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Literature and Art
1. Who wrote the play Oedipus Rex?
2. Which Renaissance painter created The School of Athens?
3. In Michelangelo's David, why are certain body parts like the head and hands slightly out of proportion?
4. What is the traditional syllable structure (lines 1, 2, and 3) of a Japanese Haiku?
5. Which Van Gogh painting is famously cited as the only one he sold during his lifetime?
6. Which mathematical ratio is often used by artists to achieve perfect balance and aesthetic harmony?
7. Which famous literary term from George Orwell's '1984' refers to the act of holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously?
8. What is the term for the artistic technique of using extreme contrasts of light and dark, popularized by Rembrandt?
9. What is the name of the central scene in the Sistine Chapel ceiling where God's finger reaches out to Adam?
10. In 'Don Quixote,' what objects does the protagonist famously mistake for giants and attack?
11. Which 1920s artistic and literary movement celebrated African American culture and identity?
12. In Ancient Egyptian art, what did the physical size of a figure usually represent?
13. In Japanese aesthetics, what is the term for the 'pure space' or void that is essential to composition?
14. How many full movements did Franz Schubert complete for his famous 'Unfinished' Symphony?
15. The literary term 'stanza' is derived from an Italian word meaning what?
16. What is the name of the decorative technique used in the Taj Mahal where semi-precious stones are inlaid into white marble?
17. Which 19th-century author is often credited with writing the 'Great American Novel' with his work 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'?
18. What unusual food item did Salvador Dalí claim inspired his famous 'melting watches'?
19. How many chapters did Anthony Burgess include in the original British version of 'A Clockwork Orange'?
20. In ancient Chinese poetry, the Great Wall was often used as a symbol of what?