Paintings and Painters
This French Impressionist was well-known for his paintings of water lillies.
Who was Claude Monet?
The year Nebraska was admitted to the union.
What is 1867?
This ancient civilization celebrated a precursor to Christmas known as Saturnalia.
Who were the Romans?
Persistent, excessive, uncontrollable anxiety/worry for > 6 months
Patient struggles to control worry
At least 3 of these symptoms...
What is GAD?
Kennet's favorite color.
What is green? Blue is also accepted.
This famous 19th Century painter is believed to have sold only 1 of his paintings during his lifetime.
Who was Vincent Van Gogh?
This spree killer terrorized Nebraska and Wyoming in 1957 and 1958, killing 11 people. He is buried in the Wyuka Cemetery on O Street in Lincoln.
Who was Charles Starkweather?
Traditionally, some Austrian households keep decorations of this ghoulish fiend up year-round.
Who is Krampus?
Deliberately annoys others
Blames others for own mistakes or misbehavior
Easily annoyed, angry, resentful, or vindictive
Argues with adults, defies authority figures, refuses to follow rules
What is ODD?
The capital of Djibouti.
What is Djibouti?
The Picasso painting Guernica depicts this 1930s conflict.
What is the Spanish Civil War?
In September 2022, this civil rights activist, born in Omaha, was named to the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
Who was Malcolm X?
This Puritan leader temporarily outlawed the celebration of Christmas in England.
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
Does not seek or respond to comfort
Poor social responsiveness, limited positive affect
Unexplained irritability/fear/sadness, even during safe encounters
Toileting and sleep difficulties
Anxiety, aggression, hyperactivity/impulsivity
The author of the Harry Potter series.
Who is nobody? There is no author of them as far as I'm concerned.
A fascist who was also an influential surrealist painter.
Who was Salvador Dali?
The only United States president born in Nebraska.
Who was Gerald Ford?
The name Kwanzaa is derived from this widely spoken African language.
What is Swahili?
Submissive, clingy
Needs to be taken care of
Struggle to make decisions on own
Fear of abandonment
What is dependent personality disorder?
The longest-serving monarch in the history of the British Crown, whose reign ended in late 2022.
Who is Vin Diesel?
In 2018, a painting by this late-20th Century pioneer of street art and Neo-Expressionism sold at auction for $110.5 million, a then-record for an American artist.
Who was Jean-Michel Basquiat?
This fish, the largest of which ever caught weighed 646 pounds, is the state fish of Nebraska.
What are catfish?
This Cold War president was the first American president to celebrate Hanukkah in the White House.
Who was Harry Truman?
Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships, including being part of a family.
Takes pleasure in few, if any, activities.
Lacks close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives.
Shows emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affectivity.
What is schizoid personality disorder?
After a rout in this state, Union officer Jefferson C. Davis murdered his superior William “Bull” Nelson.
An acoustic shadow led to Don Carlos Buell’s troops arriving late to a battle in this state, leading to his replacement by William Rosecrans.
Edmund Kirby Smith and Braxton Bragg feuded throughout an 1862 Confederate campaign in this state that turned back after the Battle of Perryville.
A senator from this state proposed an “unalterable” westward extension of the Missouri Compromise line in the Crittenden Compromise.
Illinois senator Stephen Douglas spearheaded the Compromise of 1850 with this state’s “Great Compromiser,” Henry Clay.
Home to a log cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born.
What is Kentucky?