Literature
Though Shakespeare wrote many plays about kings, she is the only title character who is a queen, probably the most famous Egyptian queen.
Who is Cleopatra?
Gal Gadot as this character brought some Amazon estrogen to 2016's Batman v. Superman
Who is Wonder Woman?
This 1930 painting by Grant Wood portrays a fictitious farmer and his daughter
What is American Gothic?
This mechanical device is used by musicians to keep time
What is a metronome?
Lava & igneous rocks form from this molten rock
What is magma?
The famous line “Out, out, brief candle!” is spoken after the announcement of this woman’s death.
Who is Lady MacBeth?
He had his Cher of success as a singer of I Got You Babe before going to Congress
Who is Sonny Bono?
This 1889 van Gogh work depicts a crescent moon in a swirling sky a church spire & a cypress tree
What is Starry Night?
The Bodyguard soundtrack spawned her hit I Will Always Love You
Who is Whitney Houston?
By volume this gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
This country’s authors have won more Nobel Prizes in Literature, including the USA.
What is France?
The Bee Gees were doing this kind of Talkin' in a No. 1 hit
What is Jive?
Michelangelo was one of the leading figures of this great period of art in Italy from around 1400 to 1600
What is the Renaissance?
Accelerando means the music is getting faster; crescendo means it's getting not softer, but this
What is louder?
This woman's record was not glowing enough to get her into the French Academy of Sciences--husband Pierre got in
Who is Marie Curie?
This man is the only native Californian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Who is John Steinbeck?
This question about accessing a Tootsie Roll was first asked in ads in 1970
What is “How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop”?
This Rodin sculpture was originally meant to be a seated portrait of Dante for the top of The Gates of Hell
What is The Thinker?
Other characters in this smash Broadway show include Aaron Burr, Lafayette, & Peggy Schuyler
What is Hamilton?
In 1985 a paper documented a hole over the south polar region in this layer of the atmosphere
What is the ozone layer?
A preface to this 1913 play by George Bernard Shaw was entitled “A Professor of Phonetics.” It was based on a Greek myth about a statue coming to life and was also adapted into a film called "My Fair Lady."
What is Pygmalion?
Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton designed her royal wedding dress as well as her sister Pippa's bridesmaid dress
Who is Kate Middleton?
He coined the term ready-made for everyday objects he designated as art like the one he titled Fountain (actually a urinal)
Who is Marcel Duchamp?
Liszt was among the customers of Bosendorfer a firm that's been making these instruments with 88 keys since 1828
What are pianos?
It can't fly or breathe fire but this largest living lizard has a venomous bite that inhibits blood clotting
What is the Komodo dragon?