Visual Art
Modern Music
Classical Music
Philosophy
Miscellaneous
100

What type of art is made by creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials?

Mosaic

100

Identify this smash hit Katy Perry album that includes the songs Last Friday Night, Firework, and California Gurls.

Teenage Dream

100

Which classical composer who wrote "Moonlight Sonata" and "Ode to Joy" was deaf?

Ludvig Van Beethoven
100

Name this Enlightenment thinker known for his idea of Natural Rights.

John Locke
100

What is the title or name given to the person who creates a dance or dance routine?

Choreographer

200

What publishing organization did Stan Lee and Jack Kirby create to market comics such as the Fantastic Four, the X-men, and the Incredible Hulk?

Marvel Comics

200

Name this R&B singer who featured Alicia Keys on My Boo and Ludacris on “Yeah!”.

Usher

200

This piece by Claude Debussy translates to "The Sea" in English.

La Mer

200

Identify the term that comes from the Greek, meaning "love of wisdom"; and is a subject that considers questions stemming from reflections on everyday events in life.

Philosophy

200

Name the device invented by J.N. Malzel in 1816 to indicate the tempo of music with a pendulum.

Metronome

300

Which pop artist of the 1960s painted images of soup cans, packaged goods, and famous portraits such as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marlon Brando?

Andy Warhol

300

For ten points, name this boyband behind the songs “Pop” and “It’s Gonna Be Me”, which kickstarted the career of Justin Timberlake.

NSYNC

300

Name the opera by Georges Bizet that was re-envisioned by MTV in 2001 as a "hip-hopera" starring Beyonce Knowles.

Carmen
300

Name the Greek philosopher who laid the foundation of western philosophy and who founded the Academy in Athens around 385 B.C.

Plato

300

Developed in Rome during the 1600's, name the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music.

Baroque

400

What is the 20th century artistic style in which dreams, fantasy, and the subconscious served as the inspiration for the artists?

Surrealism

400

Name this English, Grammy-award winning rock band formed in 1985 in Oxfordshire by bandmates including Thom Yorke, whose albums include "OK Computer" and "In Rainbows."

Radiohead

400

This Polish composer was famous for his piano compositions such as "Fantaisie Impromptu".

Frederic Chopin

400

Which branch of philosophy is also known as "moral philosophy"?

Ethics

400

What is the name of the highly stylized form of Japanese theater which began during the 17th and 18th centuries and is still performed today?

Kabuki

500

Spanish painter, Francisco Goya painted "___ Devouring His Children"

Saturn

500

Despite only recording three albums as a group, you could still call them "well-seasoned." With over 100 million record sales, what musical act is the best-selling girl group of all time?

The Spice Girls

500

What Czech composer's "New World Symphony" was composed while he was living in the United States?

Antonin Dvorak

500

This ancient Greek thinker and inventor of a supposed death ray shouted "Eureka!" upon realizing that buoyancy was the key to finding the volume of irregularly shaped objects.

Archimedes

500

Which group of unknown individuals shaped the high standard for quilting techniques through their use of color and simple lines in American quilting?

The Amish