AH Quick Recall 500

Question 1

American minimalist composer of Shaker Loops and Nixon in China

Answer 1

John Adams

Question 2

U.S. Marine bandleader and composer of “King Cotton” and Semper Fidelis

Answer 2

John Philip Sousa

Question 3

Instrument associated with Wynton Marsalis. First brass instrument used in Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man.

Answer 3

Trumpet

Question 4

A “sacred” one of these instruments names an 1844 collection of “shape note” hymns. Chromatic notes may be played on a “cross strung” one that is a national symbol of Ireland. What instrument played by plucking its strings is associated with angels?

Answer 4

Harp

Question 5

What city is home to the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (boor kha-LEE-fah)?

Answer 5

Dubai

Question 6

What sculptures are associated with Alexander Calder?

Answer 6

mobiles

Question 7

Give the term for a covered walkway that often fronts a series of shops, whose roof is supported by a series of arches.

Answer 7

arcade

Question 8

A cast of this statue, originally called “The Poet, at the Cleveland Museum of Art, was damaged in 1970 by vandals, who used dynamite to destroy its based and feet. This sculpture, which originally appeared overlooking the Gates of Hell, portrays Dante. Name this meditative sculpture by Auguste Rodin.

Answer 8

The Thinker

Question 9

What Paris locale was shown on a “Sunday Afternoon” in a work by Georges Seurat?

Answer 9

Island of La Grande Jatte

Question 10

A Cole Porter song claims “I love” this city “in the summer, when it sizzles.” A genre of opera associated with this city always featured a ballet in the second act; that genre, exemplified by Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlos, was grand opera. Django Reinhardt helped develop “gypsy jazz” in this city. Name this city where in 1913 a riot broke out at the premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.

Answer 10

Paris, France

Question 11

Name this city to which Muhammad traveled after fleeing Mecca, the second holiest city in Islam.

Answer 11

Medina

Question 12

What city, home to Tracy Turnblad, is the setting for “Hairspray”?

Answer 12

Baltimore

Question 13

Name the Gabriela Cowperthwait documentary about alleged mistreatment of captive orcas by Sea World.

Answer 13

Blackfish

Question 14

The new moon was historically announced with this instrument and it was also used to mark the end of Yom Kippur. What musical instrument blown during Jewish religious ceremonies is made from a ram’s horn?

Answer 14

shofar

Question 15

A portrait by Aaron Shikler shows the 35th one of these men with his arms crossed and his head bowed. A photo of one of them was taken by Matthew Brady. The first was the subject of numerous portraits by Gilbert Stuart, as well as an Emanuel Leutze painting of a river crossing. Name this group of men, four of whom are depicting on Mount Rushmore.

Answer 15

Presidents

Question 16

According to legend, a black marble counterpart to this white marble structure was planned, but never constructed. Name this tomb built by Shah Jahan.

Answer 16

Taj Mahal

Question 17

The Whore of Babylon and The Four Horsemen are images from his “Apocalypse” woodcut series. What Renaissance artist, who created Melancolia I, was a native of Nuremburg, Germany?

Answer 17

Albrecht Durer

Question 18

A replica of this statue, which resembles the Statue of Liberty, stands on the campus of the University of British Columbia. What name was given to the statue, which symbolized the demands of governmental reform made by protesting students in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square?

Answer 18

The Goddess of Democracy

Question 19

A single couple originally performed this whirling, sextuple meter dance. Name this southern Italian dance, whose first practicioners hoped it would cure a spider bite.

Answer 19

tarantella

Question 20

Name this principle of art, in which an element draws the viewer’s attention by standing out more than others.

Answer 20

emphasis

Question 21

Beethoven’s “Archduke” is a work of this type, which also describes an American folk group known as the Kingston one. What term describes a jazz ensemble consisting of piano, bass, and drum set?

Answer 21

trio

Question 22

According to Aristotle, this actor was the first to incorporate a prologue and internal speeches into plays. He created dialogue by stepping away from the chorus and exchanging words with the leader, or choragus. Identify this man, sometimes called the inventor of tragedy, whose name inspired a synonym for “actor.”

Answer 22

Thespis

Question 23

What creatures from Greek myth had snakes for hair, and could turn people to stone?

Answer 23

Gorgons

Question 24

According to Homer, this youth’s father, Tros, was given the world’s finest horses as compensation for his loss. He was often depicted holding a rooster or playing with a hoop, and was abducted and carried to Mount Olympus by Zeus, who took the form of a giant eagle. What cupbearer to the Greek gods lends his name to the largest moon of Jupiter?

Answer 24

Ganymede

Question 25

Six of these architectural structures are found on a namesake porch of the Erechtheion in Athens, and ones carrying baskets are called canephora. What supporting structural columns are carved to resemble a female figure?

Answer 25

caryatids

Question 26

What philosopher wrote the Tao Te Ching and was the founder of Taoism?

Answer 26

Laozi (or Lao Tzu or Lao Tze)

Question 27

This mythological child of Liriope (leer-ee-OH-pay) and Cephissus (SEF-ih-sus) met his fate while trying to remember a dead twin sister. In a more common version, Echo pined away over her unrequited love for him, who gave his name to a flower that grew at the spot where he wasted away to death. Name this beautiful figure from Greek myth, who was transfixed by his own reflection in a pool of water.

Answer 27

Narcissus

Question 28

Action and name of targeted character required. After performing this action, a character confesses, "I thought I heard a voice cry: 'Sleep no more!'" Before performing the action, its perpetrator asks, "Is this a dagger I see before me, handle toward my hand?" What treacherous action did Macbeth perform and toward whom was it performed?

Answer 28

murder of Duncan

Question 29

Activity and body part required. The face, head, and arms are grouped with this activity in wudu, which Muslims perform before salat. In January 2016 Pope Francis declared women could participate in this ritual during Holy Week. In the the Gospel of Luke, a woman does this to Jesus using her tears and hair. Give this activity done by Jesus to the apostles at the Last Supper with a basin and towel.

Answer 29

Washing feet

Question 30

People in this modern religion may get married in a ceremony called handfasting. Founded by Gerald Gardner, it follows a general feminine goddess, as well as a rede (reed) that states, "If it harm none, do what you will." Name this religion whose followers form covens.

Answer 30

Wicca

Question 31

Observers of this religion do semi-annual fasts and celebrate a Mastakabhisheka festival once every 12 years. Historic figures in this religion, whose name derives from the Sanskrit for "conquer," include the Parshvanatha and the Mahavira. What religion, whose followers observe ahimsa, or universal nonviolence, is centered in India?

Answer 31

Jainism

Question 32

Members of this religion, whose sects are known as mansions, may participate in a form of meditative drumming known as bingi. Menen Asfaw is a central female figure in the religion, which refers to God as Jah. What religion, which sees Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie (HIGH-lee suh-LA-see) as the second coming of Christ, originated in Jamaicca?

Answer 32

Rastafarianism

Question 33

He was artistic director for the American Ballet Theatre for much of the 1980s. In addition to his career in ballet, he appeared in the films, That's Dancing!, White Nights, and The Turning Point. What Russian-American dancer is known for his television performance of The Nutcracker?

Answer 33

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Question 34

After studying at the Imperial Theater School, this man joined the Ballets Russes, where he replaced Bronislava Nijinska as principal choreographer. He helped assemble the American Ballet Caravan, but is better known for his other collaborations with Lincoln Kirstein. Identify this co-founder of the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet.

Answer 34

George Balanchine

Question 35

After studying Greek sculptures, she abandoned classical ballet in favor of flowing tunics and barefoot dancing. She left American to settle in the Soviet Union, a better fit for her Communist sympathies and rebellious tendencies. Identify this dancer, who is credited with raising interpretive dance to an art form.

Answer 35

Isadora Duncan

Question 36

After this artist died, his assistants completed his commission for a fresco series on the life of Constantine. He showed Homer to the left of Apollo and the nine muses in a depiction of Parnassus, one of the frescoes he created in the Stanza della Segnatura. Who also painted a fresco of Plato and Aristotle having a conversation at "The School of Athens"?

Answer 36

Raphael

Question 37

After this Greek god killed Halirrhothios for assaulting the god's daughter Alkippe, he was tried for murder on an Athenian hill to which he lent his name. This god gave his daughter Hippolyta a magical girdle that marked her as queen of the Amazons, and fathered Phobos and Deimos by Aphrodite. Name the Greek god of war.

Answer 37

Ares

Question 38

After this man stays a brief time in Zoar, he fathers both Ben-Ammi and Moab when his daughters get him drunk and seduce him. Earlier, his wife looked back at a scene involving a rain of sulfur, and was turned into a pillar of salt. Name the nephew of Abraham who flees Sodom and Gomorrah.

Answer 38

Lot

Question 39

Alfred Tarski's theory for establishing this positive characteristic was based on sentences such as "Snow is white." Ludwig Wittgenstein used tables to establish it, while according to correspondence theory, it only exists for a belief if there also exists a supporting fact. Name this philosophical property contrasted with falsehood.

Answer 39

Truth

Question 40

Although he died in 1906, this French painter is often called the father of modern art. He usually produced works of landscapes, such as Village Road, Auvers, in 1873, but occasionally painted human subjects, as well. Who was this artist, who finished a famous painting called The Card Players in 1892?

Answer 40

Paul Cezanne

Question 41

Although he was dubbed one of the leaders of the Impressionist movement, this artist preferred to be called a realist. His love for horse racing is depicted in his Racehorses at Longchamp (long-SHAWM), finished in 1874, what French artist loved the dance and painted more than half of his works of dancers, including Blue Dancers and The Dance Class?

Answer 41

Edgar Degas