Trivia Time!
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Writers and Artists
1. Which Dutch artist is famous for cutting off part of his ear?
2. Who painted The Last Supper?
3. Who created the comic strip Peanuts?
4. What is the term used by historians for the period between 1585 and 1592 in William Shakespeare's life?
5. What is the name of the only painting Vincent van Gogh is confirmed to have sold during his lifetime?
6. What life event prompted Frida Kahlo to begin painting seriously while in recovery?
7. Why did Anthony Burgess want 'A Clockwork Orange' to have exactly 21 chapters?
8. What was the name of the mural Leonardo da Vinci attempted to paint in competition with Michelangelo?
9. What pseudonym did Sylvia Plath use when she first published 'The Bell Jar'?
10. Why did Picasso choose to paint 'Guernica' using only black, white, and grey?
11. How did Frida Kahlo attend her first solo exhibition in Mexico in 1953?
12. What human organ is the red shroud in 'The Creation of Adam' believed to represent?
13. With which famous sculptor did Camille Claudel have a turbulent professional and personal relationship?
14. Which famous Romantic poet was the father of Ada Lovelace?
15. Which mournful refrain did Poe choose as the central word for his poem 'The Raven'?
16. What object was the Venus de Milo reportedly holding in her hand when she was first discovered?
17. What everyday food item did Salvador Dalí claim inspired his famous melting clocks?
18. What literary term describes a situation that is nightmarishly complex, bizarre, and illogical?
19. What aspect of the subject's gaze in 'Olympia' was considered most scandalous in 1865?
20. What is the mathematical term for the 'divine proportion' often used to create balanced compositions in art?