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Literature and Art
1. Who wrote the play Oedipus Rex?
2. Which Renaissance painter created The School of Athens?
3. Who painted Guernica?
4. Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?
5. Who is the 11th-century Japanese noblewoman credited with writing 'The Tale of Genji'?
6. What architectural innovation allowed Gothic cathedrals like Notre-Dame to have thin walls and large stained-glass windows?
7. Which epic poem by Homer describes the adventures of a Greek hero attempting to return home after the Trojan War?
8. Which female writer and art collector is credited with coining the term 'The Lost Generation'?
9. What is the term for the 19th-century European craze for Japanese art that influenced artists like Van Gogh?
10. Who was the first fictional detective created by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841?
11. What is the term for the stylized floral or vegetal designs commonly found in Islamic art?
12. How many full movements did Franz Schubert complete for his famous 'Unfinished' Symphony?
13. The Steampunk genre is primarily inspired by the industrial technology of which historical era?
14. Which optical device is widely believed to have been used by Vermeer to achieve his realistic lighting?
15. The name 'Brutalism' comes from the French term 'béton brut,' which translates to what?
16. In addition to being an author, Beatrix Potter was a pioneer in which business area of literature?
17. Which country produced the 'Jikji,' the oldest known book printed with moveable metal type?
18. Who invented the Flying Shuttle, a key device in the automation of the textile arts?
19. In Buddhist art, what does the lotus flower symbolize primarily due to its growth cycle?
20. In addition to Hieroglyphs and Demotic, what was the third language/script found on the Rosetta Stone?