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Mahvash - Quiz
Contributed by: Atherton
  • 1. What was Mahvash's birth name?
A) Leyli Majnun
B) Masoumeh Azizi Borujerdi
C) Sardar Saker
D) Mahvash Borujerdi
  • 2. In which year did Mahvash die?
A) 1950
B) 1960
C) 1961
D) 1957
  • 3. Where was Mahvash born?
A) Esfahan, Iran
B) Tehran, Iran
C) Borujerd, Iran
D) Shiraz, Iran
  • 4. What was the title of the book Mahvash published in 1957?
A) The Sun Shines
B) Ladder of Progress
C) A Girl from Esfahan
D) Secrets of Sexual Fulfillment
  • 5. Where is Mahvash buried?
A) Borujerd City Cemetery
B) Ibn Babawayh Cemetery
C) A private estate in Tehran
D) Tehran Central Cemetery
  • 6. What type of singing style was Mahvash famous for using with her male audience?
A) A cappella chanting
B) Call and response
C) Classical opera
D) Monologue singing
  • 7. In what decade did Mahvash gain fame as a singer of the people?
A) 1950s
B) 1940s
C) 1960s
D) 1930s
  • 8. Why did religious authorities initially object to Mahvash's burial in a Muslim cemetery?
A) She died in a car accident
B) She was considered unclean and unchaste as an entertainer
C) She was a foreign national
D) She was not a Muslim
  • 9. What was the cause of Mahvash's death?
A) A car accident
B) Old age
C) A plane crash
D) Illness
  • 10. Which film was directed by George Ovadiah and featured Mahvash in 1959?
A) The Sun Shines
B) Ladder of Progress
C) A Girl from Esfahan
D) What's the Difference
  • 11. Mahvash was associated with a troupe performing what style of dance?
A) Ruhowzi
B) Salsa
C) Contemporary dance
D) Ballet
  • 12. What was the occupation of the man Mahvash married according to one biographical account?
A) Radio announcer
B) Film director
C) Violinist
D) Cabaret owner
  • 13. What was the reaction to Mahvash's funeral?
A) It was ignored by the public
B) It was the largest of its day in Iran
C) It was forbidden by the police
D) It was held in private
  • 14. What was the subject of the book Mahvash was prosecuted for in 1960?
A) Sexual fulfillment
B) Traditional Persian dance
C) Her life story as a dancer
D) Political revolution
  • 15. Mahvash performed in cabarets in Tehran starting in which period?
A) Late 1940s to early 1950s
B) 1960s
C) Late 1930s
D) 1920s
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