2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 4

[DadofTwins]

Day 4 below.

[DadofTwins]

SINGING NUNS

by Magna

2: She starred as Deloris Wilson, Deloris Van Cartier, and Sister Mary Clarence, the last while posing as a convent's choir conductor.

4: In reality, she was governess and later stepmother to Rupert, Hedwig, Johanna, Martina, Werner, Agatha, and Maria - not those kids in the movie.

6: In Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites, the nuns sing "Salve Regina" as they line up one by one to be executed by this method.

8: In this 1985 musical comedy, tainted vichysoisse claims the lives of 52 nuns.

10: Film in which Sidney Poitier portrays handyman Homer Smith, who builds three East German nuns a chapel and teaches them to sing "Amen."

REALLY, REALLY ANCIENT LITERATURE

3: The Victory Stele of Mernepteh, king of this country during the 19th Dynasty, recounts his victories over Libyan invaders.

6: One of the oldest instances of Hebrew poetry is the song of this sister of Moses, recorded in Exodus 15.

9: This four-letter Sanskrit word for “knowledge” follows Rig, Sama, Yajur, and Atharva in the names of Hindu sacred texts.

12: In Ahunavaithi Gatha, he wrote, “I approach you with good thought, O Mazda Ahura, so that you may grant me two existences.”

15: The oldest known Indo-European text was written in cuneiform script by King Anitta of Kusara, a ruler of these people who lived in Anatolia early in the second millennium BC.

[DadofTwins]

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[Budphrey]

Spoiler

2: Whoopi Goldberg
4: Maria von Trapp
6:
8: CLAM — I'm caught between Monty Python and Mel Brooks ...
10:

3: Egypt
6: Zipporah
9: Veda
12: Zarathustra
15:

[immaf]

Spoiler

2. Whoopi Goldberg
4. Maria Von Trapp
6. Clam
8. Nunsense
10. Clam

3. Egypt
6. Clam
9. Veda
12. Clam
15. Sumarians

[teapot37]

Spoiler

SINGING NUNS

2: Whoopi Goldberg
4: Maria von Trapp
6: burning at the stake
8: ?
10: Lilies of the Field?

REALLY, REALLY ANCIENT LITERATURE

3: Egypt
6: ?
9: veda
12: Zoroaster
15: ?

[Woof]

Spoiler

SINGING NUNS

2: Whoopi Goldberg
4: Maria von Trapp
6: hanging
8: Nunsense?
10: CLAM

REALLY, REALLY ANCIENT LITERATURE

3: Egypt
6: Miriam
9: veda
12: Zarathustra (Zoroaster)
15: Hittites?

[billy pilgrim]

Spoiler

2 whoopi goldberg
4 maria von trapp
6 guillotine
8 nunsense
10 lillies of the field
3 egypt
6 -----------
9 veda
12 zarathustra
15 sumerians

[Vanya]

Spoiler

SINGING NUNS

by Magna

2: Whoopi Goldberg
4: What do you do with a problem like Maria?
6: death by clams
8: clam
10: Lillies of the Field

REALLY, REALLY ANCIENT LITERATURE

3: Egypt
6: clamella
9: Veda
12: Zoroaster
15: Sumerian

[emccullough]

Spoiler

2: Whoopie Goldberg
4: Maria von Trapp
6: -
8: -
10: Lilies of the Field

3: Egypt
6: Miriam
9: Veda
12: -
15: Sumerians

[Leander]

Spoiler

2 Whoopi Goldberg
4 Maria von Trapp
6 Guillotine
8 CLAM
10 Lilies of the Field

3 Egypt
6 CLAM
9 Veda
12 Zoroaster
15 Hittites

[coolcah36]

Spoiler

2:whoopi goldberg
4:julie andrews
6:clam
8:clam
10:clam

3:clam
6:clam
9:clam
12:clam
15:clam

[alietr]

Spoiler

SINGING NUNS

2: Whoopi Goldberg
4: Maria Von Trapp
6: Guillotine
8:
10: Lilies of the Field

REALLY, REALLY ANCIENT LITERATURE

3: Egypt
6: Miriam
9: Veda
12:
15: Hittites

[Magna]

Spoiler

I'm the author of the first category.

3: Egypt
6: Miriam
9: Veda
12: Zoroaster
15: Hittites

[jkbrat]

Spoiler

SINGING NUNS

2: Whoopi Goldberg
4: Maria Von Trapp
6:
8: (Don't know, but it sounds vaguely Pythonesque...)
10: The Lilies of the Field

REALLY, REALLY ANCIENT LITERATURE

3: Egypt?
6: Miriam
9: Veda
12: Zoroaster
15: The CLAMmites

[GUJeopardyFan]

Spoiler

2: Goldberg
4: Maria VonTrapp
6:
8: Nunsense
10:

3: Egypt
6: Miriam
9: Veda
12: Zarathustra
15:

[hbomb1947]

Spoiler

2:
4: Maria von Trapp?
6: guillotine?
8: Sister Act
10:

REALLY, REALLY ANCIENT LITERATURE

3: Egypt
6: Miriam
9: veda
12:
15: Hittites?

[SwanShadow]

Spoiler

SINGING NUNS

2: Who is Whoopi Goldberg?

4: Who is Maria Von Trapp?

6: What is the guillotine?

8: What is CLAM?

10: What is Lilies of the Field?

REALLY, REALLY ANCIENT LITERATURE

3: What is Egypt?

6: Who is Miriam?

9: What is Veda?

12: Who is Zoroaster?

15: Who are the Hittites?

[skullturf]

Spoiler

SINGING NUNS

2: Goldberg

4: Von Trapp

6: guillotine

8:

10:

REALLY, REALLY ANCIENT LITERATURE

3: Egypt

6:

9: Veda

12:

15: Hittites

[This Is Kirk!]

Spoiler

2: Goldberg
4: Maria von Trapp
6: beheading (by guillotine)
8:
10:

3: Egypt
6:
9: veda
12:
15: Hittites