Frances Bacon 101 Jeopardy Template

Life

Art Work

The Roaring 20's

Fun In The 40's

Mis.

100

The Old Masters were an important source of inspiration for him, particularly Diego Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X (c.1650) which Bacon used as the basis for his own famous series of what work?

A. Screaming Popes

B. Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

C. Crucifixion

A. Screaming Popes

100

Name this painting:

A. Portrait of George Dyer Crouching

B. Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

C. Crucifixion

A. Portrait of George Dyer Crouching

100

Prohibition added some new and interesting words to our vocabulary, including "bathtub gin", "bootlegging", and "rumrunners". What was the name of a bar that illegally sold liquor?

A. Bathtub

B. Secret Club

C. Speakeasy

100

"Yank" magazine named this singer as the man who had done the most for the morale of American soldiers at war during World War II. Not only did he win a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Father Chuck O'Malley in 1944's "Going My Way", he also had the top four chart positions that year for his songs, including "I'll Be Seeing You." Who was this entertainment superman?

A. Elvis Presley

B. Ray Charles

C. Bing Crosby

100

Many artist took interest in psychology and the physical sciences, finding inspiration in both the invisible signs and symbols that bubbled up from the subconscious and the visible internal cellular structures and life forms that make up the body. This type of art is called

A. Modernism

B. Cubism

C. Biomorphism

200

Where was Frances Bacon born?

A. London, England

B. Dublin, Ireland

C. Edinburgh, Scotland

B. Dublin, Ireland

200

Name this painting:

A. Crucifixion

B. Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

C. Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X

200

Until 1927, a full-length talking movie didn't exist. Moviegoers could sit back and watch the comic talents of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, but they couldn't hear them talk. What was the first talkie?

A. Casablanca

B. The Jazz Singer

C. Gone With The Wind

B. The Jazz Singer

200

In 1948 James Brunot bought the rights to manufacture a game he was already part owner in called "Criss-Crosswords". Which of the following board game with tiles do we still enjoy today?

A. Scrabble

B. Monopoly

C. Candyland

A. Scrabble

200

What small state was recognized in 1929 as an independent nation in Europe?

A. Czechoslovakia

B. Vatican City

C. Kosovo

B. Vatican City

300

Bacon attributed the connotations of violence in his paintings to the turbulent circumstances of his early life, due to his father's position during World War I. What was his father's job?

A. Worked in the War Office

B. Police Officer

C. Teacher

A. Worked in the War Office

300

Name this painting:

A. Crucifixion

B. Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

C. Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X

B. Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

300

What pandemic ended in 1920 with an estimated death of about 17 to 50 million people?

A. COVID-19

B. Ebola

C. Spanish Flu

300

This cereal adopted the phrase 'Snap! Crackle! Pop!' to describe the sound it makes when you pour milk on it.

A. Wheaties

B. Corn Flakes

C. Rice Krispies

300

While most of the top hits of 1940 were by big bands, Cliff Edwards also hit number one with this song from the animated film "Pinocchio". Which of these is it, that is so closely associated with The Walt Disney Company?

A. Hakuna Matata

B. When You Wish Upon a Star

C. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

B. When You Wish Upon a Star

400

In the middle of his life, Frances Bacon started to paint more portraitures. One of Frances Bacon's most famous subjects was his friend and life partner. Who was this person?

A. Isabel Rawsthorne

B. George Dyer

C. Lucian Freud

B. George Dyer

400

Name this painting:

A. Screaming Popes

B. Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

C. Crucifixion

400

A civil war was started in what country in 1927, sparked by different ideologies between two political parties?

A. United States

B. China

C. Japan

B. China

Chinese Communist Party (CPC) was supported by the Soviet Union with money and spies to curb the power of Chiang Kaishek, who was the leader of the Nationalist Party. In order to stop the influence of the CPC within his own party and the military, Chiang started a campaign to purge the communists through arrests and murders in Shanghai in April. The CPC responded with an uprising on 1st August 1927, at Nanchang against the Nationalist government in Wuhan.

400

In 1949, this author wrote a classic novel about a dystopian future. The book was titled 1984.

A. Edgar Allen Poe

B. George Orwell

C. Orson Welles

B. George Orwell

400

In the painting, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, figures are based upon the three goddesses of revenge from Greek mythology that play an important role in the Oresteia, a three-part tragedy by Aeschylus. Who are these goddesses?

A. The Furies

B. The Nymphs

C. Demeter, Persephone, and Hera

A. The Furies

500

Where did Frances Bacon die of a heart attack at the age of 81?

A. London, England

B. Dublin, Ireland

C. Madrid Spain

500

Name this painting:

A. Screaming Popes

B. Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

C. Painting

500

What significant scientific development was achieved in 1928?

A. Discovery of penicillin

B. The Telephone

C. Space Travel

A. Discovery of penicillin

500

The 1940s weren't actually only about the war. Life went on afterwards and the entertainment industry kept on entertaining. A film made in 1946 featured both real people and cartoon characters, and starred James Baskett. What is its name? (Hint: Splash Mountain at Disneyland)

A. Bambi

B. Snow White

C. Song of the South

500

In which country was the first Asian underground passenger railway inaugurated in 1927?

A. Japan

B. China

C. Russia

A. Japan