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Titian - name, life, known for ….
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Tiziano Vecelli
1490-1576
Highly versatile - portraits, landscapes etc
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Jan van Eyck
Portrait of a man
1433
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Shakespeare’s wife
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Ann Hathaway
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Father of oil painting
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Jan Van Eyck
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Name three Dutch Masters
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Franz Hals
Rembrandt
Vermeer
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Germán for Slaughterhouse five
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Schlafthof Funf
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Best George Clooney movie
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Out of Sight (98)
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Arch villain from The Usual Suspects
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Kayser Soze (sozay)
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4 steps to keep parasympathetic
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1) deep breathe- 4 in, 5 out
2) soften your eyes/ muscles
3) bear down
4) yawn
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René Magritte 1937
Le Drapeau Noir
Response to Guernica bombing.
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Spanish Architect
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Antoni Gaudi
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Gaudí - life, notable work
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1852-1926
La Sagrada Familia
Casa Mila
(Both Barcelona)
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British Revolutionary - 1599 1658
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Oliver Cromwell
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Cloud Atlas themes
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Oppression
Evolution over time
Interconnectedness
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“Beauty will save the world”
Explain
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Beautiful Art will live beyond the artist and will inspire others to do the right thing across time.
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The Bloomsbury Group
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1907-1930
Woolf
EM Forster
John Maynard Keynes
Lived together
Very diverse
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Who directed Fight Club?
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David Fincher
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Stream of consciousness authors
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Virginia Woolf
William Faulkner
James Joyce
Sylvia Plath
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Books by Virginia Woolf
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Mrs Dalloway
To The Lighthouse
Orlando
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Czech author of The Trial
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Franz Kafka
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Heliocentricity - founder, life
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Copernicus 1473 - 1543
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Geocentricity - founder, life
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Ptolomy, 100 - 170
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Catherine de Medici
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Queen of France
1519-1589
Brought sauces and other cooking to France
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What implements were invented in Florence, when?
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Fork and plate.
In a Botticelli painting.
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What was the significant of the 40’s to bread?
Introduction of yeast by fleischman’s for feeding soldiers. Previously bread was all sourdough.
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German philosopher, playwright
Goethe or ger ter
1739-1832
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Waverly novels
Series of 48 books by Sir Walter Scott
Were most popular books in Europe
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Who said “beauty will save the world”?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “The Idiot”
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What is beauty?
- peace
- passive appreciation
- isn’t requiring work or effort
- inspires us to be empathetic
- gives hope
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Key feature (+ example) of “To the Lighthouse”
Stream of consciousness writing.
Getting inside the characters’ heads.
Eg. Mrs Ramsay’s obsession over her bowl of fruit at her dinner party.
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Who is Mephistopheles? (Mephisto)
Devil from Goethe’s Faust
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Martín Luther
1483-1546
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Most powerful force per Schopenhauer
Will to life
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Schopenhauer life and source of philosophical inspiration
1788-1860 - Buddhism
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Gutenberg life
1400-1468
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Schopenhauer’s view of what happens when we look at art
We are temporarily released from The Will.
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Common elements of Schopenhauer and Buddhism
The Will and slavery to it being the cause of all suffering
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Two ways to escape the Will of life per Schopenhauer.
1) art / beauty Aesthetics
2) become an Ascetic
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A simple solitary life, few possessions, with meditation and ethical living
Sannyasa
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Fraudulent genetic testing company
Theranos - Elizabeth Holmes
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Who was Citizen Kane based on?
William Randolph Hearst
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Year of Gutenberg printing press
1450
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With Gutenberg press, how many books were printed by 1500?
20 million books on 35,000 topics
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Impact of Gutenberg press on society
Power shift from church and elites
Latin replaced by national languages
Discovery of religious contradictions
Scientific knowledge expansion
Individualism
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What inspired Gutenberg’s printing press?
Chinese woodblock printing in 1000 AD
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Name of town in 100 years of Solitude
Macondo
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Capital of the Congo
Brazzaville AND Kinshasa
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Who ran Vichy during WWII?
Philippe Petain
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What was the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union called?
Operation Barbarossa
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“The Motherland Calls” Volgograd
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Egyptian architect
Imhotep
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Practice of controlling countries through economics and foreign policy
Neocolonialism
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100 yeas of solitude- genre and reflections
Magical realism Comfortable pace Like an adult fairy tale Stupidity of men - cyclical history.
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What movie is 100 Years of Solitude similar to in theme?
Cloud Atlas Illustrates people making same mistakes over generations
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Three Meso American civilizations, geography and timing
Aztec - Mexico City, 1200-1500 Mayan - Yucatán - 2000bc -1500CE Inca - Peru - 1200-15000
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City that predated Mexico
Tenochtitlán- Ten o chit lawn
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When did Britain separate from Europe?
6000 BC
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Who directed The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?
Sergio Leone
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Which meso American culture was not wiped out by the Spanish?
Mayan - drought
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Year of Mexican independence
1810
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Name three famous salons or casual "think tanks"
Bloomsbury Group (1910-1930)
Gertrude Stein's Salon (1903-1938)
Algonquin Round Table (20's)
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Czech forerunner to Martin Luther
Jan Hus
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Caravaggio Judith Beheading Holofernes 1599
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The Musicians Caravaggio 1595
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What is The Alhambra?
Fortress in Granada, Spain
Designed by the Moors, starting in 1238
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What do you say if you need to make up a name?
Art Vandelay
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What was Kramer’s original name?
Kessler
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Cross head screwdriver
Phillips
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Original settlers of Japan
Jomon
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Anathema
Something that someone vehemently dislikes
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Female pirates
Mary Read 16-17?? Anne Bonny
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Dangerous area between Panama and Colombia
Darien Gap
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What record executive started Motown records?
Berry Gordy
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Motown records operates in Detroit
1959-1972
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Star of Mean Girls
Tina Fey.
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Which baseball star appeared in Seinfeld’s “Second Spitter” JFK episode?
Keith Hernández
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Address for Motown records
2648 West Grand Blvd
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Start and end of Ottoman Empire
1300-1922
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Moors in Iberia - time
700-1600
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Artistic intent of dyptics
Synergy - aesthetic or conceptual Used to be done in art with religious scenes, that were foldable for protection and portability
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Most famous photographers
Ansel Adams
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Year of Crime and Punishment
1866
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When was the battle for the Alamo?
1836
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What happened after the Alamo?
Sam Houston fought back, captured Santa Anna and made an independent republic of Texas. Annexed by USA 1845.
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Restaurant from Seinfeld
Monk’s
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Who played Tim Watley the dentist on Seinfeld?
Bryan Cranston
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The first BMW vehicle
1923 R32 bike
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Why are Van Gogh and Schubert alike?
Died young Huge volume of work Not appreciated until after they died.
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Two key characters from Crime and Punishment
Raskolnikov and Petrovitch (Magistrate)
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Stage play vs screenplay
Play Character driven Dialogue Telling, less showing Movie Showing, less telling
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Lachrymose
Given to tears, sadness
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When was the great schism?
1054
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Vivien Leigh known for (4 things)
Gone with the wind A streetcar named Desire Affair/marriage with Laurence Olivier Biopolar disorder
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Larry’s manager and friend on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jeff Garlin
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Bridge on the River Kwai 2 facts
Alec Guinness Bridge built by British POWS, blown up by British commandos
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Where was Truman Show shot?
Seaside Florida
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Historical construct invoked by Truman Show
Plato’s allegory of the cave
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Peter Weir
Australian Director Truman Show Dead Poets Society Master and Commander Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Movies with alternate realities
Truman Show Dark City The Matrix
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What is special about Fargo?
Dark comedy - triumph of simple, good people over evil people
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Brazilian film about Rio’s ghetto
City of God
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3 notable things about City of God Incl worst gangster and narrator
SO many people getting shot with revolvers L’il Ze worst gangster Story narrated by Rocket
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How many people die in City of God
58
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What other book and author invokes the sense of absurdism as Heller in Catch 22?
Kafka "The Trial"
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Kant’s core theme
Categorical imperative Treat people as ends, not means
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Difference between Ska and Reggae
Ska is older (50's) and faster
Reggae is newer (60's) and tends to be slower
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Magna Carta
1215 King John - bad king First constitutional document Basis for constitution
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Schlemiel
Common Coen brothers archetype. Someone who creates faulty plans that do them in.
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Cause and remedy for social anxiety
Cause - excessive focus on yourself Remedy - focus on situation/ other person
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Post Modernism
No universal truths Non linear narratives for books Quentin Tarantino
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Father of postmodernism
Lyotard
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French Canadian director
Denis Villeneuve
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Young environmental activist
Greta Thurnberg - Swedish - 2003
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What artist was known for solitude, loneliness and disconnection?
Edward Hopper
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Capital of Spain
Madrid
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Misconceptions about Lolita
Lolita is a flirt - she’s a kid for god’s sake It legitimizes the guy
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Argentinian President who welcomed axis war criminals
Perone
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Best portrait, still life and landscape photographer
Annie Leibovitz
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3 interesting facts about Annie Leibovitz
Originally Rolling Stone photographer Lesbian Versatile (landscape, portrait, still life)
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First Lady of Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald
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Artist who presented urinal as art
Marcel Duchamp
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Where did Dadaism start?
Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich
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Why was Dada created!?
Anti art Anti bourgeois
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Fountain by Marcel Duchamp 1917 Part of Readymades -early Dada
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Two prominent Dadaism artists
Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray
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Predecesor band to Pearl Jam
Mother Love Bone
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Why is Pearl Jam like Van Halen?
Both were good bands without a frontman and then the frontman made the band.
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Famous art museum in LA
The Getty
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Survey of Middle Ages survey of lands and ownership
Domesday or Doomsday Book 1086 William the Conqueror
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Phonetic postal code
Lima 6 Papa - 1 Charlie 9
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Director of Seventh Seal and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Ingmar Bergman - Wild Strawberries
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Famous LA bar that started the Eagles and ______ and _______ and _____.
Troubadour Jackson Browne Elton John Joni Mitchell Guns N Roses Linda Ronstadt Carole King
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World’s most stolen artwork How many times?
Ghent Altar Piece - Jan van Eyck Stolen six times
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Jan van Eyck life
1390-1491 Arnolfini Portrait Ghent Altar Piece Portrait of a man
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Five Nihlistic Movies
There will be blood American Psycho Fight Club Clockwork Orange Lords of Chaos No Country for Old Men
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Who directed Dead Poet Society and The Truman Show?
Peter Weir
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Protagonist of Lolita
Humbert Humbert
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What is the overwhelming style or genre of Lolita?
Unreliable narration
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Albrecht Durer 1500 Self Portrait
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Norman invasion
1066 Battle of Hastings William the Conqueror
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Baye’s rule
1) can this evidence be explained with my theory? 2) would this be better explained with a different theory?
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Completion of transcontinental railway. Time and place
1869 Promontory Utah
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Triumph of Death 1562
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Which painter did the original Where’s Waldo?
Pieter Brueghel the elder
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Doctor focused on childhood trauma’s impact on adult anxiety, addiction and disease.
Gabor Mate
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Two things we need in childhood per Gabor Mate
Attachment and Authenticity
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When was the Odyssey written?
8-9th century BC
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Odysseus’ wife and son
Penélope and Telemachus
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Good character arc movie characters
Michael Corleone
Che guevara Motorcycle Diaries
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Odysseus aka
Ulysses
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Main message of The Odyssey
Hubris = bad
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What novel was likely a prototype for Great Gatsby?
Withering Heights. Heathcliff = Gatsby
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Mozart’s nemesis in Amadeus
Salieri
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Difference between reality and Amadeus
Costanze was quite sick They had 5 kids; 2 lived Salieri was contemporary but not evil Mozart was more perspiration and less inspiration
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Modern entertainer simile for Mozart
Michael Jackson
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Schubert life
1797 - 1828 B Vienna
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Name song
Rossini William Tell Overture
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Name Song
Nutcracker Suite Tchaikovsky
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Name song
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mozart
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Name Song
Thus spake Zarathustra Strauss
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Name song
Fur Elise Beethoven
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Name Song
Symphony 9 Ode to Joy Beethoven
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Name song
Four Seasons Vivaldi
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Name song
Romeo and Juliet Tchaikovsky
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What symphony is Ode to Joy part of?
Beethoven Symphony #9
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What parameter in art appreciation is most controversial?
Artist’s intent
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Schubert ‘s greatest
9th symphony in C major also called “The Great C Major Symphony” Was never performed in it’s entirety until 10 years after he died.
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Mr Tibbs
Sidney Poitier Heat of the Night
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Nixon’s crazy architect
G Gordon Liddy
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Similarities between Trump and Nixon
Disdain for the press
Obstruction of justice Anger, hatred
Sanctioning violence on protesters
Both claimed that presidential privilege let them do what they want
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Good guy from Passage To India
Fielding.
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When (roughly) did Alexander the Great do his thing? What was he good at -wrecking stuff or building stuff?
350 BC Wrecking stuff
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Marx brothers movie and country
Duck Soup Freedonia
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Einstein Life
1879-1955
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Main character from Mansfield Park
Fanny Price
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Key items from French Connection
Gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle Great clips of NYC
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When was Woodstock?
1969 August 15-18
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Wild Bunch hallmarks
No good guys Violent End of an era- Wild West
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New British PM
Rishi Sunak
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Where did “Gotta Dance” come from?
Singin in the Rain, 1952
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Stars of Singin In The Rain
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O’Connor
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Two key facts about Grapes of Wrath movie
1) directed by John Ford (cowboy movie guy) 2) Starred Henry Fonda
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Who came up with the term “Philosophical Suicide”
Camus - describing the idea of simply following the crowd
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What made Bonny and Clyde important?
First mashup of comedy and violence in the way of Tarantino. Also brought French New Wave to Hollywood.
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what is the origin of the word whisky
Gaelic for Water of Life
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When you wake up tomorrow, you’re still going to be from \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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Hallmarks of French New Wave films
Break the “ rules” Real location Small lightweight cameras Documentary style Available light Jumpcuts
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Most prominent French New Wave movie
Godard Breathless
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How many people died in WW1 and WW2?
16M and 60M
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Themes of Anna Karenina
1) depiction of changing times in Russia
2) family is sacred
3) labour as a path to fulfillment
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1952 black and white acclaimed Italian movie + message
The Bicycle Thieves Bad economic times can even turn the good into “criminals”
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1963 B/W Italian movie - Federico \_\_\_\_\_\_
Federico Fellini - 8 ½
Describes the pain of being the one everyone comes to for answers
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John Ford Movies
The man who shot liberty Valence Grapes of Wrath Stagecoach The Searchers Lots of war and westerns
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Típs for active listening
1)Remove distractions 2)Don’t interrupt 3)Ask helping questions 4)Don’t be afraid of silence before you speak
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American civil rights lawyer
Brian Stephenson
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Strategic Swedish island
Gotland
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Meaning behind Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who’s afraid of living without illusions? Virginia Woolf is all about stream of consciousness and truth.
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Neil Young - birth, original band
1949 Toronto Buffalo Springfield
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Failed Crypto company / CEO
FTX Sam Bankman Fried
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Female artist who covered “Bed’s too big without you”?
Elise Trou (TrO)
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Who designed the Guggenheim in NYC?
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Top 3 Radiohead songs
Creep Karma police High and dry
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When did the Cyrillic language start?
863 - Greek and Glagolitic alphabets
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Other language besides Greek that informed Cyrillic alphabet
Glagolitic
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Where did Linda Ronstadt leave to go to LA and when
Tucson 1964
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Linda Ronstadt’s first band in LA
Stone Poneys
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Eagles’ first gig
Backing group for Linda Ronstadt July 1971 at Disneyland.
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Pushkin’s most famous book
Evgeny Onegin
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Machiavelli
1469-1527 Florence Father of modern politics
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Two edgy directors (Mank and Tenet)
David Fincher Christopher Nolan
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Two newest members of the Eagles
Deacon Frey and Vince Gill
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General Secretary of Chinese Communist Party
She Jin ping
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Korean Leader
Kim Jong Un
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Roberta Flack songs
Killing me softly First time ever I saw your face Feel like making love
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Lawyer and movie about black injustice
Brian Stephenson “Just Mercy”
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What does Chekhov’s Gun mean?
If you introduce a detail in your narrative, you should use it later in the story.
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The other Russian author- contemporary of Pushkin, his book
Lermontov Hero of our time.
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Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Gangs, main characters and Year of West Side Story(first Movie)
Jets, Sharks, Tony, Maria, 1961
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Where did “I feel pretty” song come from?
West Side Story
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Two notable songs from West Side Story?
Somewhere (there’s a place for us) I feel pretty
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Notable aspects of The Third Man
Film noir Similar to Kafka Dutch angles Zither
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Year Rosa Parks did her thing
1955
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Year of MLK assasination
1968
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Start and end of Jim Crow laws
Please vs Ferguson (1896) to Civil rights changes from MLK (1965)
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Who wrote do not go gentle into that good night?
Poem by Dylan Thomas 1951
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Themes in Hamlet
Mortality Truth vs Deception Balance of thought and action
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7 main Characters from Hamlet
Hamlet Ophelia Polonius Claudius Horario Laertes Gertrude
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Name of American mobile rocket system
HIMARS
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Most active volcano in Iceland
Hekla
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2 main movie versions of Hamlet
1948 Laurence Olivier (abridged) 1996 Kenneth Branagh (unabridged)
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When did gunpowder come to Europe?
1254 from Mongolia
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Two opposing characters from Dorian Grey
Basil and Lord Henry
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What to do when your partner expreses anxiety or other dysfunctional emotions
Ok to touch on the logical, but recognize that it’s coming from a deeper place. Try reassurance “everything will be ok”.
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Capital of Bolivia
La Paz
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Highest mountain in South America
Mount Aconcagua Argentina
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Director and year of Motorcycle Diaries
2004 Walter Salles
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Full name and start date of Royal Society
Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge 1660
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Year and Stars of African Queen
1951 Bogart and Katherine Hepburn
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When did the Soviet Union begin?
End of 1922
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Start and end of WW1
1914-1918
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Far right Paramilitary Ukrainian group
Azov
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Director of 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini
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Key observations on La Dolce Vita
Dysfunction of aristocracy Marcello Mastroaini Origin of Paparazzi- paparazzo
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Battleship Potemkin year and director
Sergei Eisenstein 1925
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RISA acronym for argument
Real - do you actually disagree? Important - does it matter? Specific - only one issue? Aligned - do both sides want resolution?
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Particles that make protons and neutrons
Quarks
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Source of attraction between electrons and nucleus
Photons that carry electromagnetic force.
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Key facts about quantum mechanics
Heavily based on probability Pervades most of modern technology Not respected by Einstein (god does not play dice)
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Some like it hot- stars, Year, why popular (one word)
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon 1959 Comedy
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Black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
Sagittarius A
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Amy Adams
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Parts of black hole
1 singularity 2 event horizon 3 accretion disk 4 jet - matter leaving the black hole
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What does chat GPT stand for?
Generative pre-trained Transformer
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White dwarf vs neutron star vs black holes
Mass. Neutron Stars are larger and black holes are the largest. 2 neutron stars can form one black hole.
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Difference of stars vs planets
Stars are gas- Planets are solid and liquid.
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Are there more stars or planets?
Stars. 100B in the Milky Way alone, and there are 100B galaxies.
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Three main branches of physics and their pioneers
1. Classical - Newton
2. Relativity - Einstein
3. Quantum - Planck / Dirac
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Copernicus (DOB, contribution to physics)
1473 - First European scientist to propose heliocentric theory. Angered the church
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Galileo (DOB, contribution to physics)
1564 -
1. more interested in testing theories empirically
2. Observed moons of Jupiter - proved Copernicus's theory
3. Branded a heretic
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Isaac Newton (DOB, contribution)
1642
1. Created calculus
2. Principia Mathematica
3. Introduced gravity
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Einstein (DOB, contribution)
1879
1. Special Relativity
2. General Relativity
3. Quirky
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Seinfeld Lawyer
Jackie Chiles
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Prosaic
Mundane, not exciting.
265
Province in Poland I visited
Lower Silesia
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Leader of Hungarian uprising, year
1956, Imri Nagy
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East German punk band
Namenlos (Nameless)
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Director of Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola
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Start of KGB
1954
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Forerunner of KGB
NKVD
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Baltic uprising
Singing Revolution 600 km long, 1 million people
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Richard Feynman’s area of focus
QED - Quantum ElectroDynamics
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How many garbage patches in the ocean?
Five
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What % of garbage is in ocean garbage patches?
1% of all garbage emitted each year.
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Where is the garbage not in garbage patches?
Ocean floor, beaches
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Star and character name from Cabaret
Liza Minnelli. Sally Bowles. 1972
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Antifascist activist group
Black Bloc
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Japanese expression for the fleeting nature of time. Nothing is permanent.
Mono no aware
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Economic index of inequality
Gini index
Canada is 60
Higher means more inequality
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Betty Friedan
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Betty Friedan book
The Feminine Mystique
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Phylis Schlafly
283
Jazz Singer Year and star
Al Jolson 1927
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Santiago Calatrava site Toronto
BCE Place
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o Who wrote Faust?
Goethe
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Four elements of storytelling
Relatable
Novelty
Tension
Fluency-keep it simple
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What was Temple of the Dog?
Chris Cornell (sound garden) project that brought Mother Love Bone together with Eddie Vedder.
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Proto grunge banda
Black Flag
DOA
Mudhoney
Bam Bam
Green River
Melvins
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First of the big three grunge bands
Soundgarden 1984
First album 1988
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What group did the USA support in Nicaragua? When?
Contras 1981 to battle the Sandinistas
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What was the follow up attempt by the CIA to overthrow Castro?
Operation Mongoose.
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Tet offensive
lunar new year, Jan 1968. VC attacked ARVN and US.
Turning point- brought home the reality of the war. Also brought it out of the shadows
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Suharto
Brutal Indonesian Dictator 68-98
Quelled a “communist uprising” in 1965
Purged 1mm communist sympathizers
Backed by USA
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Why was the Soviet Union NOT socialist?
Workers did not control production, there was tyranny.
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Why was USSR called “socialist” by both sides?
Russians: to fool Russian people
USA : to Stir up hate
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Imaginary geo biological line dividing Asia and Australia
Wallace Line
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Guitarist for the Smiths
Johnny Marr
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Daniel Ortega
Socialist leader of Nicaragua despised by USA. Former Sandinista leader.
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Pinochet’s predecessor
Allende (Marxist). I yen day
300
Reasons for colonization
1) control of resources
2) market for colonies’ goods
3) religious spread
4) prestige
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Authors of the 80’s aesthetic
The Memphis Group
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Where were the Smiths from?
Manchester 1982
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Jewish author from concentration camps and his book
Victor Frankl
Man’s Search for Meaning
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Three philosophers that were pessimistic on marriage
Schopenhauer
Kierkegaard
Goethe
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Interesting synonym for mundane
Prosaic
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What to do in an argument if the other party is not listening
Stop talking
Paraphrase their argument and ask them if you’re right.
Re-engage
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1st world vs 2nd vs 3rd origin
1952
1st world =aligned with USA
2nd world aligned with communism
3rd world = everyone else
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Bassist for the Smiths (deceased)
Andy Rourke
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An intellectual that Noam Chomsky respects
Bertrand Russell
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Main character from The Stranger, basic philosophy
Meursault - nihilism
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President of South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa
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How many years was Mandela on Robben Island?
27 - from 62 - 90
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Upton Sinclair book year importance
The Jungle 1906 advancing socialism through meatpacking expose
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New Deal details
FDR - Democrat
1933-1935
Pulled USA out of depression
Regarded as socialist
Many new agencies
Wasn’t great for southern blacks
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New York Congresswoman since 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Werner Herzog
German film producer, director and actor. Social philosopher.
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Fermi Paradox
Given the size and age of the universe why is there no evidence of life elsewhere?
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Who was Enrico Fermi?
Italian physicist who worked on atom bomb in the USA. 1950
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Balzac book that I read
Colonel Chabert
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Ice cold water guy
Wim Hof
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Ingmar Bergman’s nation and source of inspiration
Sweden
His dreams
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Altitude of satellites
160 - 2000 km
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ISS altitude
420 km
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Rene Magritte- country of origin, category of art
Belgium - Surrealism
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Icons of Magritte
Clouds pipes bowler hats - green apples
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Where was Christopher Nolan born?
London
327
Island that Canada shares with Denmark
Hans Island
328
Two major cultures of the north
Dorset -4000BC to 1500 CE
Thule/ Inuit -1500 - present
4000 is controversial
Whether Thule wiped out Dorsets is also controversial
329
Progressive rock era and bands
Late 60’s early 70’s
King Crimson
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Yes
Queen
330
What killed progressive rock?
Punk- forced most prog bands to pop
331
Numeric term for a promiscuous woman
304
332
Roughly when did the Romans leave Britain?
400
333
Examples of why Soviet Inion wasn’t socialist.
Destroyed factory councils
Became totalitarian within weeks
“Revolution” was really a coup.
334
Other attendee of Gertrude Stein’s salon
James Joyce
335
When / how did Kievan Russ come to an end
Spilt up by Mongols in 1237
336
Oasis band origin and brothers
Manchester
Noel and Liam Gallagher
337
Two Roman walls in Britain
Hadrians and Antonine wall.
338
Mind F’ing movies
Shutter Island
Insception
Moon
Dark City
Enemy
Donnie Darko
Mulholland Drive
Vértigo
Predestination
339
UAE
7 emirates
Formed in 1971-1972
Abu Dabi
Dubai
Name of Emirate = name of capital city
340
Nine inch nails lead singer
Trent Reznor
341
Where is West Point?
New York - upstate
342
Lead singer of Weezer
Rivers Cuomo
343
Name the Japanese…
-author of Remains of the dat
-director of Seven Samurai
-woodblock artist
-author of Norwegian Wood
Kazuo Ishiguro
Akira Kurosawa
Haruki Murakami
344
Blue Room
Picasso
1901
345
Francis Bacon
B 1561
Philosopher
Scientist - empiricist
Also…painter of violent / brutal art
Has the look of Pink Floyd the wall
1909-1992
346
Name of old photo technique
daguerreotypes - silver and copper.
347
When were The Troubles in Ireland? What event started them?
1969 - 90’s / 2000’s
Bogside Riot
Ending with Good Friday agreement
348
What was Henri Toulouse Lautrec known for?
Paris nightlife
Belle Epoque
Ads for Moulin Rouge
349
Start of American Revolution
1775 - 1783
350
Two drugs for diabetes now used for weight loss.
Ozempic
Wegovy
351
What is UNESCO and how many sites are there?
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Based in Paris
>250 natural sites
352
PM of Iceland
Katrin Jakobsdottir
353
Tattooed bass bassist for Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave
Tim Cummeford
354
Lead singer for RATM
Zach de la Rocha
355
Aussie star who played the Joker
Heath Ledger
356
Deets of Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 Clark Gable
357
Guitarist from RATM
Tom Morello
358
Grandmother from 100 years of solitude
Ursula
359
Two common male names 100 years of Solitude
Jose Arcadio
Aureliano
360
Normandy invasion
June 6, 1944
361
Approximate age of Vikings
800-1100
362
Post wwii veteran movie and year
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
363
When was Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein first published?
1818
364
Classic shoegaze band 1989-current, origin
Slowdive
UK
365
2008 Jewish anti war animated film
Waltz with Bashir
366
Main characters from Joyce’s Ulysses
Leopold Blioom
Molly Bloom
Stephen Daedalus
367
Pennsylvania archaeology site and age
Meadowcroft, 19000 years old
368
Far niente
Without a care
369
What day does Ulysses (Joyce) take place on?
June 16
370
Researcher and name of sex raft experiment
Santiago
Acali
1972
371
Main character of Mr Smith Goes To Washington?
Jeff Smith - James Stewart
1939
372
Farmer salt of the earth guy from Anna Karenina
Levin
373
Arguably the best novel of all time
Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time
374
How many books in In Search of Lost Time?
Seven
375
2 key themes of In Search of Lost Time
1)We are different people as we age
2)Involuntary memory allows us to temporarily go back through time
376
2 friends who painted the same scenes and birthed Impressionism
Renoir and Monet
377
First impressionist exhibition
1874
378
What made Harold Godwinson notable?
1066-
1) crowned
2) defeated the Vikings
3) was defeated by William the Conqueror
379
Who was Eugene Manet married to?
Berthe Morisot
380
Muhammad life
571-632
381
Breaks between 3 English ages
Old English 500 Celtic, saxons and Norse
Middle English - 1066 - French / Normans
Modern English 1400 - today
382
What do you call priceless whale poop?
Ambergris
383
Two types of nihilism
Passive (bad)
Active ( ok according to Nietzsche )
384
First place for Vikings pillaging England
Lindisfarne
385
What is terrorism?
Violence or threat thereof against civilian population, with political motivations.
386
Lead singer from Aztec Camera
Roddy Frame
387
Distance from Canary Islands to Brazil, and supporting winds
2566 km Trade Winds
388
Rousseau - view
Progress doesn’t make people better
Civilization has bread comparison and corruption. Coined the term “noble savage”
389
When was Beowulf written?
700-750
390
Hello in Punjabi
Sat Sri Akal Ji.
Add Ji for respect
391
How wide is the English Channel?
150 miles.
392
Black scientist guy
Neil deGrasse Tyson
393
Two main guys from Jane’s Addiction
Perry Farrel
Dave Navarro
394
Wild One deets
Marlon Brando
1953
Based on Hollister
395
Bunny from Donnie Darko
Frank
396
Psychedelic retreat
Ayahuasca
397
Deepest part of ocean and depth
Mariana Trench 11km
398
YouTube Stanford Doctor phenom
Dr Andrew Huberman
399
Noblesse obliger
With power comes responsibility
400
American expressionist painter known for sports and lifestyle images
Leroy Neiman
401
Controversy around Rousseau
Smart enlightenment thinker
Good social ideas but thought women were inferior
402
Rousseau book I read
On the social contract
403
Three things Voltaire was known for
Enlightenment
Separation of church and state
Humour
404
2 factoids about Wizard of Oz (older)
Judy Garland
1939
405
Judy Garland factoids
Liza Minelli’s mom
Drug addict
Married 5 times
406
Evelyn Waugh
British Male author
Brideshead Revisited
407
Allen Ginsberg’s most famous poem. And year
Howl 1956
408
Did USA join WW1?
Yes, near the end. Over subs in the North Atlantic and Germany trying to influence Mexico.
409
Founding Beatniks (4)
Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg
410
When were the Kent State shootings
May, 1970
411
Monster repeatedly referenced in Allen Ginsberg’s Howl - second section b
Moloch
412
Period of scientific awaken
Enlightenment
413
Voltaire’s ideas
Separation of church and state
Democracy is bad- need enlightened monarch
414
James Stewart movies
Philadelphia Story
Wonderful life
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Rear Window
Vertigo
415
Stars of Philadelphia story
James Stewart
Katherine Hepburn
Cary Grant
1939 Comedy
416
Square head screwdriver
Robertson
417
Dante’s love interest in Divine Comedy?
Beatrice
418
Timing of the three waves of plague
541 Justinian plague
1350 black plague
1859 third pandemic
419
Which airline flight went missing en route to China?
Malaysian Air flight 370
420
Lake I dived in Iceland
Kleifarvatn
Cliff far vatin
421
Italian predecessor to Canterbury Tales
Decameron - Giovanni Boccaccio
422
Depth and sponges from lake Baikal
5300 feet and Lubo
Geothermal vents
423
UNESCO Iceland site pronunciation
Thing vit Lear
424
Prime Minister of Netherlands
Gaert Wilders
425
Who does Dante beat up in the Inferno?
Greeks, popes and politicians.
426
Dante’s last name
Alighieri
427
Picasso’s periods
Blue
Rose
Black
Cubism
428
Inspiration exists but it has to find you working…
Picasso
429
Spanish Golden Age
1500-1700
430
Controversial región of Guyana
Esequibo
431
What ended the Franco Prussian war and what were the main components of it?
Treaty of Frankfurt
-France pays Germany 5 billion francs
-France gives up Alsace Lorraine.
432
How many times has Alsace Lorraine changed hands since 1870?
4 Franco Prussian, WWI, WW2, reunited in 1945.
433
4 terrestrial planets, in order, in our solar system
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
434
4 Jovian planets in our solar system, in order…
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
435
Who came up with MBTI and introvert vs extrovert?
Carl Jung
436
Other name for Mirvish Ghery and location
Forma - King and Simcoe
437
German Renaissance painter noted for realism
Albrecht Durer
438
3 waves of plague
1) 541. Justinian
2) 1347 Black Death
3) 1855 third Plague Pandemic
439
Ways to Access to subconscious mind
Repetition
Last 5 minutes before you sleep
Strong emotions
440
Queen band members
Freddie Mercury
Brian May
John Deacon- bass
Roger Taylo
441
An American in Paris Deets
Gene Kelly
1951
442
Keith Haring
443
Two main types of Buddhism
Zen
Tibetan
444
Zen ideals vs Tibetan Buddhist
Zen - modern, minimalist, emptiness
Tibetan - older, more scriptures, supernatural
445
British feminist female sketch comedy
Smack the pony
446
Other name for Zen Buddhism
Mahayana
447
3 aspects of Sikhism
One god
No caste
Equality
448
Factoids about Kandinsky
Father of abstract
Lawyer
Triangles and circles
449
Socrates’ issue with democracy
Intellectual democracy vs democracy by birthright
Birthright democracy leads to example of Doctor campaigning against a candy store owner- doctor will lose
450
Example of a benevolent dictator
Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore
Tito in Yugoslavia
451
Churchill’s quote on democracy
Democracy is the worst form of government….except for all the others.
452
Great big sea lead singer
Alan Doyle
453
Ability to hear colours and see sound and artist who had it
Synesthesia
Kandinsky
454
Difference between subconscious and unconscious according to Freud
None
455
Modern understanding of subconscious
Autopilot, repetitive tasks moving down from the conscious mind
Requires less mental energy
456
Difference between Freud and Jung’s perspective on the unconscious
Freud - singular, dumping ground
Jung - personal and collective
457
Length of Great Wall of China
21,000 km
458
Other Francis Ford Coppola films
The Outsiders
Rumble Fish
Rainmaker
Dracula
459
Brian De Palma movies
Mission impossible
Untouchables
Scarface
460
Voltaire vs Rousseau
Voltaire- rational, science, people are evil, witty
Rousseau - emotion over reason, people are good, idealistic
461
Voltaire’s most famous quote
To Rousseau- I disapprove of what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it
462
All about Eve
Year and stars
1950
Betty Davis
Marilyn Monroe
463
Attila vs Genghis
Year and origin
Warlords
Ghengis 1227 Mongolia
Attila 406 Eastern Europe, but the Huns came originally from China centuries before
464
Mirvish Ghery name and location
Forma
King and John.
465
Jung’s physicist friend
Wolfgang Pauli
466
Baroque vs Rococo
Baroque 1600-early 1700- serious
Rococo - mid 1700 frivolous, French
467
Director of Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola
468
Apocalypse Now themes
Many, but Willard’s journey upriver is a trip into his own psyche, to uncover his own dark instincts.
469
2 Other books by Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim
Nostromo
470
Who said “The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.”
Joseph Conrad
471
Director of Three Kings
David O Russel
Also did American Hustle
472
Id and ego and super ego
Id = unconscious
Ego = conscious mind
Super Ego = internal parent, angel on your shoulder
473
Blacksmithing two pieces of metal together
Forge welding
474
Pre Viking period
Véndels
500-790
475
Latvian enemies of Vikings
Curonians
476
One word description of abstract art
Non representative
477
Mimesis
Key aspect of art imitating life, abandoned in abstract art
478
Which art genre is “Music without lyrics”
Abstract
479
Location of turning point battle between Romans and Germanic tribes
Teutoburg Forest 9 AD
480
When was Teutoburg Forest battle?
9 AD
481
Peanuts years
1950 - 2000
482
Actors from The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Daniel Day Lewis
Juliette Binoche
483
Nietzsche’s notable thought experiment
Eternal return - reincarnation on steroids. You live the same life over and over.
484
How did Guggenheim museums start?
Peggy Guggenheim got art out of Paris in WWII. Father died on Titanic.
485
What Kundera called the Grand March
Political kitsch
486
Kitsch
Denial of dark truths
487
How fast did the concord go from New York to London?
Under 3 hours (2:52)
488
Author of A Heartbreaking work of staggering genius
Dave Eggers
489
When and who wrote Tristan and Isolde?
1200 Gottfried von Strassburg
490
Jacques-Louis David
1748-1825
Napoleon crossing the Alps
Coronation of Napoleon
Oath of Horatii
Death of Socrates
491
Oath of Horatii, 1784
Jacques-LouisvDavid
492
Death of Socrates
1787
Jacques Louis David
493
Simone de Beauvoir novel I read and memorable line
Inseparables
Love at first sacrament
494
Aleksandr solzhenitsyn book I read
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
495
When did the Silk Road start?
136 BC
496
Marco Polo
B 1254 went to China in 1275
497
Difference between Renaissance vs Baroque
Baroque
>1600, dark, dramatic, usually Christian
Renaissance
Christian or Greco Roman
Brighter, less drama
498
T bone walker vs Burnett
Walker Black
Burnett white
499
Bronze Age
3300 BC to 1200 BC
500
Which Roman god was Woden based on?
Mercury
501
How did the “Guggenheim” legacy get its start?
Peggy Guggenheim buying up art from artists in Paris before the Nazi invasion
502
Aspects of Nietzsche’s work
Will to power
God is dead
Nihilism
Amor Fati
Eternal return
Existentialism
503
Christopher Wren’s crowning achievement
Rebuilding St. Paul’s cathedral
504
Owner of CBGB
Hilly Crystal
505
Lead singer from Echo and the Bunnyman
Ian McCullough
506
Where are Echo and the Bunnymen from?
Liverpool, 1978
507
Years CBGB was open
1973 - 2006
508
Years CBGB was open
1973 - 2006
509
CBGB now
Men’s clothing store
510
CBGB now
Men’s clothing store
511
Who wrote the Scarlet Letter, when?
Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850
512
Who wrote the Scarlet Letter, when?
Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850
513
Difference between Syrian and Lebanese taboulie
Syrians add cucumber
514
Good Ducati for restoration
GTS 860, GT, GTE (electric start)
515
When did the puritans arrive in America?
1620’s to 1640’s. 1630.
516
History of Ducati
Bologna
1920
3 brothers
Electronic capacitors
517
Stone Temple Pilots lead singer and year of death
Scott Weiland 2015
518
Slave whose court case over citizenship and freedom led to the Civil War.
Dred Scott
519
Slave whose court case over citizenship and freedom led to the Civil War.
Dred Scott
520
Who was Dred Scott?
Slave who sued government for his freedom but was denied by the Supreme Court since he wasn’t recognized as a citizen. Contributed to the Civil War.
521
Who was Dred Scott?
Slave who sued government for his freedom but was denied by the Supreme Court since he wasn’t recognized as a citizen. Contributed to the Civil War.
522
Members of 27 Club
Robert Johnson
Brian Jones
Janice Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Jim Morrison
Basquiat
Curt Cobain
Amy winehouse
No Bob Marley
523
Movie we saw in Newfoundland
Emma Stone
Poor Things
524
Age of earth
4.5 billion years
525
Lazy teenager is an example of what kind of nihilism?
Passive
526
Lazy teenager is an example of what kind of nihilism?
Passive
527
What type of nihilism is entrepreneurism?
Active nihilism - not constrained by rules or expectations.
528
Bourbon (whisky) definition
Must be
>50% corn (vs scotch [100% barley])
American
New white oak barrel (Scotch is used barrel)
Sweet vs Smokey (scotch)
529
When did Bob Marley die?
1981
530
Two versions of Invisible Man
The invisible man - HG Wells 1897
Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison, 1952
531
George Spencer Watson
1912
Portrait of Clotilde van Derp
532
George Spencer Watson
1912
Portrait of Clotilde van Derp
533
Which Neil Young song did KD Lang cover well?
After the gold rush
534
Salamander that can regenerate any body part
Axolotl
535
Year and Author of The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850
536
Year and Author of The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850
537
Piet Mondrian
538
Where is Pipeline
Banzai Pipeline is on the north shore of Oahu
539
Japanese book about a young adult
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
Many suicides
540
Three 50’s rock pioneers, in order
1) Bill Haley and the comets
2) Chuck Berry
3) Elvis
541
First rock and roll song of note and artist
Rocket 88
Ike Turner
542
Who came up with the term Rock and Roll?
Cleveland DJ Alan Freed, 1951
543
Court case that caused legislation for racial segregation
Pleasy v Ferguson
1896
544
Luge training
545
Portrait meant to demonstrate an exaggerated emotion. Common in Dutch golden age.
Tronie
546
1st Beatles album
Please Please Me 1963
547
Th couple executed in 1953
Rosenbergs, 1953 for sulking nuclear bomb info to the Russians.
548
Th couple executed in 1953
Rosenbergs, 1953 for sulking nuclear bomb info to the Russians.
549
Jean Paul Sartre’s wife
Simone de Beauvoir
550
Blues artist Chirag saw in Chicago
BB King
551
Original guitarist for the Police
Henry Padovani
552
League length
3 miles
553
Frida Kahlo’s condition
Polio
554
Spanish for cheers
Salud!
555
Pico de Gallo vs Salsa
PDG is a fresh, less runny variety of salsa
556
Pico de Gallo vs Salsa
PDG is a fresh, less runny variety of salsa
557
Capital of Greenland
Nuuk
558
Capital of Greenland
Nuuk
559
Names for East and West Germans, even today
Ossi and Wessi
560
Name of Strait beneath Cape Horn
Drake Passage
561
Beat hangover song
Fade into you. Mazzy Star
562
Treasure Island author and main character
Robert Louis Stephenson
Jim Hawkins
563
Treasure Island author and main character
Robert Louis Stephenson
Jim Hawkins
564
Origin of After you Alphonse
Alphonse and Gaston comic strip 1910
565
Origin of After you Alphonse
Alphonse and Gaston comic strip 1910
566
Name of Lloyd Wilson arena town
Inglewood
567
Goal of Tibetan Book of the Dead
Breaking cycle of rebirth (Samsara)
568
Goal of Tibetan Book of the Dead
Breaking cycle of rebirth (Samsara)
569
Author of Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
570
Simon Bolivar birth deets
1783 Venezuela
Liberated many South American countries from Spain
571
Simon Bolivar birth deets
1783 Venezuela
Liberated many South American countries from Spain
572
Franz Schubert life
1797 - 1828
Vienna
573
Franz Schubert life
1797 - 1828
Vienna
