Benjamin Franklin
William Shakespeare
Claude Monet
Vincent van Gogh
The Olympics
Marie Curie
Thomas Edison
Frida Kahlo
Jackson Pollock
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Benjamin Franklin lived in this large American city that was the capital of the colonies before Washington D.C.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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William Shakespeare was born in a small English town whose name starts with Stratford. What is the full name of the town?
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
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What style of painting, which tries to capture light and color rather than exact details, did Monet help create?
Impressionism
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In what country was Vincent van Gogh born?
The Netherlands (Holland)
100
In what ancient country did the Olympic Games first begin, thousands of years ago?
Greece (ancient Greece)
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Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. In what two different subjects did she win this award?
Physics and Chemistry
100
Thomas Edison is most famous for improving this invention that lights up our homes. What is it?
The light bulb
100
In what country was Frida Kahlo born and did most of her painting? 
Mexico
100
In what country was Jackson Pollock born and did most of his painting?
The United States of America
200
Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm with a key attached to the string to prove that lightning is made of this.
Electricity
200
Shakespeare wrote plays about a young man named Hamlet, a love story called Romeo and Juliet, and a Scottish king named Macbeth. What do we call people who write plays?
Playwright
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In what country was Claude Monet born and did most of his painting?
France
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Van Gogh painted one of the most famous paintings in the world showing a swirling night sky full of stars over a village. What is it called? 
The Starry Night
200
How often are the Summer Olympic Games held?
Every four years
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In what country was Marie Curie born?
Poland
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In what country was Thomas Edison born and did most of his work?
The United States of America
200
Frida Kahlo is most famous for painting pictures of herself. What do we call a painting an artist makes of themselves?
A self-portrait
200
Jackson Pollock became famous for a very unusual way of painting — he didn't use a brush on an easel. What did he do instead? 
He dripped and poured paint onto a canvas laid flat on the floor
300
After his kite experiment, Franklin invented a metal rod placed on top of buildings to protect them from lightning strikes. What is it called?
The lightning rod
300
What is the name of this famous round theater where Shakespeare's plays were performed in London?
The Globe Theatre
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Monet painted a famous series of pictures of these colorful flowers floating on a pond in his garden. What are they?
Water lilies
300
Van Gogh painted many pictures of these bright yellow flowers, which he kept in vases in his home. What are they?
Sunflowers
300
What are the three medals that Olympic winners can receive, from best to third best?
Gold, silver, and bronze
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Marie Curie discovered two new elements. One was named after her home country. What is it called?
Polonium
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Edison invented a machine that could record and play back sound for the first time. What was it called? :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Edison-early-phonograph-3000-3x2-5a44fae1b39d030037b22468.jpg)
The phonograph
300
Frida Kahlo's paintings often included dream-like, imaginary images mixed with real life. What art style that blends dreams and reality is she associated with?
Surrealism
300
What style of art, which focuses on expressing feelings through shapes, colors, and movement rather than recognizable objects, did Pollock help make famous?
Abstract Expressionism
400
Franklin invented special glasses with two different strengths in each lens so he didn't have to carry two pairs. What are they called?
Bifocals (bifocal glasses)
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Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 of these short poems, often about love, that have 14 lines and follow a special rhyming pattern.
Sonnets
400
Monet's garden at Giverny
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What style of painting, which came after Impressionism and used bold colors and strong brushstrokes to show feelings, did van Gogh help define?
Post-Impressionism
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What symbol of the Olympics shows five interlocking rings in different colors, representing the continents of the world?
The Olympic rings
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What is the name of the other element Marie Curie discovered, which glows and is still used in medicine today?
Radium
400
What did Thomas Edison call his famous workshop in New Jersey, where he and his team invented hundreds of things?
Menlo Park (his invention factory)
400
What famous Mexican artist, known for painting large murals, was Frida Kahlo's husband?
Diego Rivera
400
Because of his dripping technique, newspapers gave Pollock a famous nickname. What did they call him?
Jack the Dripper
500
Benjamin Franklin helped write a very important document that declared that the American colonies were free from British rule. What is this document called?
The Declaration of Independence (1776)
500
Shakespeare invented over 1,700 new words we still use today, including "bedroom," "lonely," and "generous." What do we call someone who creates new words?
A neologist (or wordsmith); Shakespeare coined these words
500
The word "Impressionism" came from the title of one of Monet's paintings. What was the subject of that painting? 
A sunrise over a harbor (the painting was called "Impression, Sunrise")
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Van Gogh created over 900 paintings in his lifetime, but only sold about one during his life. Who bought it?
His friend and art dealer, Theo (or Anna Boch)
500
In what city were the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896?
Athens, Greece
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What word, coined by Marie Curie, describes the energy given off by certain elements like uranium and radium? 
Radioactivity (or radioactive)
500
Edison held over 1,000 patents — official papers that proved an invention was his. What do we call a person who creates new inventions?
An inventor
500
After a serious bus accident as a teenager, Frida spent months in bed recovering. What did she do during that time that launched her art career?
She began painting (her mother had a special easel made so she could paint lying down)
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In what state did Jackson Pollock have his famous studio, where he created his drip paintings on Long Island?
New York
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Before becoming a scientist and statesman, Benjamin Franklin worked in this trade, producing newspapers and pamphlets.
Printer (or printing)
600
Shakespeare wrote two main types of plays — funny ones with happy endings and serious, tragic ones. What are these two types called?
Comedies and tragedies
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Monet continued painting even as he struggled with this condition that made it hard for him to see clearly. What was it?
Cataracts
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Van Gogh painted more than 30 self-portraits — pictures of himself. What is a painting an artist makes of themselves called?
A self-portrait
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What do athletes carry into the stadium at the start of every Olympic Games to light a special bowl of fire?
The Olympic torch
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Marie Curie worked in a laboratory in what famous European city, known for the Eiffel Tower?
Paris, France
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Thomas Edison is often quoted as saying that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent what?
Perspiration (hard work)
600
Frida Kahlo often included animals in her paintings and kept many as pets. What large spotted wild cat, native to Mexico, appeared frequently in her work?
A jaguar (or monkey, parrot, and deer also appeared often)
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One of Pollock's most famous large paintings is called "No. 31." If a painting has no recognizable objects or people in it, what do we call that style of art?
Abstract art