* Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks
1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art1.jpg
Described as the "zero point of painting", "Black Square"
is the iconic 1915 masterwork by which Suprematist artist?
2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg
This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?
3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg
This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
Why did Warhol choose that number?
4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg
An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?
5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg
This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest
significant works of surrealism. What is its title?
6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg
Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
Stanford on what question?
7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg
Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
still in use today?
8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg
In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him"
sold at auction for £12,000,000. Who does it depict?
9. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art9.jpg
The Barnet Newman work shown on the end wall caused a furor
in 1989 when the National Gallery of Canada purchased it for
$1,800,000. What is its title?
10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art10.jpg
This 1962 Yves Klein work is done in the shade Klein called IKB.
The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film*
to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result
of AIDS?
* Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize
As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals
and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize,
more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in
which the Peace Prize was not awarded.
1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
In which field did he win his other Nobel?
2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age? >
3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?
4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
to which then recently-deceased world political leader?
5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
In which country or future country was Annan born?
6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.
7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
Again, name *both*.
8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?
9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
in 2009?
10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
What was his name?
* Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks
3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg
This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
Why did Warhol choose that number?
7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg
Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
still in use today?
* Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize
As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals
and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize,
more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in
which the Peace Prize was not awarded.
1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
In which field did he win his other Nobel?
2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?
3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?
4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
to which then recently-deceased world political leader?
5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
In which country or future country was Annan born?
6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.
7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
Again, name *both*.
8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?
9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
in 2009?
10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
What was his name?
* Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks
2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg
This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?
3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg
This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
Why did Warhol choose that number?
4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg
An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?
6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg
Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
Stanford on what question?
8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg
In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him"
sold at auction for ?12,000,000. Who does it depict?
* Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize
1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
In which field did he win his other Nobel?
2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?
3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?
4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
to which then recently-deceased world political leader?
5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
In which country or future country was Annan born?
6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.
7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
Again, name *both*.
8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?
9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
in 2009?
10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
What was his name?
* Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks
2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg
This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?
4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg
An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?
5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg
This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest
significant works of surrealism. What is its title?
6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg
Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
Stanford on what question?
7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg
Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
still in use today?
10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art10.jpg
This 1962 Yves Klein work is done in the shade Klein called IKB.
The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film*
to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result
of AIDS?
* Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize
1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
In which field did he win his other Nobel?
2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?
3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?
4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
to which then recently-deceased world political leader?
5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
In which country or future country was Annan born?
6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.
7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
Again, name *both*.
8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?
9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
in 2009?
10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
What was his name?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks
1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art1.jpg
Described as the "zero point of painting", "Black Square"
is the iconic 1915 masterwork by which Suprematist artist?
2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg
This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?
3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg
This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
Why did Warhol choose that number?
4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg
An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?
5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg
This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest
significant works of surrealism. What is its title?
6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg
Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
Stanford on what question?
7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg
Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
still in use today?
8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg
In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him"
sold at auction for £12,000,000. Who does it depict?
9. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art9.jpg
The Barnet Newman work shown on the end wall caused a furor
in 1989 when the National Gallery of Canada purchased it for
$1,800,000. What is its title?
10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art10.jpg
This 1962 Yves Klein work is done in the shade Klein called IKB.
The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film*
to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result
of AIDS?
* Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize
As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals
and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize,
more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in
which the Peace Prize was not awarded.
1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
In which field did he win his other Nobel?
2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?
3. Which international organization has received the most Nobel
Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?
4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
to which then recently-deceased world political leader?
5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
In which country or future country was Annan born?
6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.
7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
Again, name *both*.
8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?
9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
in 2009?
10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
What was his name?
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks
1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art1.jpg
Described as the "zero point of painting", "Black Square"
is the iconic 1915 masterwork by which Suprematist artist?
2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg
This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?
3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg
This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
Why did Warhol choose that number?
4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg
An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?
5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg
This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest
significant works of surrealism. What is its title?
6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg
Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
Stanford on what question?
7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg
Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
still in use today?
8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg
In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him"
sold at auction for £12,000,000. Who does it depict?
9. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art9.jpg
The Barnet Newman work shown on the end wall caused a furor
in 1989 when the National Gallery of Canada purchased it for
$1,800,000. What is its title?
10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art10.jpg
This 1962 Yves Klein work is done in the shade Klein called IKB.
The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film*
to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result
of AIDS?
* Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize
As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals
and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize,
more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in
which the Peace Prize was not awarded.
1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
In which field did he win his other Nobel?
2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?
3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?
4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
to which then recently-deceased world political leader?
5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
In which country or future country was Annan born?
6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.
7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
Again, name *both*.
8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?
9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
in 2009?
10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
What was his name?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks
1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art1.jpg
Described as the "zero point of painting", "Black Square"
is the iconic 1915 masterwork by which Suprematist artist?
2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg
This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?
3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg
This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
Why did Warhol choose that number?
4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg
An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?
5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg
This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest
significant works of surrealism. What is its title?
6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg
Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
Stanford on what question?
7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg
Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
still in use today?
8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg
In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him"
sold at auction for £12,000,000. Who does it depict?
9. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art9.jpg
The Barnet Newman work shown on the end wall caused a furor
in 1989 when the National Gallery of Canada purchased it for
$1,800,000. What is its title?
10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art10.jpg
This 1962 Yves Klein work is done in the shade Klein called IKB.
The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film*
to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result
of AIDS?
* Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize
As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals
and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize,
more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in
which the Peace Prize was not awarded.
1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
In which field did he win his other Nobel?
2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?
3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?
4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
to which then recently-deceased world political leader?
5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
In which country or future country was Annan born?
6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.
7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
Again, name *both*.
8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?
9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
in 2009?
10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
What was his name?
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