Which overture written by Felix Mendelssohn was inspired by the echoes of a Scottish sea cave that he visited in 1829 and was named for it?
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1. The festival of San Fermín that features a famous “chase” is an annual celebration of which European city?2. Similar to John Reed’s Ten Days that Shook the World, which influential 1930s book by Edgar Snow is an account of the Communist Party of China?3. Which overture written by Felix Mendelssohn was inspired by the echoes of a Scottish sea cave that he visited in 1829 and was named for it?4. In Jan 2011, Sri Lanka decided to discard all references to what British colonial name of the country from its state institutions?5. The name of which Italian-American dish that consists of pasta and fresh vegetables takes its name from the Italian for “spring,” just like a Botticelli painting?6. One of the oldest recurring characters in world cinema, who is the hero usually depicted as a Hercules-like figure in Italian cinema starting from his debut in the 1914 classic Cabiria through to the 1970s?7. What name used for the Western Hemisphere was coined by a Spanish scholar in a letter dated November 1, 1492, in which he referred to Columbus’s first voyage to America?Click here to see the answers.
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