Post by swpok, I made another rotating quiz waiting on the (official)
results of rq #76. the usual rules apply. 1 point per answer.
highest score gets to set the next rq.
by capricious whim, I select Joachim as the winner! congratulations young man! your knowledge of international politics for countries starting with 'i' has served you well. RQ78 is yours to do with as you please.
the scores, if there are no errors below:
name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 total
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Mark B. 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 + 1 0 0 5+
Marc D. 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 1 1 1 1 0 0 7-
Erland 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
John M. 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7
Pete 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Dan T. 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 1 1 1 0 7-
Calvin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6
Joachim 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7+
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totals 0 7 0 2 7 1 5 2 0 8 3 7+ 7 1 0 43
inventors
1. who invented the rubber band?
stephen perry
(the rubber band was patented in england on march 17, 1845 by stephen perry. another person claimed to do it as well, in 1923.)
2. who invented the telegraph?
samuel f.b. morse
(this was not the first person to try, he was the first to succeed.)
3. who invented the paper clip as we know it today?
william middlebrook
politics
4. who is the prime minister of india?
manmohan singh
5. who is the prime minister of israel?
benjamin netanyahu
6. who is the president of the republic of ireland?
michael d. higgins
art / art history
7. of the top 47 highest prices paid for paintings, Vincent Van Gogh ranks 2nd with 7. who is first with 10?
pablo picasso
8. name any of the other artists on the list with more than 1 painting.
andy warhol (4),
gustav klimt 2),
mark rothko (2),
paul cézanne (2),
titian (2),
willem de kooning (2)
(many other paintings are considered more valuable, even priceless, but they are housed in museums all over the world and will never be sold. a recent theft of some was estimated by the insurance company at $100 million, but for that kind of money they will be caught eventually.)
9. the 'Mona Lisa' is the most famous painting of all time. what's the 2nd most famous one?
'The Starry Night' by Dutch artist (and friend of the Doctor) Vincent van Gogh
(I thought it was 'the last supper' by leonardo da vinci or perhaps even the ceiling of the sistine chapel.)
(the official list of most famous paintings from 1 to 10:
mona lisa
starry night
the last supper
the creation of adam (sistine chapel ceiling)
guernica
girl with a pearl earring (coincidence with the qftci)
the scream
night watch
water lilies
birth of venus)
music
10. who is the most successful group ever to take part in the eurovision song contest, winning in 1974?
abba
(and still as popular as ever I see)
11. by what name is david robert jones better known?
david bowie
(him, not so much)(sorry ziggy)
12. who had a hit in 1982 with the song 'down under'?
men at work
(thanks for the laugh, Mark)
science & technology
13. what disease is characterized as a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior?
autism
learn more at http://www.autismspeaks.org/
(my son is autistic, this was for him)
14. what company sent up a commercial rocket to resupply the international
space station on october 7th?
spacex
(not to be confused with virgin space)(but good on these folks for starting to make this happen commercially)
15. name either person who won the nobel prize in physics for 2012? (note: the higgs boson work by the people at cern using the large hadron collider didn't get it)
french physicist 'serge haroche' and american physicist 'david wineland' for their pioneering work in quantum optics — the study of the fundamental interaction between light and matter.
swp, who is still not over this cold. obviously.
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notes on art prices (subnote: some are in museums and considered priceless)
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Original
price
($MM) Year Artist Painting
$250 1893 Paul Cézanne The Card Players
$140 1948 Jackson Pollock No. 5, 1948
$137.50 1953 Willem de Kooning Woman III
$135 1907 Gustav Klimt Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
$82.50 1890 Vincent van Gogh Portrait of Dr. Gachet
$78.10 1876 Pierre-Auguste Renoir Bal du moulin de la Galette
$104.20 1905 Pablo Picasso Garçon à la pipe
$119.90 1895 Edvard Munch The Scream
$106.50 1932 Pablo Picasso Nude, Green Leaves and Bust
$58 1889 Vincent van Gogh Portrait of Joseph Roulin
$95.20 1941 Pablo Picasso Dora Maar au Chat
$53.90 1889 Vincent van Gogh Irises
$100.00 1963 Andy Warhol Eight Elvises
$87.90 1912 Gustav Klimt Adele Bloch-Bauer II
$71.50 1889 Vincent van Gogh Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe
$76.70 1611 Peter Paul Rubens Massacre of the Innocents
$86.30 1976 Francis Bacon Triptych, 1976
$80.00 1959 Jasper Johns False Start[note 10]
$57 1889 Vincent van Gogh A Wheatfield with Cypresses
$49.30 1905 Pablo Picasso Les Noces de Pierrette
$47.85 1901 Pablo Picasso Yo, Picasso
$80.00 1964 Andy Warhol Turquoise Marilyn
$70.00 1533 Titian Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with a Page
$86.90 1961 Mark Rothko Orange, Red, Yellow
$80.50 1919 Claude Monet Le Bassin aux Nymphéas
$60.50 1894 Paul Cézanne Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier[note 12]
$39.70 1888 Vincent van Gogh Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
$72.80 1950 Mark Rothko White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)
$71.70 1963 Andy Warhol Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)
$70.60 1559 Titian Diana and Actaeon
$75 1526 Hans Holbein Darmstadt Madonna
$68 1875 Thomas Eakins The Gross Clinic
$40.70 1904 Pablo Picasso Au Lapin Agile
$38.50 1905 Pablo Picasso Acrobate et jeune arlequin[35]
$55.00 1902 Pablo Picasso Femme aux Bras Croisés
$69.00 1917 Amedeo Modigliani Nude Sitting on a Divan ("La Belle Romaine")
$63.50 1955 Willem de Kooning Police Gazette [8]
$48.40 1932 Pablo Picasso Le Rêve[note 15]
$47.50 1890 Vincent van Gogh Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat
$49.60 1938 Pablo Picasso Femme assise dans un jardin
$65.50 1946 Qi Baishi Eagle Standing on Pine Tree[43]
$63.40 1962 Andy Warhol Men in Her Life
$35.20 1537 Pontormo Portrait of a Halberdier
$60.00 1916 Kazimir Malevich Suprematist Composition
$62.10 1350 Wang Meng Zhichuan Resettlement[47]
$61.70 1949 Clyfford Still 1949-A-No.1