Astronomy
Math
Art
Shakespeare
Literature
100
Italian astronomer who built the first complete astronomical telescope.
Who is Galileo?
100
Change the fraction 13/52 to a percent.
What is 25%?
100
Famous art museum, built on the north bank of the Seine River, built as a residence for the kings of France.
What is the Louvre?
100
This play features three interlocking plots, connected by a celebration of the wedding of Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta, which is set simultaneously in the woodland and in the realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon.
What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?
100
Three 1988 films, Little Dorrit, Scrooged, and Oliver and Company are based on the work of this English author who wrote Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and Oliver Twist. Name the author.
Who is Charles Dickens?
200
Polish astronomer whose theory that the earth moves around the sun was believed by Galileo.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
200
If the sum of 2 consecutive even integers is 18, what is the smaller integer?
What is 8?
200
This famous chapel contains one of the most famous ceilings in the world created by Michelangelo.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
200
This work revolves around four central characters: Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army; his wife, Desdemona; his lieutenant, Cassio; and his trusted ensign, Iago.
What is Othello?
200
Identify the creator of the literary character: Napoleon, the Pig.
Who is George Orwell?
300
Heavenly body that Galileo discovered that was not a smooth sphere shining by its own light.
What is the moon?
300
A trapezoid has bases of 3 and 9. If the altitude of the trapezoid is 8, this is the area.
What is 48?
300
The Sofia Reina, located in Madrid, houses one of the most famous paitings, the Guernica (Spanish Civil War), by this famous painter.
Who is Picasso?
300
Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge this prince exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering the King, Claudius's brother and his father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow.
What is Hamlet?
300
Identify the creator of the literary character: Peter Rabbit.
Who is Beatrix Potter?
400
Planet whose 4 bright satellites Galileo discovered in 1610.
What is Jupiter?
400
If 2 to the n power times 2 the 3rd power equals 32, this is n.
What is 2?
400
In this type of artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.
What is Cubism?
400
This tragedy tells the story of two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families- the Capulets and Montagues.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
400
Identify the creator of the literary character: Bilbo Baggins.
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?
500
General tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church that forced Galileo to renounce his belief in the theory of the Polish astronomer.
What is the Inquisition?
500
At 15% interest per year compounded annually, this is the return on $240 in one year.
What is $36?
500
This French artist is most famous for his paintings of ballerinas and cafe life in Paris.
Who is Edgar Degas?
500
The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship, but Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments until she becomes a compliant and obedient bride. The subplot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina's more desirable sister, Bianca.
What is The Taming of the Shrew?
500
Identify the creator of the literary character: Phineas Fogg
Who is Jules Verne?
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