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100

Characterized by its toes-in, heels-out twisting steps, it was performed as a solo, with a partner, or in a group.

What is the Charleston dance?

100

Was an American trumpeter and vocalist. This person was among the most influential figures in jazz. Their career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz.

Who is Louis Armstrong?

100

Viable writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922. Chasing his American dream, Nick lands next door to Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom Buchanan.

What is the Great Gatsby?

100

A Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France.

Who is Pablo Picasso?

200

A fast, energetic dance popular during the late 1930s and 1940s, that includes some steps with a partner and some improvised steps

What is the Lindy Hop dance?

200

An African-American blues singer who was widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s

Who is Bessie Smith?

200

New York mobster Bugsy Siegel goes to Hollywood to build up gambling rackets and becomes obsessed with creating a gambling haven in the Nevada desert, leading to the development of Las Vegas and the construction of the Flamingo Hotel.

What is Bugsy?

200

A major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. His most notable contributions were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1905, and the role he played in the development of Cubism.

Who is Georges Braque?

300

A graceful ballroom dance, in which couples use a combination of long walking movements and short quick steps to glide across the dance floor.

What is the Fox Trot dance?
300

An American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong.

Who is Sidney Bechet?

300

Gil Pender (Owen Wilson) is a screenwriter and aspiring novelist vacationing in Paris. He goes on a late-night tour and finds himself transported back in time to the Jazz Age, spending time with iconic figures from that era, leading him to feel dissatisfied with the present.

What is Midnight in Paris?

300

A French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter

Who is Henri Matisse?

400

A jazz dance that features the upper body, especially the shoulders, shaking and quivering horizontally from side to side, such that a dancer's 'chemise' might shift and slide.

What is the Shimmy?

400

An American jazz cornet player and bandleader. He was particularly recognized for his playing style and his pioneering use of mutes in jazz.

Who is King Oliver?

400

Velma (Catherine Zeta-Jones) murders her husband and gets defended by lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere). When Roxie (Renée Zellweger) also ends up in prison, Billy takes on her case too, leading to a media frenzy as both women vie for fame and celebrity.

What is Chicago? (The Movie)

400

A Catalan-Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramist. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975.

Who is Joan Miro?