Rotating Quiz #257: You can answer all these, in principle

[Dan Blum]

This is Rotating Quiz #257. Entries must be posted by Tuesday,
May 30th, 2017 at 11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time).

Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner
gets to create the next RQ.

Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the
newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each
one. Only one answer is allowed per question.

This quiz has a theme but since it should be obvious it does not
affect the scoring, which is 1 point per question; for this quiz I am
not going to deduct for misspellings as long as I can be sure what was
meant. If the answer is a person's name only the surname is required
unless the person is commonly known by a single name, in which case
that is sufficient. If any other part of the name is given (the first
name for most people, the surname for others) it must be correct for
the answer to score.

In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored the most
points on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which
the fewest people got any points on). Second tiebreaker will be
posting order.

1. Not much of note happened in 257 (that we have a record of, at
least), but one thing that might have is the birth of Saint Gregory
the Illuminator. He is credited with converting his native country to
Christianity and is its patron saint. This country was the first to
officially adopt Christianity: name it.

Please decode the rot13 for questions 2-10 only after answering
question 1.

2. Guvf Fbivrg pbzcbfre vf orfg xabja sbe uvf onyyrgf Tnlnar naq
Fcnegnphf, va cnegvphyne n zbirzrag yngr va gur sbezre jurer gur
qnapref cresbez jvgu fjbeqf.

3. Guvf Fbivrg nvepensg qrfvtare cnegarerq jvgu Zvxunvy Therivpu gb
sbez n qrfvta ohernh; gur ohernh jnf anzrq sbe gurz ohg jnf trarenyyl
xabja nf "ZvT."

4. Guvf fvatre-fbatjevgre jnf obea va Rtlcg ohg zbirq gb Pnanqn nf n
puvyq. Ur unf unq n irel fhpprffshy pnerre nf n puvyqera'f
ragregnvare, jvgu fbatf fhpu nf "Onanancubar" naq "Onol Oryhtn." Ur vf
nyfb na raivebazrag npgvivfg naq ehaf gur Pragre sbe Puvyq Ubabhevat.

5. Guvf Nzrevpna npgerff jnf bar bs gur bevtvany pnfg bs FPGI. Fur unf
nyfb qbar pbafvqrenoyr svyz jbex (zbfg erpragyl va Zl Ovt Sng Terrx
Jrqqvat 2) naq fgntr jbex; fur unf zber Gbal abzvangvbaf sbe Srngherq
Npgerff va n Zhfvpny guna nalbar ryfr naq unf jba gjvpr, sbe Zl
Snibevgr Lrne naq Cvccva. (Abj jr frr jub jnf cnlvat nggragvba gur
bgure jrrx.)

6. Guvf Nzrevpna cnvagre jnf sebz jurer lbh fubhyq rkcrpg, ohg nsgre
neevivat va gur HF punatrq uvf anzr naq pynvzrq gb or eryngrq gb n
snzbhf Ehffvna jevgre. Uvf rneyl jbex jnf urnivyl vasyhraprq ol
Prmnaar ohg ur yngre qnooyrq jvgu phovfz naq orpnzr n fheernyvfg; ur
jnf tbbq sevraqf jvgu Naqer Oergba naq bar bs uvf zbfg snzbhf (naq
ynetrfg) cnvagvatf, Gur Yvire vf gur Pbpx'f Pbzo, jnf qvfcynlrq ng gur
Fheernyvfg'f ynfg fubj. Ur pbzzvggrq fhvpvqr va 1948.

7. Guvf Pnanqvna vf orfg xabja nf n svyz qverpgbe. Nzbat uvf svyzf ner
Gur Fjrrg Urernsgre, Puybr (uvf uvturfg-tebffvat svyz), Gur Pncgvir,
Neneng, naq Sryvpvn'f Wbhearl.

8. Guvf Nzrevpna nhgube jebgr znal obbxf, fgbevrf, naq cynlf. Uvf
orfg-xabja cynl vf cebonoyl Gur Gvzr bs Lbhe Yvsr, juvpu jba gur 1939
Chyvgmre sbe qenzn naq jnf yngre znqr vagb n zbir fgneevat Wnzrf
Pntarl. Uvf abiry Gur Uhzna Pbzrql jnf bevtvanyyl n fperracynl naq jnf
va snpg znqr nf n zbivr fgneevat Zvpxrl Ebbarl; <nafjre 8> jba gur
Bfpne sbe orfg fgbel sbe guvf.

9. Guvf Nzrevpna fvatre naq npgerff bevtvanyyl orpnzr cbchyne nf cneg
bs n qhb jvgu ure gura-uhfonaq ohg unf orra sylvat fbyb fvapr
1975. Fur fgnegrq ure npgvat pnerre va 1982 naq qvq zbfg bs ure orfg
npgvat jbex va gur 80f, vapyhqvat jvaavat na Bfpne. Fur nyfb unf na
Rzzl naq n Tenzzl.

10. Guvf Pnanqvna jnf bar bs gur orfg-xabja cbegenvg cubgbtencuref bs
gur 20gu praghel. Cbffvoyl uvf zbfg snzbhf jbex jnf uvf 1941 cvpgher
bs Jvafgba Puhepuvyy ba gur pbire bs Yvsr, ohg ur nyfb cubgbtencurq 50
bguref bs gur zbfg 100 vasyhragvny crbcyr bs gur 20gu praghel,
nppbeqvat gb Vagreangvbany Jub'f Jub. (Naq ur jnf ba gur yvfg
uvzfrys.)


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[Mark Brader]

Dan Blum:

> 1. Not much of note happened in 257 (that we have a record of, at
> least), but one thing that might have is the birth of Saint Gregory
> the Illuminator. He is credited with converting his native country to
> Christianity and is its patron saint. This country was the first to
> officially adopt Christianity: name it.

Oh, my. This has to be somewhere near the Mediterranean, but what
areas near the Mediterranean would even have been "countries" then
as opposed to parts of the Roman Empire? And it certain wasn't the
Empire itself.

Well, I don't have a good guess, so I'll say Cyprus.

< 4. This singer-songwriter was born in Egypt but moved to Canada as a
< child. He has had a very successful career as a children's
< entertainer, with songs such as "Bananaphone" and "Baby Beluga." He is
< also an environment activist and runs the Center for Child Honouring.

Raffi.

< 7. This Canadian is best known as a film director. Among his films are
< The Sweet Hereafter, Chloe (his highest-grossing film), The Captive,
< Ararat, and Felicia's Journey.

Egoyan.

< 8. This American author wrote many books, stories, and plays. His
< best-known play is probably The Time of Your Life, which won the 1939
< Pulitzer for drama and was later made into a move starring James
< Cagney. His novel The Human Comedy was originally a screenplay and was
< in fact made as a movie starring Mickey Rooney; <answer 8> won the
< Oscar for best story for this.

Agee.

< 9. This American singer and actress originally became popular as part
< of a duo with her then-husband but has been flying solo since
< 1975. She started her acting career in 1982 and did most of her best
< acting work in the 80s, including winning an Oscar. She also has an
< Emmy and a Grammy.

Cher.

< 10. This Canadian was one of the best-known portrait photographers of
< the 20th century. Possibly his most famous work was his 1941 picture
< of Winston Churchill on the cover of Life, but he also photographed 50
< others of the most 100 influential people of the 20th century,
< according to International Who's Who. (And he was on the list
< himself.)

Karsh.

Well, I'm pretty sure of those last 5 answers and I don't see the theme.
Cher's surname was Sarkisian at some point in her life; so are they all
of Armenian birth or ancestry, maybe? If so, too late for #1. But then...

< 2. This Soviet composer is best known for his ballets Gayane and
< Spartacus, in particular a movement late in the former where the
< dancers perform with swords.

Khatchaturian?

< 5. This American actress was one of the original cast of SCTV. She has
< also done considerable film work (most recently in My Big Fat Greek
< Wedding 2) and stage work; she has more Tony nominations for Featured
< Actress in a Musical than anyone else and has won twice, for My
< Favorite Year and Pippin. (Now we see who was paying attention the
< other week.)

I might as well guess Vardalos.

No guesses on the other two.
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[Peter Smyth]

Dan Blum wrote:

> 1. Not much of note happened in 257 (that we have a record of, at
> least), but one thing that might have is the birth of Saint Gregory
> the Illuminator. He is credited with converting his native country to
> Christianity and is its patron saint. This country was the first to
> officially adopt Christianity: name it.

Italy

> Please decode the rot13 for questions 2-10 only after answering
> question 1.
>

> 2. This Soviet composer is best known for his ballets Gayane and
> Spartacus, in particular a movement late in the former where the
> dancers perform with swords.

Prokofiev
> 3. This Soviet aircraft designer partnered with Mikhail Gurevich to
> form a design bureau; the bureau was named for them but was generally
> known as "MiG."

>
> 4. This singer-songwriter was born in Egypt but moved to Canada as a
> child. He has had a very successful career as a children's
> entertainer, with songs such as "Bananaphone" and "Baby Beluga." He is
> also an environment activist and runs the Center for Child Honouring.
>

> 5. This American actress was one of the original cast of SCTV. She has
> also done considerable film work (most recently in My Big Fat Greek
> Wedding 2) and stage work; she has more Tony nominations for Featured
> Actress in a Musical than anyone else and has won twice, for My
> Favorite Year and Pippin. (Now we see who was paying attention the
> other week.)
>

> 6. This American painter was from where you should expect, but after
> arriving in the US changed his name and claimed to be related to a
> famous Russian writer. His early work was heavily influenced by
> Cezanne but he later dabbled with cubism and became a surrealist; he
> was good friends with Andre Breton and one of his most famous (and
> largest) paintings, The Liver is the Cock's Comb, was displayed at the
> Surrealist's last show. He committed suicide in 1948.

>
> 7. This Canadian is best known as a film director. Among his films are
> The Sweet Hereafter, Chloe (his highest-grossing film), The Captive,
> Ararat, and Felicia's Journey.
>

> 8. This American author wrote many books, stories, and plays. His
> best-known play is probably The Time of Your Life, which won the 1939
> Pulitzer for drama and was later made into a move starring James
> Cagney. His novel The Human Comedy was originally a screenplay and was
> in fact made as a movie starring Mickey Rooney; <answer 8> won the
> Oscar for best story for this.
>

> 9. This American singer and actress originally became popular as part
> of a duo with her then-husband but has been flying solo since
> 1975. She started her acting career in 1982 and did most of her best
> acting work in the 80s, including winning an Oscar. She also has an
> Emmy and a Grammy.
Cher

> 10. This Canadian was one of the best-known portrait photographers of
> the 20th century. Possibly his most famous work was his 1941 picture
> of Winston Churchill on the cover of Life, but he also photographed 50
> others of the most 100 influential people of the 20th century,
> according to International Who's Who. (And he was on the list
> himself.)

Peter Smyth

[Erland Sommarskog]

Dan Blum (to...@panix.com) writes:
> 1. Not much of note happened in 257 (that we have a record of, at
> least), but one thing that might have is the birth of Saint Gregory
> the Illuminator. He is credited with converting his native country to
> Christianity and is its patron saint. This country was the first to
> officially adopt Christianity: name it.

Armenia

> 2. Guvf Fbivrg pbzcbfre vf orfg xabja sbe uvf onyyrgf Tnlnar naq
> Fcnegnphf, va cnegvphyne n zbirzrag yngr va gur sbezre jurer gur
> qnapref cresbez jvgu fjbeqf.

Korchakov

> 3. Guvf Fbivrg nvepensg qrfvtare cnegarerq jvgu Zvxunvy Therivpu gb
> sbez n qrfvta ohernh; gur ohernh jnf anzrq sbe gurz ohg jnf trarenyyl
> xabja nf "ZvT."

Tupolev

> 6. Guvf Nzrevpna cnvagre jnf sebz jurer lbh fubhyq rkcrpg, ohg nsgre
> neevivat va gur HF punatrq uvf anzr naq pynvzrq gb or eryngrq gb n
> snzbhf Ehffvna jevgre. Uvf rneyl jbex jnf urnivyl vasyhraprq ol
> Prmnaar ohg ur yngre qnooyrq jvgu phovfz naq orpnzr n fheernyvfg; ur
> jnf tbbq sevraqf jvgu Naqer Oergba naq bar bs uvf zbfg snzbhf (naq
> ynetrfg) cnvagvatf, Gur Yvire vf gur Pbpx'f Pbzo, jnf qvfcynlrq ng gur
> Fheernyvfg'f ynfg fubj. Ur pbzzvggrq fhvpvqr va 1948.

Kandinsky

> 7. Guvf Pnanqvna vf orfg xabja nf n svyz qverpgbe. Nzbat uvf svyzf ner
> Gur Fjrrg Urernsgre, Puybr (uvf uvturfg-tebffvat svyz), Gur Pncgvir,
> Neneng, naq Sryvpvn'f Wbhearl.

Atom Egoyan

> 9. Guvf Nzrevpna fvatre naq npgerff bevtvanyyl orpnzr cbchyne nf cneg
> bs n qhb jvgu ure gura-uhfonaq ohg unf orra sylvat fbyb fvapr
> 1975. Fur fgnegrq ure npgvat pnerre va 1982 naq qvq zbfg bs ure orfg
> npgvat jbex va gur 80f, vapyhqvat jvaavat na Bfpne. Fur nyfb unf na
> Rzzl naq n Tenzzl.

Tina Turner




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[Calvin]

On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 2:04:04 PM UTC+10, Dan Blum wrote:

> 1. Not much of note happened in 257 (that we have a record of, at
> least), but one thing that might have is the birth of Saint Gregory
> the Illuminator. He is credited with converting his native country to
> Christianity and is its patron saint. This country was the first to
> officially adopt Christianity: name it.

Russia

> Please decode the rot13 for questions 2-10 only after answering
> question 1.
>
> 2. Guvf Fbivrg pbzcbfre vf orfg xabja sbe uvf onyyrgf Tnlnar naq
> Fcnegnphf, va cnegvphyne n zbirzrag yngr va gur sbezre jurer gur
> qnapref cresbez jvgu fjbeqf.
>
> 3. Guvf Fbivrg nvepensg qrfvtare cnegarerq jvgu Zvxunvy Therivpu gb
> sbez n qrfvta ohernh; gur ohernh jnf anzrq sbe gurz ohg jnf trarenyyl
> xabja nf "ZvT."
>
> 4. Guvf fvatre-fbatjevgre jnf obea va Rtlcg ohg zbirq gb Pnanqn nf n
> puvyq. Ur unf unq n irel fhpprffshy pnerre nf n puvyqera'f
> ragregnvare, jvgu fbatf fhpu nf "Onanancubar" naq "Onol Oryhtn." Ur vf
> nyfb na raivebazrag npgvivfg naq ehaf gur Pragre sbe Puvyq Ubabhevat.
>
> 5. Guvf Nzrevpna npgerff jnf bar bs gur bevtvany pnfg bs FPGI. Fur unf
> nyfb qbar pbafvqrenoyr svyz jbex (zbfg erpragyl va Zl Ovt Sng Terrx
> Jrqqvat 2) naq fgntr jbex; fur unf zber Gbal abzvangvbaf sbe Srngherq
> Npgerff va n Zhfvpny guna nalbar ryfr naq unf jba gjvpr, sbe Zl
> Snibevgr Lrne naq Cvccva. (Abj jr frr jub jnf cnlvat nggragvba gur
> bgure jrrx.)

Foster?

> 6. Guvf Nzrevpna cnvagre jnf sebz jurer lbh fubhyq rkcrpg, ohg nsgre
> neevivat va gur HF punatrq uvf anzr naq pynvzrq gb or eryngrq gb n
> snzbhf Ehffvna jevgre. Uvf rneyl jbex jnf urnivyl vasyhraprq ol
> Prmnaar ohg ur yngre qnooyrq jvgu phovfz naq orpnzr n fheernyvfg; ur
> jnf tbbq sevraqf jvgu Naqer Oergba naq bar bs uvf zbfg snzbhf (naq
> ynetrfg) cnvagvatf, Gur Yvire vf gur Pbpx'f Pbzo, jnf qvfcynlrq ng gur
> Fheernyvfg'f ynfg fubj. Ur pbzzvggrq fhvpvqr va 1948.
>
> 7. Guvf Pnanqvna vf orfg xabja nf n svyz qverpgbe. Nzbat uvf svyzf ner
> Gur Fjrrg Urernsgre, Puybr (uvf uvturfg-tebffvat svyz), Gur Pncgvir,
> Neneng, naq Sryvpvn'f Wbhearl.
>
> 8. Guvf Nzrevpna nhgube jebgr znal obbxf, fgbevrf, naq cynlf. Uvf
> orfg-xabja cynl vf cebonoyl Gur Gvzr bs Lbhe Yvsr, juvpu jba gur 1939
> Chyvgmre sbe qenzn naq jnf yngre znqr vagb n zbir fgneevat Wnzrf
> Pntarl. Uvf abiry Gur Uhzna Pbzrql jnf bevtvanyyl n fperracynl naq jnf
> va snpg znqr nf n zbivr fgneevat Zvpxrl Ebbarl; <nafjre 8> jba gur
> Bfpne sbe orfg fgbel sbe guvf.
>
> 9. Guvf Nzrevpna fvatre naq npgerff bevtvanyyl orpnzr cbchyne nf cneg
> bs n qhb jvgu ure gura-uhfonaq ohg unf orra sylvat fbyb fvapr
> 1975. Fur fgnegrq ure npgvat pnerre va 1982 naq qvq zbfg bs ure orfg
> npgvat jbex va gur 80f, vapyhqvat jvaavat na Bfpne. Fur nyfb unf na
> Rzzl naq n Tenzzl.

Cher?

> 10. Guvf Pnanqvna jnf bar bs gur orfg-xabja cbegenvg cubgbtencuref bs
> gur 20gu praghel. Cbffvoyl uvf zbfg snzbhf jbex jnf uvf 1941 cvpgher
> bs Jvafgba Puhepuvyy ba gur pbire bs Yvsr, ohg ur nyfb cubgbtencurq 50
> bguref bs gur zbfg 100 vasyhragvny crbcyr bs gur 20gu praghel,
> nppbeqvat gb Vagreangvbany Jub'f Jub. (Naq ur jnf ba gur yvfg
> uvzfrys.)

Kirkland?

Too tough for me :-(

cheers,
calvin

[Dan Blum]

Rotating Quiz #257 is over and the winner is Mark Brader on the first
tiebreaker. He may set RQ #258 at his convenience.

> 1. Not much of note happened in 257 (that we have a record of, at
> least), but one thing that might have is the birth of Saint Gregory
> the Illuminator. He is credited with converting his native country to
> Christianity and is its patron saint. This country was the first to
> officially adopt Christianity: name it.

Armenia

I honestly thought this was pretty widely known (the part about
Armenia being first, not Gregory the Illuminator). Otherwise I would
given another hint here, or made the quiz title a less-obscure
reference. (I was not actually expecting the title to help anyone.)

All the other answers are Armenians or of Armenian descent.

> 2. This Soviet composer is best known for his ballets Gayane and
> Spartacus, in particular a movement late in the former where the
> dancers perform with swords.

Aram Khachaturian

If I had actually said "Sabre Dance," would anyone else have gotten it?

> 3. This Soviet aircraft designer partnered with Mikhail Gurevich to
> form a design bureau; the bureau was named for them but was generally
> known as "MiG."

Artem Mikoyan

> 4. This singer-songwriter was born in Egypt but moved to Canada as a
> child. He has had a very successful career as a children's
> entertainer, with songs such as "Bananaphone" and "Baby Beluga." He is
> also an environment activist and runs the Center for Child Honouring.

Raffi

> 5. This American actress was one of the original cast of SCTV. She has
> also done considerable film work (most recently in My Big Fat Greek
> Wedding 2) and stage work; she has more Tony nominations for Featured
> Actress in a Musical than anyone else and has won twice, for My
> Favorite Year and Pippin. (Now we see who was paying attention the
> other week.)

Andrea Martin

> 6. This American painter was from where you should expect, but after
> arriving in the US changed his name and claimed to be related to a
> famous Russian writer. His early work was heavily influenced by
> Cezanne but he later dabbled with cubism and became a surrealist; he
> was good friends with Andre Breton and one of his most famous (and
> largest) paintings, The Liver is the Cock's Comb, was displayed at the
> Surrealist's last show. He committed suicide in 1948.

Arshile Gorky

> 7. This Canadian is best known as a film director. Among his films are
> The Sweet Hereafter, Chloe (his highest-grossing film), The Captive,
> Ararat, and Felicia's Journey.

Atom Egoyan

> 8. This American author wrote many books, stories, and plays. His
> best-known play is probably The Time of Your Life, which won the 1939
> Pulitzer for drama and was later made into a move starring James
> Cagney. His novel The Human Comedy was originally a screenplay and was
> in fact made as a movie starring Mickey Rooney; <answer 8> won the
> Oscar for best story for this.

William Saroyan

> 9. This American singer and actress originally became popular as part
> of a duo with her then-husband but has been flying solo since
> 1975. She started her acting career in 1982 and did most of her best
> acting work in the 80s, including winning an Oscar. She also has an
> Emmy and a Grammy.

Cher

> 10. This Canadian was one of the best-known portrait photographers of
> the 20th century. Possibly his most famous work was his 1941 picture
> of Winston Churchill on the cover of Life, but he also photographed 50
> others of the most 100 influential people of the 20th century,
> according to International Who's Who. (And he was on the list
> himself.)

Yousuf Karsh

Scores:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
----------------------------------
Mark 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
Marc 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Erland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Peter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Calvin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

[Mark Brader]

Dan Blum:

> Rotating Quiz #257 is over and the winner is Mark Brader on the first
> tiebreaker.

Oh! This is Stephen's fault, I tell you.

> He may set RQ #258 at his convenience.

Roger wilco.
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[Marc Dashevsky]

In article <ognobn$fkm$1...@reader1.panix.com>, to...@panix.com says...

> > 2. This Soviet composer is best known for his ballets Gayane and
> > Spartacus, in particular a movement late in the former where the
> > dancers perform with swords.
>
> Aram Khachaturian
>
> If I had actually said "Sabre Dance," would anyone else have gotten it?

Not I. I knew it was the Sabre Dance but I had no idea who composed it.


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[Erland Sommarskog]

Marc Dashevsky (use...@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> In article <ognobn$fkm$1...@reader1.panix.com>, to...@panix.com says...
>> > 2. This Soviet composer is best known for his ballets Gayane and
>> > Spartacus, in particular a movement late in the former where the
>> > dancers perform with swords.
>>
>> Aram Khachaturian
>>
>> If I had actually said "Sabre Dance," would anyone else have gotten it?
>
> Not I. I knew it was the Sabre Dance but I had no idea who composed it.
>

Nor I. I did not even spot Sabre Dance, but just took some arbitrary
Russian composer who might have lived at the time, as at the point I
sensed a more general ex-Soviet theme.

[Mark Brader]

Dan Blum:

>>> 2. This Soviet composer is best known for his ballets Gayane and
>>> Spartacus, in particular a movement late in the former where the
>>> dancers perform with swords.
>>
>> Aram Khachaturian
>>
>> If I had actually said "Sabre Dance," would anyone else have gotten it?

Marc Dashevsky:

> Not I. I knew it was the Sabre Dance but I had no idea who composed it.

I also knew it was the sabre dance before I guessed the composer based
on the theme.

There's some chance I might have guessed Saroyan as well if I'd realized
that the -ian ending common in Armenian names can also be -yan, but
even with the example of Egoyan in front of me, I didn't.
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[Calvin]

On Friday, June 2, 2017 at 1:05:16 AM UTC+10, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> In article <ognobn$fkm$1...@reader1.panix.com>, to...@panix.com says...
> > > 2. This Soviet composer is best known for his ballets Gayane and
> > > Spartacus, in particular a movement late in the former where the
> > > dancers perform with swords.
> >
> > Aram Khachaturian
> >
> > If I had actually said "Sabre Dance," would anyone else have gotten it?
>
> Not I. I knew it was the Sabre Dance but I had no idea who composed it.

+1

cheers,
calvin