Art
The 80s
Land of the bean and cod
Sh*t my husband knows
100

In 2011, this actor sold a "non-visible" sculpture titled "Fresh Air" to an art collector paying $10,000.

Who is James Franco?

100

This actress was featured in Whitesnake's music video for the smash hit "Here I Go Again."

Who is Tawny Kitaen? 

100

And this is good old Boston,
The home of the bean and the cod,
Where the Lowells talk only to Cabots,
And the Cabots talk only to...


Who is God? (trinitarian or unitarian version accepted)

100

This Roman poet wrote satires, epistles and epodes - but he's perhaps best known for his Odes, one of which begins, "Now it's time to drink!"

Who is Horace?

200

Although he created more than 900 paintings, this artist only sold one during his lifetime, "Red Vineyard at Arles" which was purchased by the sister of one of his friends.

Who is Vincent van Gogh?

200

This was the 1980 presidential campaign slogan for Ronald Reagan

 "Let's make America great again"

200

This amazing business opened its doors in Quincy in 1950.

What is Dunkin' Donuts?

200

This explosive big-budget film director got his break with his work on music videos, including the one for Meat Loaf's "I Would Do Anything For Love."

Who is Michael Bay?

300

This museum holds the oldest known portrayal of Saint Dominic.

What is the Harvard Art Museum?

300

This 80s hair band hit the national scene in 1986 with their multi-platinum debut album "Look What the Cat Dragged In."

Who is Poison?

300

This American boy band from Dorchester, MA enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with hits like You Got It (The Right Stuff) and Step By Step.


Who are the New Kids on the Block?

300

This fella (no relation to the jurist) was the first European settler in Boston, five years before Winthrop's Puritans arrived.  He then moved south to become the first Rhode Islander.

Who is William Blaxton (or Blackstone)?

400

Villa I Tatti was gifted to Harvard by this prominent art historian alum.

Who is Bernard Berenson?

400

This is the highest grossing film of the 1980s.

What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)?

400

Students make up this percentage of Boston's population.

What is 20%?

400

This Pope earned the nickname "No-no" for his rejection of free speech, popular sovereignty, and other modern political principles after the 1848 European revolutions.

Who is Pius IX (Pio Nono)?

500

After dropping out of school, this artist started working as a carpenter with his father. He also lost a bit of his left index finger in a carpentry accident.

Who is BOB ROSS?

500

This show first aired in 1985 and follows four older women who share friendship and a home in Miami, Florida.

GOLDEN GIRLS 

500

This team won the first World Series over the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1903.

Who are the Boston Pilgrims? 

500

Members of this language family include Punic, Tigrinya, Moabite, Amharic and Aramaic.

What are the Semitic languages?

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