Saints
MODG Course Facts
Art
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100

Fra Angelico was part of this order.

What is the Dominicans.

100

In this MODG course you traditionally read the Bronze Bow.

What is Religion 7 (Acts of the Apostles).

100

This artist was nearly deaf by the end of his life. 

Who is Ludwig van Beethoven

100

This famous river runs through Egypt and is the longest river in the world.

What is the Nile? 

100

This is the largest organ in the body. 

What is the skin? 

200

Elizabeth Ann Seton, America's first US born saint, died at this age. 

What is 46?

200

This course is half a semester and reads CASTI CONNUBII. 

What is Health

200

To look at the Mona Lisa in person.... you need to be in this city.

Where is Paris?

200

This famous composer is known for his Symphony No. 9, which includes the iconic piece, “Ode to Joy.”

Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?

200

This is the name of our galaxy, home to our solar system. 

What is the Milky Way? 

300

Cousin to Saint Clare of Assisi and one of the first 12 followers of Saint Francis, this man shares the same name as the church Saint Francis was baptized in. 

Who is Brother Rufino

300

If you were writing a paper about two old men in a pub talking about different perspectives of political unrest, which course would you probably be reading a paper from?

What is US History.

300

This artist had many commissions of the great works in the Saint Peter's Vatican including the famous baldachino.

Who is Bernini?

300

This inventor is credited with inventing the telephone in 1876.

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

300

This toasty planet rotates so slowly that its day is actually longer than its year! 

What is Venus? 

400

On the 100th anniversary of his birth, April 6, 2001, the Royal Polytechnic Institute of Turin passed a special resolution posthumously granting this saint his beloved degree in mining engineering.

Who is Pier Giorgio

400

If a student is taking Literary Analysis, they are probably not taking this course.

What is British Lit?

400

In 1991, a man came into a famous art gallery and attacked this piece of art with a hammer. 

What is the David by Michelangelo?

400

In the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, the same actor is the voice for Treebeard and THIS member of the fellowship.

Who is John-Rhys Davies (Treebeard and Gimli)

400

Which scientist is called the father of genetics? 

Who is Gregor Mendel?

500

Most of Saint Catherine of Siena's body is in Rome in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. However her head and THIS part of her body are in Siena.

What is her right thumb.

500

MODG now has two US History text books used in LS. Who are the authors of these texts?

Who are Carroll and Clark?

500

Vincent Van Gogh lived a hard life. This is the name of Vincent Van Gogh's brother.

What is Theo.

500

Those are three of the four presidents carved into Mount Rushmore.

Who are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt? (Full points for naming just three of these! We'll give you half points if you name two.)
500

This famous scientist is known for his theory of relativity.

Who is Albert Einstein?