Trivia Time!
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Writers and Artists
1. Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
2. Who painted Starry Night?
3. Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
4. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the character Atticus Finch is:
5. Who painted The Birth of Venus?
6. What was the most likely practical reason for Leonardo da Vinci's mirror writing?
7. What is the term used by historians for the period between 1585 and 1592 in William Shakespeare's life?
8. Which famous artist was questioned as a suspect in the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa?
9. Artemisia Gentileschi was the first woman ever admitted to which prestigious art academy in 1616?
10. Which U.S. President allegedly credited Harriet Beecher Stowe with 'starting' the Civil War?
11. What real-world event forced Mary Shelley to stay indoors and write 'Frankenstein'?
12. Which panel of the Ghent Altarpiece remains missing to this day following a 1934 theft?
13. What scientific concept does Pointillism rely on to create secondary colors?
14. Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921?
15. Who is the author of the 'Surrealist Manifesto' (1924) which defined the movement?
16. What human organ is the red shroud in 'The Creation of Adam' believed to represent?
17. What invention made Alfred Nobel wealthy before he established his namesake prizes?
18. Which mournful refrain did Poe choose as the central word for his poem 'The Raven'?
19. What linguistic tool did oral poets use to memorize the thousands of lines in the Odyssey?
20. What literary movement is Sylvia Plath's 'Ariel' most closely associated with?