"I must go, Cathy", said Heathcliff, seeking to extricate himself from his companion's arms in this novel

Veronese's & Tintoretto's versions of this Biblical meal each depict a dog

This term for a painting of inanimate objects is from the Dutch "stilleven"

In 1823 James Fenimore Cooper wrote "The Pioneers", the first in the series of these "tales"