3/6
Correct Answer: SOMALIA
Your Answer: Somalia
Points Assigned: 1
I just knew this.
2. "The Baroness with a Brush" was a phrase used to describe what Polish-born 20th-century Art Deco painter, whose 1932 Portrait of Marjorie Ferry—one of the most expensive paintings ever produced by a woman artist—sold in February 2020 for $21.2 million?
Correct Answer: TAMARA DE LEMPICKA
Your Answer: Cassat
Points Assigned: 3
2. "The Baroness with a Brush" was a phrase used to describe what Polish-born 20th-century Art Deco painter, whose 1932 Portrait of Marjorie Ferry—one of the most expensive paintings ever produced by a woman artist—sold in February 2020 for $21.2 million?
Correct Answer: TAMARA DE LEMPICKA
Your Answer: Cassat
Points Assigned: 3
Never heard of her!
3. In the early 19th century, the French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel developed an innovation that, while commonly used in various applications today, was first created for use in a specific type of building and has been referred to as an "invention that saved a million [BLANK]." Identify either the type of building in question, or the word that fills the blank in the quote.
Correct Answer: LIGHTHOUSE, SHIPS
Your Answer: Lighthouse
Points Assigned: 0
3. In the early 19th century, the French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel developed an innovation that, while commonly used in various applications today, was first created for use in a specific type of building and has been referred to as an "invention that saved a million [BLANK]." Identify either the type of building in question, or the word that fills the blank in the quote.
Correct Answer: LIGHTHOUSE, SHIPS
Your Answer: Lighthouse
Points Assigned: 0
When I saw the word Fresnel, I knew they were referring to the Fresnel lens.
4. The events of Wyoming's bloody 1892 Johnson County War are the subject of what 1980 cinematic megaflop, which starred Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, and Isabelle Huppert, was directed by Michael Cimino, and is often cited as a cause for the collapse of the production company United Artists?
Correct Answer: HEAVEN'S GATE
Your Answer: Johnson vs Johnson
Points Assigned: 2
4. The events of Wyoming's bloody 1892 Johnson County War are the subject of what 1980 cinematic megaflop, which starred Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, and Isabelle Huppert, was directed by Michael Cimino, and is often cited as a cause for the collapse of the production company United Artists?
Correct Answer: HEAVEN'S GATE
Your Answer: Johnson vs Johnson
Points Assigned: 2
I have heard of it, but never saw it.
5. What later political party was named after the revolutionary who, until his assassination in 1934, led resistance forces against the US occupation of Nicaragua?
Correct Answer: SANDINISTA (FSLN)
Your Answer: Sandanistas
Points Assigned: 1
5. What later political party was named after the revolutionary who, until his assassination in 1934, led resistance forces against the US occupation of Nicaragua?
Correct Answer: SANDINISTA (FSLN)
Your Answer: Sandanistas
Points Assigned: 1
My thanks to the Ramones.
6. According to a famous quote attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras, what "is the measure of all things"?
Correct Answer: MAN
Your Answer: Happiness
Points Assigned: 2
I am sure I have heard that phrase, but it never stuck in my head because I don't understand the meaning.
No comments:
Post a Comment