Literature
Theatre
Cinema
Music
Painting
100
Who wrote The Tale of Genji? (Genji Monogatari)
Murasaki Shikibu
100
This country is considered to be the birthplace of modern theatre.
Greece
100
"Movies" is a short-form for ___________________
Moving pictures
100
A group of three musicians is a trio.
What do you call a group of five musicians?
A quintet
100
This French museum houses one of the largest collections of classical paintings
The Louvre
200
Who wrote Oliver Twist?
Charles Dickens
200
This type of Japanese theatre originated during the Edo period
Kabuki
200
Who invented cinema?
The Lumiere brothers
200
Classical music that includes singing and acting to tell a story and no microphones are used.
Opera
200
This Japanese artist is famous for 36 Views of Mount Fuji
Hokusai Katsushika
300
William Shakespeare was born in the _________ century
16th
300
In live theatre, what is the opposite of comedy?
Tragedy
300
The first feature-length talking motion picture
The Jazz Singer
300
This musician was composing music by the age of five
Mozart
300
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican CIty was painted by this famous artist in the early 1500s
Michelangelo
400
Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austen
400
The most popular theatre district in N. America
Broadway (in New York)
400
This word is used to describe movies made in India
Bollywood
400
This Japanese instrument typically has 13 strings and is plucked to produce the sound
Koto
400
This style of painting was developed in France in the 19th century, where artists painted outdoors rather that in a studio
Impressionism
500
What fictional detective was created by Arthur Conan Doyle?
Sherlock Holmes
500
What is the largest ancient amphitheatre in the world?
The Colosseum in Rome.
500
This 1939 film was the highest-grossing movie for 25 years
Gone With the Wind
500
The music genre became popular during the 1930s and 40s with leaders such as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller
Big Band music or Swing
500
This Dutch painter from the 1600s is famous for Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer