From the Collection
The Price is Right
The Ancients
Museum Anagrams
Movie Records
Lunch Time Topics
200
While photographs can be printed through various mediums and techniques, such as platinum-palladium, cyanotype, daguerreotype, etc., this is the most common print medium
Silver-Gelatin
200
This director once worked as an animator for Walt Disney Productions, but executives eventually fired him because they felt his personal dark, macabre style was too creepy and not a good fit for their family-friendly brand.
Tim Burton
200
This Macedonian, who inherited the throne at the age of 20, formed one of the largest contiguous empires in history before his death in 323 BC at the age of 32
Alexander the Great
200
The process of creating detailed, standardized records for artifacts and artworks
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act goal
Catalog
200
This 2009 movie that introduced simultaneous facial and body motion-capture cameras broke and still holds the box office highest grossing film record.
James Cameron's Avatar
200
This iconic Italian plumber originally started as a carpenter in Donkey Kong
Mario
400
This Chicano art collective that came out of East Los Angeles is named after the Spanish word for "disgust", representing their response to problems surrounding the Chicano community, as well as the Vietnam War
ASCO
400
This Edward Scissorhands actor was named as the highest earning actor of 2012 by the Guinness Book of World Records
Johnny Depp
400
The last pharaoh of Egypt before it fell to the Romans in 30 BC was not actually Egyptian. She was a Macedonian from the Ptolemaic dynasty who had a reputation for being intelligent and charming.
Cleopatra VII
400
The act of going through a museums entire collection to verify the location, condition, and accuracy of all objects and their records in a museum's collection
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tenor viny
Inventory
400
The soundtrack for this movie, released in 1965, spent an unmatched 109 consecutive weeks in the Billboard Top 10.
Sound of Music
400
The first known version of this puzzle was created by a journalist named Arthur Wynne from Liverpool, with it appearing in a Sunday newspaper, the New York World, on December 21, 1913
Crossword Puzzle
600
The Xoloitzcuintle and this other modern dog breed are both descendants of domesticated dogs that entered North America from Siberia along with human migrations more than 9,000 years ago.
Chihuahua
600
This macabre poet married his own cousin in 1836, when he was 27 and she was only 13
Edgar Allen Poe
600
They are sculptures buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, in the late 200s BC. There are about 8000 figures, each with unique faces, poses, and clothing.
Terra Cotta Warriors
600
The formal, documented act of accepting an object into a museum’s permanent collection, establishing the institution's legal title and custody.
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case coins
Accession
600
This movie from 1997 is the first movie to hit more than $1 Billion in the global box office, and is tied for the record of the most Academy Awards, earning 11 Oscars
Titanic
600
A Canadian rock band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta, comprising lead guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist Ryan Peake, and bassist Mike Kroeger
Nickleback
800
This artist known for his "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, his last name loosely translates to "Door maker"
Albrecht Durer
800
This classic pop song was originally going to be titled "Starlight" before the writers landed on a catchier title. The spoken part at the end of the song was written last minute, in a taxi cab while the writer was on the way to visit Vincent Price
Thriller
800
General Sherman over 2000 years old and is the largest tree in the world. Found in California, it is of this species.
Giant Sequoia
800
The process of returning a person, asset, or cultural artifact to their place of origin, citizenship, or homeland
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anterior pita
Repatriation
800
This movie was the first animated full-length film, and when adjusted for inflation, still holds the record for the highest grossing animated film
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
800
A bread roll originating in the Jewish communities of Poland traditionally made from yeasted wheat dough that is shaped by hand into a torus
Bagels
1000
This artist is credited with influencing many impressionist painters when his prints arrived in Europe on a Wave of popularity after his death. He is also credited with creating the term "manga"
Hokusai
1000
The clock tower scene in this Disney movie is the first major use of computer animation in a feature-length animated film. The same scene was also the first time traditionally-animated characters were put inside a computer-generated background.
The Great Mouse Detective
1000
This giant statue, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, was a depiction of the sun god Helios, and served as inspiration for the statue of liberty. It stood for a grand total of 54 years before it fell down in a great earthquake
Colossus of Rhodes
1000
Ethical, legal, and professional guidelines and standards established by organizations that all museums should follow to uphold ethics and public trust
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accept biters
Best Practice
1000
This movie from 1939 still holds the ultimate record for the biggest box-office success, earning $4.2 billion when adjusted for inflation
Gone With the Wind
1000
This world wide event in 1932 lead to the renovation of famous venues across California such as the Rose Bowl and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Olympics