Art & Artists
In the 1930s an exiled Leon Trotsky & his wife came to stay with these 2 married artists in Mexico
Who are Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera?
In 2017 protests & a puppy were among this Russian leader's 65th birthday gifts
Who is Vladmir Putin?
When placed in the flame of a Bunsen burner copper produces a blue flame; sodium this color
What is yellow?
This mountain is the tallest in Japan and remains snow-capped for five months out of the year
What is Mount Fuji?
In 2015 after 10 years of study a French scientist said he found a hidden portrait beneath this Leonardo portrait
What is The Mona Lisa?
Paris' Musee de l'Orangerie is home to a set of Water Lilies canvases by this Frenchman
Who is Monet?
In May of 2017 this new president of France shared a white-knuckle handshake with Donald Trump
Who is Emmanuel Macron?
In 2012 scientists actually achieved a temperature lower than -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit better known by this term
What is Absolute Zero?
What is Pyongyang?
A 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in this body of water sent millions of gallons of oil into the sea, becoming one of the largest in history
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This artist who portrayed the Moulin Rouge in his paintings was a character in the film Moulin Rouge!
Who is Toulouse-Lautrec?
His father was purged in the 1960s but he became China's president in 2013
Who is Xi Jinping?
This 2nd-lightest gas is the only element that can't be solidified by cooling at normal atmospheric pressure
What is helium?
Bubble tea is a tea-based drink which includes tapioca balls or "pearls" and originated in this country in the 1980s
What is Taiwan?
On August 5th 2019, this beloved author passed away in the Bronx at the age of 88
Who is Toni Morrison?
Though the Spanish court painter he portrayed the vulgarity of the family of Charles IV
Who is Goya?
In 2017 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz said danke as this country made him one of the world's youngest leaders
What is Austria?
In 1856 William Perkin created the first synthetic one of these ink-like colorants; it was mauve
What is dye?
Khüiten Peak resides in this country and creates a natural border between it and China
What is Mongolia?
In April 2019 this Japanese Emperor abdicated his throne after thirty years, making him the first Japanese monarch to abdicate in 200 years
Who is Akihito?
In 2001 Artist Alma Lopez caused protest with her depiction of this woman in a swimsuit
Who is The Virgin Mary?
In November 2017 Danish PM Lars Rasmussen took a trip to Jakarta to give this Indonesian president a Metallica "Master of Puppets" vinyl box set as a diplomatic gift
Who is Joko Widodo (Jokowi)?
In a standard lead-acid battery lead plates & an electrolyte of this diluted acid create electrical energy
What is sulfuric acid?
The Gulf of Tonkin and the South China Sea borders this country directly to the East
What is Vietnam?
In 2003 this space shuttle exploded upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts on board
What is the Columbia?