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Literature and Art
1. Which Renaissance painter created The School of Athens?
2. Which American author wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
3. Which author created the fantasy world of Narnia?
4. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known for which type of painting?
5. Which mathematical ratio is often used by artists to achieve perfect balance and aesthetic harmony?
6. Which three scripts are featured on the Rosetta Stone?
7. Which mechanical printing process did Andy Warhol use to mass-produce his famous Pop Art images?
8. What is the term for the stylized floral or vegetal designs commonly found in Islamic art?
9. From which part of a bird was a traditional quill pen most often made?
10. What famous design principle is most closely associated with the Bauhaus school?
11. Who is credited with inventing the piano around the year 1700?
12. Which country produced the 'Jikji,' the oldest known book printed with moveable metal type?
13. What does the Italian word 'sfumato' literally mean in the context of Leonardo da Vinci's painting technique?
14. Which artist is most famously associated with the 'action painting' technique of dripping and splattering paint?
15. Which 19th-century author is often credited with writing the 'Great American Novel' with his work 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'?
16. Which Greek goddess is represented by the famous 'Venus de Milo' sculpture?
17. What unusual food item did Salvador Dalí claim inspired his famous 'melting watches'?
18. Which 15th-century Flemish painter is traditionally (though incorrectly) credited with inventing oil painting?
19. Who invented the Flying Shuttle, a key device in the automation of the textile arts?
20. Which poet of the Harlem Renaissance is famous for creating 'jazz poetry'?