Arts
What is the most spectacular art theft in the world?
Perhaps the most famous case of art theft occurred on August 21, 1911, when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by employee Vincenzo Peruggia, who was caught after two years.
In 1994, Edvard Munch’s The Scream was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo, Norway, and held for ransom. It was recovered later in the year.
These robbery greatly contributed to the paintings’ popularity.
What is the best selling videogame of all time?
Minecraft
How does physical activity affect your personal health?
Regular physical activity can help keep your thinking, learning, and judgment skills sharp as you age. It can also reduce your risk of depression and anxiety and help you sleep better.
What's the shortest commercial flight in the world?
According to BusinessInsider the shortest commercial flight is between Westray and Papa Westray islands in Scotland.
The airports are 2 miles apart. The flight takes 90 seconds and according to The Points Guy it’s a much better transportation alternative than the 20 minutes choppy boat trip from one to the other island.
What was the first feature-lengh animated movie ever released?
Snow white and the 7 dwarfs
Why is mona lisa so famous?
Mona Lisa went viral in 1911 when the painting was stolen from the Louvre in Paris. Until that point, it was “just another painting” by one of the many Renaissance masters. But with the paintings disappearance for two years, she became famous world-wide. People sent flowers to the museum. Poems and songs were written about her.
That being said, a lot of people really are drawn to that enigmatic smile, since it’s such a unique expression, even today, so The Mona Lisa popularity is due to different reasons.
Portraits have historically served several purposes, and the Mona Lisa never really fully fit into any of them. Because it’s not a clearly defined, easily explainable work of art, people keep coming back to it. We want answers, and simply put, it bugs us that we don’t have them, so we keep looking for them.
What is the most expensive video game made to date?
Grand Theft Auto V (although Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 earns an honorable mention in this category)
What does NBA stand for?
National Basketball Association.
Where is The biggest pyramid in the world Located?
Giza and Egypt. Probably this comes on top of your mind when you think about pyramids. But, it’s not in Giza.
The biggest pyramid in the world by volume is located in Cholula de Rivadavia, Mexico. Over time, nature did its job and camouflaged it with soil, grass and other vegetation, so it was not easy to spot it and to see what lies beneath the hill at its location. The Great Pyramid of Cholula is only 54 m (177 ft) tall, but with a base four time larger than the Great Pyramid at Giza, having a volume of 166k ft³ (3.3 million m³) compared to the 84k ft³ (2.4 million m³) of the Pyramid of Khufu. According to BBC it’s also the largest monument on earth ever built by humans.
What is the name of the character played by jennifer lawrence in the hunger games?
Katniss Everdeen
Is graffiti art?
Graffiti has been accused of vandalism, illegality, incoherence, and nonstandard presentation.
However, its relationship with art is quite complicated.
In 2008 a group of London graffiti artists were jailed, and by contrast, just down the road, the riverside facade of Tate Modern had been covered in giant murals by six urban artists with international reputations.
Bansky‘s record sales of his paintings also testify the popularity of this type of art. At the same time, though, he’s object of criticism too.
There is no definitive answer to this question – is graffiti art? The choice is yours.
What crowdsource funding platform is responsible for the success of the Oculus Rift?
A Kickstarter campaign that raised $250,000 for a once-dead technology
Approximately how much of your body weight is muscle?
40%
What is Big Ben?
Big Ben is not the clock, but the bell on top of St. Stephen’s Tower.
Most people associate Big Ben with the clock on St. Stephen’s Tower in London. In fact the name belongs to the thirteen ton bell on the top of the tower, according to Hotels.com.
What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
Avatar
Can anybody be an artist?
There is no need for a license to be an artist, so anybody can call him/herself so.
For a person to be recognised and accepted by other people as an artist, though, is another matter.
In the past becoming an artist was more complicated.
Under careful tutelage, the apprentice would survey the work of the master and develop a style. Students would stay apprentices until the
master deemed them capable enough to work on their own. During their studies apprentices had little room to interject personal ideas
because they weren’t learning ideas, they were learning skills.
As times changed, skills were no longer needed to be an artist.
What classic video game was named because the creator misunderstood a translation?
Donkey Kong was named because the creator thought that “Donkey” meant “Stupid” in English.
During digestion, what do all carbohydrates other than fiber break down into?
Sugar
What country in the world has no mosquitoes. What about the one with no snakes?
Wondering whether you need to pack in your bags a mosquito repellant for your trip? Iceland is one of few countries in the world that doesn’t have mosquitos. A convenient advantage for such an interesting destination. Ireland has no native species of snake.
What was quentin tarantino’s first film as writer and director?
Reservoir Dogs
Why are the most famous artists male?
The Guerrilla Girls, and New York-originated group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world, ask themselves this question too.
Like in many other fields, women were long kept out of the art decision making and were almost exclusively used as models.
The only artistic field where women earn as much as men, right now, is music business. Art is still behind.
Artists, gallerists, art professors, collectors, critics, museum directors used to be mostly male. Luckily this trend has started to change, but not enough yet.
The United States Air Force used what gaming console to create a cluster supercomputer?
The Playstation 3 (PS3) was actually quite powerful at computing at the time.
In meters, how big is an Olympic-sized swimming pool?
50 meters long and 25 meters wide.
It is not possible to tell exactly how tall the eiffel tower is. true or false and why?
Eiffel Tower’s size increases 15 cm (6 inches) during summer time because the steel structure expands on higher temperatures. A little reminder on physics
WHAT IS THE NAME OF ROSE’S FAMOUS NECKLACE FEATURED IN THE TITANIC?