Olympics
The first modern Olympics were held in what year?
1896
What nationality is the painter Helen Frankenthaler?
American
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
What is the name for areas which appear dark on the surface of the sun?
Sunspots
Who was the first woman to have won the Oscar for Best Director?
Kathryn Bigelow
Who is credited with starting the modern Olympic games?
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Expressionism emerged in the early years of which century?
18th
What city do the Beatles come from?
Liverpool
What is the name for a planet outside the solar system?
Exoplanet
Leonardo DiCaprio won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in which film?
The Revenant
Where was the first winter Olympics held?
Chamonix, France
Who was most famous for his works painting the Moulin Rouge?
Toulouse Lautrec
What is Beethoven's first name?
Ludwig
Caliban is a moon that orbits which planet?
Uranus
Who holds the record for the most Oscars won?
Walt Disney
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The Olympic torch is a tribute to the fire that burned throughout the ancient Greek Olympic games honoring which goddess?
Hestia
What is featured in Dali's "The Persistence of Memory"?
Clocks
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A Olympic sledding event?
Luge
In which month of the year do we see the Perseid meteor shower?
August
In what year was the first Oscar for Best Animated Feature awarded?
2002
In 2016, which sport made the Olympic roster for the first time since 1924?
Rugby
Impression Sunrise is a famous work of art by which painter?
Monet
AGreek island of Sappho?
Lesbos
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he Vredefort crater, left over from a meteorite impact, is in which country?
South Africa
Which two actresses tied for Best Actress in 1969?
Katherine Hepburn
Barbara Streisand