FREE Bachelor of Liberal Arts: A Nose for the Liberal Arts Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of these locations is home to a well-known example of 20th-century architecture that closely resembles a group of overlapping noses?

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Sydney, Australia

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Paris, France

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Dubai, UAE

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London, UK

Question 2

History: Whose life would have been different if her nose had been shorter, according to a popular belief?

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Cleopatra VII of Egypt

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Marie Antoinette of France

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Belle Starr of Oklahoma

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Wu Zetian of China

Question 3

Which of these Greek terms depicts a nose-related action that is often seen as socially unacceptable?

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Rhinotillexis

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Rhinoscopy

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Rhinoceros

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Rhinoplasty

Question 4

Literature: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, a Russian novelist of Ukrainian descent, penned "The Nose" in 1836. Which of these additional pieces did it NOT influence?

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A book by Daniel J. Boorstin

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A film by Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker

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A play by Tom Swift

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An opera by Dmitri Shostakovich

Question 5

I thought I heard my kids debating a mathematical theory when they said, "This bear on the hippo's nose has sequins from Mum Bear for another two trips," but it turns out that my hearing isn't what it used to be.

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Pythagoras of Samos

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Leonardo Fibonacci

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Isaac Newton

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Euclid of Alexandria

Question 6

Painting: I recently came upon a painting by the man with the mustache, which was that one with the big-nosed face on sticks. Which artist's name have I forgotten?

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Salvador Dali

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Sandro Botticelli

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Jackson Pollock

Question 7

Which of these nasal-sounding Rationalist philosophers was a well-known fictional valet's go-to pick for reading material?

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Baruch de Spinoza

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Michel de Nostredame

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Nasir al-Din Tusi

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Robert Nozick