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  1. According to the Spanish poet Hortensio Félix Paravicino, which island gave painter El Greco life and craft before Toledo became his homeland?
  2. Which monumental marble tomb sculpture in the First Cemetery of Athens was created by Yannoulis Chalepas?
  3. In an interview on French television, Maria Callas attributed the development of her chest voice to which Spanish coloratura soprano?
  4. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed by which moniker?
  5. Which composer and lyricist credited with over 1,000 works was credited with worldwide fame?
  6. In 1960, Hatzidakis won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for " what " from the film Never on Sunday, but he refused the award because he felt that Athens was misrepresented in the film?
  7. For which 1981 British film did composer Vangelis compose the Academy Award-winning score?
  8. In 2017 what was added in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists?
  9. With a round body and a long neck with a fretted fingerboard, it belongs to which instrument family?
  10. The great significance of Markos Vamvakaris for urban music is reflected by which nickname?
  11. Which director won the Palme d'Or at the 51st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 for Eternity and a Day?
  12. Which filmmaker was nominated for three Academy Awards for Zorba the Greek?
  13. Melina Mercouri commented on this period of her life on television as Minister of Culture, taking responsibility for which period?
  14. Which filmmaker gained international prominence in 2009 with 'Dogtooth', initiating the cinematic movement called the Greek Weird Wave (longest running projects yorgos lanthimos developing adaptation…
  15. In what profession was American pianist and composer Dimitri Mitropoulos renowned?

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