Match the famous ballets to their composers:
Ballets:
- Afternoon of a Faun
- Appalachian Spring
- The Firebird
- The Four Seasons
- Midnight Sun
- The Nutcracker
- The Rite of Spring
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Sleeping Beauty
- Swan Lake
Composers:
- Aaron Copland
- Claude Debussy
- Aaron Copland
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Igor Stravinsky
- Igor Stravinsky
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Giuseppe Verdi
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Yesterday’s question was:
The US military academies, give their names, dates of founding, locations, and which services they serve.
The answers are:
The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, was established on March 16, 1802, in West Point, New York. West Point is the training academy for the US Army
The United States Naval Academy, also known as Annapolis, was established on October 10, 1845, in Annapolis, Maryland.
The United States Coast Guard Academy was established in 1876 in New London, Connecticut.
The United States Merchant Marine Academy was established in 1943 in Kings Point, New York.
The United States Air Force Academy was established on April 1, 1954, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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