Hearts for Arts
Which Italian gentleman sculptor turned painter created the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (and apparently hated the work)?
Michelangelo
Apparently, a high amount of murders in America have occurred in California (the Black Dahlia murder included). What famous prison located in San Francisco Bay has housed some of America's most notorious criminals, including Al Capone?
A) Alcatraz
B) Bastille
C) California State Penitentiary
D) The San Francisco Prison
A) Alcatraz
Few characters are more iconic than Caitlin Wharton's. What is the name of the dashing, bloodthirsty, curly-wurly-haired young earl who lives in the Cheddar Gorge and coined the phrase "magnificently murderous"?
The Earl of Cheddar
Timothee Chalamet became famous for his portrayal of 17-year-old Emilio in Call Me By Your Name, a smash-hit on the silver screen that was based on a book. Since then, he has garnered Academy Award nominations and appeared in another film adaptation of a book - one of the most beloved books to come out of Civil War-era New England, in fact. Which book was this?
A) Jane Eyre
B) Uncle Tom's Cabin
C) Little Women
C) Little Women
Andrew John Hozier-Byrne is a 6'6 curly-haired musician with tremendous talent. What nationality is Mr. Hozier-Byrne?
Irish
True or False: Raphael did not like the feud he had with Michelangelo and decided to dedicate a painting to him as an olive branch. However, the paints Raphael used were not mixed correctly, and when a storm destroyed part of his studio, the paint ran from his canvas. So, when he presented the painting, all Michelangelo saw was a muddled mess. He threw his hat down and declared Raphael was his greatest enemy.
False (as far as I know :D)
True or False: Sam Storm was a real serial killer who lived in Ewloe, Wales, in the 1950s. She was known to bake cherry pie for her neighbors. Anyone who got a burnt pie was found deceased a day later. Sam Storm confessed to the murders, but escaped prison and was never caught again.
False! Sam Storm is a fictional character created by Caitlin Wharton
Caitlin B. Wharton is a renowned wordsmith and surname twins with another exemplary woman writer, Edith Wharton. In fact, Caitlin B. Wharton's middle name also has writerly connections - she shares it with an animal loving female writer and artist who lived in the Lake District in the early 1900s. What is Caitlin's middle name?
Beatrix, same as Beatrix Potter! (Fun fact: 'Beatrix' was actually Miss Potter's middle name, as well - her full name was Helen Beatrix Potter!)
Catherine Moorland is the spunky heroine of Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey. At seventeen, Catherine is brimming with imagination and, despite her best attempts at prudence, nothing can stop her from being a hopeless romantic. Whether she's dancing with handsome gentlemen at the Pump Room in Bath or accusing their fathers of murder in old gothic abbeys, Catherine is always up for adventure. True or False: Northanger Abbey was published in 1817 but it was originally sold to a publisher in 1805 - but, for whatever reason, the publisher chose not to print it.
True! Jane Austen wrote her infamous "MAD" letter to the original publisher and bought back the rights to Northanger Abbey circa 1816.
True or False: Hozier was photographed underwater with no breathing apparatus for the cover for his second album, Wasteland, Baby! and he was buried under a mound of real dirt and earthworms for the cover of his third album, Unreal Unearth. When asked in an interview if he would continue the element trend with an air album and a fire album, he said he definitely would if he could convince his management to set him on fire or let him sky dive.
True! He is very dedicated.
What is the name of the method in which artists use a series of crisscrossing, layered lines to create shading?
A) squiggling
B) crosshatching
C) shadowing
B) crosshatching
What actor who made his debut as Austin in the Disney show Austin and Allie portrayed Jeffrey Dahmer in a biopic about the serial killer?
A) Luke Evans
B) Ewan Mitchell
C) Ross Lynch
C) Ross Lynch
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
Olivia Rodrigo wrote the majority of her debut album Sour when she was seventeen. Many of her songs nod to her teen tribulations, including the agony of first heartbreak and the strife of parallel parking. Her song 'brutal' even has a direct reference to her age. Complete the following line:
I'm so sick of seventeen
I'm over this teenage _ _ _ _ _
'dream'
Hozier writes his own lyrics, drawing a great deal from gospel music and exploring themes of religion, spirituality, and love. Hozier broke through the music industry at the age of 23 with his very first single. The music video accompanying his song railed against acts of homophobia occurring in Russia and advocated for gay rights. Actors like Stephen Fry (who played Jeeves in the 1990s show!) reposted the music video on social media, and it became a phenomenon. The song isn't explicitly about gay rights, but it is about celebrating romantic love as a form of worship. What is the name of Hozier's first song?
A) Take Me to Church
B) I Put a Spell on You
C) Hymn to Virgil
A - Take Me to Church
The Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, founded by Dante Gabriel Rosetti and some other early 1800s painters, was named after the great Italian artist Raphael. Dante Gabriel Rosetti had an affair with the wife of William Morris, another artist. What form of art did William Morris create?
A) He designed wallpapers
B) He designed carpets
C) He designed textiles
D) All of the above
D) He did it all!
True - this really did happen. Dante said Francesca and her husband's brother, Paolo, first kissed after reading an especially *eyebrow raise* story of Sir Lancelot
It's a wonder that Caitlin has time to write, draw, and act with five adorable animals to distract her (and occasionally threaten her life). What are the names of her animals? (Full points if you can name at least three - double points if you can list the different species of her animals.)
Rufus (doggie), Harper, (kitty), Maggie (kitten of the sea), Bobbin (guinea pig potato), William (guinea pig bard)
Seventeen is a popular heroine age! Not only have seventeen-year-old girls charmed the populous from the pages of Wuthering Heights, Northanger Abbey, and other classics, but they've stolen the big screen, too. Seventeen is, in fact, a popular age for Disney princesses. Which of these Disney princesses is not seventeen at the BEGINNING of her film?
A) Anna from Frozen
B) Rapunzel from Tangled
C) Belle from Beauty and the Beast
A) Anna from Frozen (she is a young child at the beginning of her film. Rapunzel is 17 at the beginning of hers but turns 18 during the film; Belle is 17 in her movie.)
Hozier cites Tom Waits and Nina Simone (whose birthday is February 21st, making her birthday twins with a certain Caitlin Wharton) as his biggest musical inspirations and heroes. The first song on Hozier's 2nd album is called "Nina Cried Power," a duet he performed with what gospel legend?
A) Billie Holiday
B) Mavis Staples
C) Elton John
B - Mavis Staples
True or False: The youngest artist to win the Nobel Prize in Fine Arts was 17. She was a Swedish artist whose most famous piece was a 100 by 100 foot tapestry depicting the stabbing scene in Julius Caesar.
False! There is, in fact, no Nobel Prize in Fine Arts, but there should be
True or False: There is a haunted house in Wicklow, Ireland that is inhabited by the ghost of a 17-year-old girl wearing pajamas. Literally nothing else is known about it except for that.
False (as far as I know, but that could be true ...?)
Caitlin is currently writing a novel featuring a handsome and charming black-haired police apprentice who is obsessed with animals and even rode his horse into someone's house once. What is the name of said police apprentice?
A) Chester Lovelace
B) Percival
C) Winston Smith
A - Chester Lovelace
Billie Eilish was 17 when her album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was released. She won 4 Grammys the following year. Billie writes and records her music with her older brother, a talented musician in his own right. What is her brother's name?
A) FINNEAS
B) Ed Sheeran
C) Patrick Eilish
A) FINNEAS
A) Ax throwing (very Earl of Cheddar)
B) Bee Keeping (not Too Sweet)
C) Rock climbing (height helps)
B - Bee Keeping