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The documents contain trivia questions about various topics including music, art, history and literature. The questions cover information like the cause of Freddie Mercury's death, Shakespeare's birthdate, Van Gogh's painting 'The Starry Night' and its art movement, and details from plays such as 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Hamilton' and others.

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CS290 Summary Fall 2020 1

The documents contain trivia questions about various topics including music, art, history and literature. The questions cover information like the cause of Freddie Mercury's death, Shakespeare's birthdate, Van Gogh's painting 'The Starry Night' and its art movement, and details from plays such as 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Hamilton' and others.

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1. Which time signature is commonly known as ldquo;Cut Time?

rdquo;
a. 34
b. 44
c. !22
d. 68

2. What French sculptor designed the Statue of Liberty?


a. JeanLeacute;on Geacute;rocirc;me
b. Henri Matisse
c. Auguste Rodin
d. !Freacute;deacute;ric Auguste Bartholdi

3. Albrecht Duuml;rer039;s birthplace and place of death were in...


a. Berlin
b. Augsburg
c. !Nuuml;rnberg
d. Bamberg

4. What year was the Mona Lisa finished?


a. 1523
b. 1487
c. !1504
d. 1511

5. Who painted quot;Swans Reflecting Elephantsquot;, quot;Sleepquot;, and quot;The


Persistence of Memoryquot;?
a. Jackson Pollock
b. Vincent van Gogh
c. !Salvador Dali
d. Edgar Degas

6. Which one of these paintings is not by Caspar David Friedrich?


a. The Monk by the Sea
b. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
c. !The Black Sea
d. The Sea of Ice

7. Which of these are the name of a famous marker brand?


a. Marx
b. Dopix
c. !Copic
d. Cofix

8. How many paint and pastel versions of quot;The Screamquot; is Norwegian painter
Edvard Munch believed to have produced?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 2
d. !4

9. Which Van Gogh painting depicts the view from his asylum in
SaintReacute;mydeProvence in southern France?
a. Wheatfields with Crows
b. !The Starry Night
c. The Sower with Setting Sun
d. The Church at Auvers

10. The Statue of Liberty039;s official name is ldquo;Liberty Enlightening the


Worldrdquo;.
a. False
b. !True

11. The painting quot;The Starry Nightquot; by Vincent van Gogh was part of which
art movement?
a. Neoclassical
b. Impressionism
c. !PostImpressionism
d. Romanticism

12. Who painted the epic mural Guernica?


a. Francisco Goya
b. Leonardo da Vinci
c. Henri Matisse
d. !Pablo Picasso

1. What was the cause of death for Freddie Mercury?


a. !Pneumonia
b. Stomach Cancer
c. Brain Hemorrhage
d. HIV

2. What is generally considered to be William Shakespeare039;s birth date?


a. July 4th, 1409
b. September 29th, 1699
c. December 1st, 1750
d. !April 23rd, 1564

3. If he was still alive, in what year would Elvis Presley celebrate his 100th
birthday?
a. 2045
b. 2030
c. !2035
d. 2040

4. Before voicing Pearl in Steven Universe, Deedee Magno Hall was part of which
American band?
a. !The Party
b. The Pussycat Dolls
c. The Weather Girls
d. The Cheetah Girls
5. Which celebrity announced his presidency in 2015?
a. !Kanye West
b. Leonardo DiCaprio
c. Donald Trump
d. Miley Cyrus

6. Where was Kanye West born?


a. Chicago, Illinois
b. Los Angeles, California
c. !Atlanta, Georgia
d. Detroit, Michigan

7. Marilyn Monroe was born on July 1, 1926.


a. !False
b. True

8. Lady Gaga039;s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.


a. !True
b. False

9. Billy Herrington is from which US state?


a. California
b. !New York
c. Georgia
d. Arizona

10. What caused Jake Lloyd who played Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace to
quit acting?
a. Criminal Record
b. !Bullying
c. Nomination for Worst Actor
d. Racism

1. Which Shakespeare play inspired the musical 039;West Side Story039;?


a. Macbeth
b. !Romeo amp; Juliet
c. Hamlet
d. Othello

2. In which Shakespeare play does the character Marcellus say, quot;Something is


rotten in the state of Denmarkquot;?
a. Macbeth
b. !Hamlet
c. King Lear
d. Twelfth Night

3. What was George Bizet039;s last opera?


a. Griseacute;lidis
b. Don Rodrigue
c. !Carmen
d. Les pecirc;cheurs de perles

4. In Shakespeare039;s play Julius Caesar, Caesar039;s last words were...


a. Aegri somnia vana.
b. Vidi, vini, vici.
c. !Et tu, Brute?
d. Iacta alea est!

5. What play is the quote quot;Hell is other peoplequot; from?


a. The Condemned of Altona
b. The Flies
c. The Devil and the Good Lord
d. !No Exit

6. In Macbeth, the eyes of what animals were used in the Witches039; cauldron?
a. !Newts
b. Squids
c. Humans
d. Sharks

7. Who serves as the speaker of the prologue in Shakespeare039;s Romeo and Juliet?
a. Montague
b. !Chorus
c. Refrain
d. Capulet

8. Who played quot;Charlie Pricequot; in the musical quot;Kinky Bootsquot; on


Broadway in New York from May 26th Aug 6th 2017?
a. !Brendon Urie
b. Dallon Weekes
c. Tom Cruise
d. Ed Sheeren

9. Which Shakespeare play features the stage direction quot;Enter a messenger, with
two heads and a handquot;?
a. !Titus Andronicus
b. Othello
c. Macbeth
d. King Lear

10. Which of these plays was famously first performed posthumously after the
playwright committed suicide?
a. Hamilton
b. !4.48 Psychosis
c. Much Ado About Nothing
d. The Birthday Party

11. Who played Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway
run of Hamilton?
a. Javier Muntilde;oz
b. !Daveed Diggs
c. Wayne Brady
d. LinManuel Miranda

12. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical quot;Catsquot; is based off a book of poems
written by which author?
a. Robert Frost
b. Andrew Lloyd Webber
c. !T.S. Elliot
d. Emily Dickenson

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