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Question 1

Jackson Pollock (3)

Answer 1

1912-1956
representative of Abstract Expressionism
dropping colors on lying canvas

Question 2

Andy Warhol (4)

Answer 2

1928-1987
parents from Slovakia(Medzilaborce)
representative of Pop Art
-movement inspired by commercials and popular culture
-> used everyday objects as subject matter = soup cans, roadsigns, hamburgers, comic strips…

Question 3

Edgar Allan Poe

Answer 3

Literature
1809-1849
famous for poems (Raven) and horror short stories: The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart

Question 4

Mark Twain

Answer 4

Literature
1835-1910
-setting: Mississippi river, inspired by own childhood
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Question 5

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Answer 5

Literature
1896-1940
The Great Gatsby
Gatsby symbolizes American belief
-> money can buy you love and happiness

Question 6

Ernest Hemingway

Answer 6

Literature
1899-1961 (suicide)
representative of Lost Generation - writers affected by WWI
1. The Old Man and the Sea -> Nobel Prize
2. Farewell to Arms

Question 7

Jerome David Salinger

Answer 7

Literature
1919-2010
The Catcher in the Rye

Question 8

Jack Kerouac

Answer 8

Literature
1922-1969
On the Road
-defined Beat Generation = young people who were against conventional society and way of life

Question 9

Joseph Heller

Answer 9

Literature
1923-1999
Catch 22 - anti-war novel (WWII)
-> catch 22 = paradoxical situation/dilemma from which there is no escape

Question 10

Stephen King

Answer 10

Literature
1947-
supernatural horror stories
Carrie, It, Shining, Pet Sematary

Question 11

George R.R. Martin

Answer 11

Literature
1948-
A Game of Thrones

Question 12

Music (1939, 1961 Leonard Bernstein, 1978)

Answer 12

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. West Side Story
   -> based on Romeo and Juliet (gangs of white and Puerto Ricans fighting in NY)
3. Grease

Question 13

Louis Armstrong

Answer 13

Music
representative of Jazz Age - originated by Afro-Americans in New Orleans
What a Wonderful World

Question 14

Frank Sinatra

Answer 14

Music
New York, New York

Question 15

Elvis Presley

Answer 15

Music
1935-1977
King of Rock & Roll
Love Me Tender
Jailhouse Rock

Question 16

Michael Jackson

Answer 16

Music
King of Pop
Thriller
Smooth Criminal
Billie Jean

Question 17

Madonna

Answer 17

Music
Like a Virgin
Material Girl

Question 18

The Doors

Answer 18

Music
Light My Fire

Question 19

Metallica

Answer 19

Music
Nothing Else Matters

Question 20

Nirvana

Answer 20

Music
Smells Like Teen Spirit

Question 21

Other musicians

Answer 21

1. Beach Boys
2. Aerosmith
3. Kiss
4. R.E.M.
5. Blondie
6. Red Hot Chilli Peppers
7. Bon Jovi
8. Maroon 5

Question 22

Woodstock Festival (5)

Answer 22

1. Most famous rock festival
2. August 15-18 1969 in Bethel (NY)
3. around 500k people came, mostly hippies
4. promotion of peace, against war in Vietnam
5. The Who, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker

Question 23

Marlon Brando

Answer 23

Acting
1924-2004
The Godfather

Question 24

Marylin Monroe

Answer 24

Acting
affairs with the Kennedy brothers
suspicious death
- Some Like It Hot

Question 25

Actors (11)

Answer 25

1. Morgan Freeman 2. Jack Nicholson 3. Harrison Ford 4. Patrick Swayze 5. Bruce Willis 6. Tom Hanks 7. Jim Carrey 8. Brad Pitt 9. Johnny Depp 10. Tom Cruise 11. Leonardo DiCaprio

Question 26

Actresses

Answer 26

1. Whoopi Goldberg 2. Goldie Hawn 3. Sharon Stone 4. Michelle Pfeiffer 5. Demi Moore 6. Halle Berry 7. Uma Thurman 8. Julia Roberts 9. Sandra Bullock 10. Jennifer Aniston 11. Drew Barrymore 12. Reese Withherspoon