Visual Arts
Jacques-Louis David is considered the main painter and inventor of the Neoclassical movement. Where are his most famous artworks, including The Oath of the Horatii, The Coronation of Napoleon, and The Death of Marat located?
The Louvre
When a Persian had just inaugurated a new and extremely expensive bridge in Persia, a violent storm came and destroyed his bridge entirely. He grew so mad that he ordered his soldiers to whip the sea 300 times and to throw heavy chains into the sea, making the famous idiom 'just whipping the sea'. Which king was this?
King Xerxes
This soccer player famously head-butted a soccer player during the final of the 2006 FIFA world cup.
Zinedine Zidane
What were Freddie Mercury's nationalities?
Indian and Tanzanian, born in the city of Zanzibar in Tanzania to Indian parents, growing up in the UK.
This loyalist general was hung, and, in some versions of the story, had his noose tied to a carriage and pulled until decapitated. Who was this general?
Major John Andre
Pablo Picasso was often considered 'an artist of phases', for he had a cubist period, a blue period, and a classical period. Francisco Goya, painter of Saturn Devouring his Son, also completed a 'blue' period when in a time of sadness similarly to Picasso, in which he painted a series of fourteen oil paintings onto the walls of his house. What were these paintings called?
What are the names of the Egyptian pyramids?
The pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure.
This Roman general was defeated by the Parthians. And to mock his relentless greed for material, the Parthians poured molten gold down his throat boiling his internal organs, digestive tract, and poisoning his body with gold intoxication. They poured gold even into his corpse until full after he died. What was this general's name?
Marcus Linius Crassus
Where was Alexander the Great born?
Alexander the Great was born in Macedon (Macedonia), and became king at eighteen after his father's assassination, quickly conquering all of Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
Alexander Hamilton was born in which Caribbean Island?
Nevis, of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
This museum (located in Europe) is home to over 8 million works of art, more than any other fine art museum in the world. What museum is it?
The British Museum, London, UK
British Museum: 8 Million artworks
Louvre Museum: 35,000 artworks (on display)
Norton Simon Museum: 350 artworks
How many Pharaohs did Ancient Egypt have?
170 pharaohs
This president took a bullet in his chest that was stopped by a thick bible he kept in his coat, and still continued his ninety-minute speech.
Theodore Roosevelt
Where was Natalie Portman born?
Jerusalem, Israel
This man, famous for being the leader of the Sons of Liberty (and his modern-day beer), poured seven million dollars worth of tea into Boston Harbor, an event called the Boston Tea Party.
Samuel Adams
Musee d'Orsay
1. The David
2. Venus de Milo
3. La Pieta
4. Winged Victory of Samothrace
5. Parthenon Sculptures
This president had an alligator living in the bathtub of the White House, given to him by Marquis de Lafayette. Who was this president (looking at you, Larissa)?
John Quincy Adams, son of president John Adams
Where was Lupita Nyongo born?
Fill in the lyrics: I am in the ____, I am ______ in watching him ____ the _____ and _____ it. If _______ is going to listen to ________ _________, this is the ________, this kid is out!
I am in the cabinet, I am complicit in watching him grabbing the power and kiss it. If Washington isn't gon' listen to disciplined dissidents, this is the difference, this kid is out!
Leonardo da Vinci, often debatably considered the greatest painter of all time (and painter of the Mona Lisa) completed a shockingly small collection of oil paintings, 50% of which are unfinished. Exactly how many paintings did Leonardo create?
17 artworks
What was Alexander the Great's favorite food?
Apples! After finding apples in India, Alexander the Great brought them back to Greece and planted them across the Greek city-states.
This common and quirky torture method was used most constantly during events such as the French and American revolution.
Tarring and feathering: Covering someone's body with tar to tear at their skin, and later covering the tar with bird feathers to mock the victim. Though the victims would rarely die, they would spend days crying as the tar would tear at they skin, and the tears were salty, intensifying the pain of the wounds.
What is Cleopatra's nationality?
Macedonian (modern-day Macedonia, formerly Macedon). She became Pharaoh after her father's death, and later poisoned her brother to secure total power over Egypt.
Which abolitionist worked as a spy undercover as a tailor of pants?
Hercules Mulligan