Continuous Quiz: High Brow

[johnwilson]

Yes, it is Kleist. Over to you, your Excellency

[Ambassador]

Thanks, John

Yes, Chris, I was thinking of Die Marquise. Small ads are not what they were.

Strasbourg (the answer to a recent Brain of Britain question) has an area called Le Petite France. It got its name not from being French, but from an isolation hospital located there. What disease were its patients suffering from?

[neilmac]

Syphilis?

[neilmac]

I'd like to justify that answer but it might upset Didier!

[Ambassador]

Yes, Neil, the locals referred to Syphilis as the French Disease.

(I think that form of words defends the Auld Alliance)

[neilmac]

Which architect designed Metro entrances in Paris in this style -

[EwanM]

Having just watched a documentary on Art Nouveau I suspect this might be Hector Guimard?

[neilmac]

Correct.

[EwanM]

Which sculptor created Oscar Wilde's tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris?

[Elginboy59]

Epstein - and it's hideous!