The Tudors
19th-century Art
Famous Composers
The Internet
Epidemics and Pandemics
100
Which famous Tudor had six wives?
Henry VIII
100
Which artist painted "The Starry Night" in 1889?
Vincent van Gogh
100
Which composer is known for Swan Lake and The Nutcracker?
Tchaikovsky
100
In what decade did the world wide web become publicly accessible?
1990s
100
An outbreak of what disease in 1918 killed 20-50 million people?
flu
200
How many Tudor monarchs were there? (2 acceptable answers)
6 if you include Jane Grey
200
What innovation in the 19th century significantly changed how artists studied anatomy and movement?
photography
200
Who composed The Four Seasons?
Vivaldi
200
Which came first: Yahoo or Google?
Yahoo (1994); Google was not founded until 1998
200
What is the name of the outbreak of the black plague that occurred in the 6th century?
Justinianic Plague
300
The Tudors rose to power as a result of which wars?
Wars of the Roses
300
Which painting technique was used to paint "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grade Jatte"?
pointillism
300
Which famous composer composed a number of works, including the Ninth Symphony, despite going deaf?
Beethoven
300
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007
300
Which woman spread typhoid to 51 people in New York City in the early 1900s?
Mary Mallon / Typhoid Mary
400
By which act did Henry VIII split from the Catholic Church?
Act of Supremacy
400
Who painted "Liberty Leading the People"?
Eugene Delacroix
400
Which Holy Roman ruler did Mozart perform for at age 6?
Empress Maria Theresa
400
What was the original name of Amazon?
Cadabra
400
Charles IV of Spain launched an immunization campaign after his daughter died from what disease?
smallpox
500
Which Tudor king died after a short reign of six years?
Edward VI
500
Which artist made this sculpture, entitled "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years?"
Edgar Degas
500
Which composer had seven kids with his second cousin, and thirteen kids with his second wife?
Bach
500
What was the name of the first operational computer network that became the foundation of the modern internet?
ARPANET
500
What is the name of Giovanni Boccacio's book which featured 100 stories set during the Black Death?
the Decameron