Johann Strauss II quiz
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Which city's World's Fair made The Blue Danube a hit in 1867?
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What song got Strauss arrested in revolutionary Vienna?
Answer: La Marseillaise
Why: In 1848 he also wrote pieces for the rebels, such as his Revolutions-Marsch.
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Who wrote on a fan that The Blue Danube was sadly not his?
Answer: Johannes Brahms
Why: In 1892 Strauss dedicated a waltz to his close friend Brahms: Be Embraced, You Millions!
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Where did Strauss become a citizen so he could marry again?
Answer: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Why: He also left the Catholic Church for the Lutheran faith, because Austria's Catholic marriage law allowed him no divorce.
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Which operetta features a ball thrown by Prince Orlofsky?
Answer: Die Fledermaus
Why: The title means The Bat, after the bat costume behind Dr Falke's revenge prank on his friend Eisenstein.
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Who first performed The Blue Danube in 1867?
Answer: A men's choir
Why: Its words came from Josef Weyl, a police commissioner who served as the choir's house poet.
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In which city did Eine Nacht in Venedig premiere?
Answer: Berlin
Why: Despite its Venetian setting it opened in Berlin, and Vienna's Theater an der Wien staged it six days later.
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