Mark Brader
2023-08-10 21:05:30 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-06-26,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 7, Round 2 - Arts - Artistic Movements
Given a brief description and the names of three associated artists,
identify the artistic school, group, or movement.
1. Characterised by fragmented and geometric forms that sought
to depict multiple perspectives and dimensions simultaneously.
Artists: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger.
2. "To resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream
and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality." Artists:
Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte.
3. A reaction to academic art with an emphasis on ordinary subject
matter and accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities.
Artists: Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt.
4. From the French for "wild beasts", this group of early 20th
century artists' works emphasized painterly qualities and strong
color rather than the realistic values retained by <answer 3>.
Artists: Henri Matisse, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck.
5. A term coined in 1964 to mean a form of abstract art that
uses optical illusions. Artists: Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley,
Richard Anuszkiewicz.
6. A post-World War II artistic movement characterized by
spontaneous, non-representational compositions that emphasize
the artist's emotions and gestures. Artists: Jackson Pollock,
Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning.
7. This collective of landscape painters sought to capture the
unique spirit and rugged beauty of their country's wilderness.
Artists: A.J. Casson, Franklin Carmichael, Frank Johnston.
8. Noted for "shock tactics", use of throwaway materials, wild
living, and an attitude "both oppositional and entrepreneurial".
Artists: Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Gillian Wearing.
(Give either the name or the 3-letter acronym.)
9. It emphasized dynamism, speed, technology, youth, violence,
and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial
city. Artists: Filippo Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo
Balla.
10. An international style of art, architecture, and decorative
arts popular between 1890 and 1910, often inspired by natural
forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. Artists:
Alfons Mucha, Louis Tiffany, Hector Guimard.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur
dhrfgvba nobhg Cbyybpx naq gur bguref, gur nafjre vf gjb jbeqf.
Vs lbh chg whfg bar jbeq, cyrnfr tb onpx naq nqq zber.
* Game 7, Round 3 - History - Year in the Life
We name a famous person; you give any year in which they were alive.
1. Genghis Khan.
2. Attila the Hun.
3. Jacques Cartier.
4. James Cook.
5. Charlemagne.
6. Muhammad (peace be upon him).
7. Alexander the Great.
8. Julius Caesar.
9. William the Conqueror.
10. Marco Polo.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 7, Round 2 - Arts - Artistic Movements
Given a brief description and the names of three associated artists,
identify the artistic school, group, or movement.
1. Characterised by fragmented and geometric forms that sought
to depict multiple perspectives and dimensions simultaneously.
Artists: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger.
2. "To resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream
and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality." Artists:
Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte.
3. A reaction to academic art with an emphasis on ordinary subject
matter and accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities.
Artists: Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt.
4. From the French for "wild beasts", this group of early 20th
century artists' works emphasized painterly qualities and strong
color rather than the realistic values retained by <answer 3>.
Artists: Henri Matisse, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck.
5. A term coined in 1964 to mean a form of abstract art that
uses optical illusions. Artists: Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley,
Richard Anuszkiewicz.
6. A post-World War II artistic movement characterized by
spontaneous, non-representational compositions that emphasize
the artist's emotions and gestures. Artists: Jackson Pollock,
Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning.
7. This collective of landscape painters sought to capture the
unique spirit and rugged beauty of their country's wilderness.
Artists: A.J. Casson, Franklin Carmichael, Frank Johnston.
8. Noted for "shock tactics", use of throwaway materials, wild
living, and an attitude "both oppositional and entrepreneurial".
Artists: Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Gillian Wearing.
(Give either the name or the 3-letter acronym.)
9. It emphasized dynamism, speed, technology, youth, violence,
and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial
city. Artists: Filippo Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo
Balla.
10. An international style of art, architecture, and decorative
arts popular between 1890 and 1910, often inspired by natural
forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. Artists:
Alfons Mucha, Louis Tiffany, Hector Guimard.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur
dhrfgvba nobhg Cbyybpx naq gur bguref, gur nafjre vf gjb jbeqf.
Vs lbh chg whfg bar jbeq, cyrnfr tb onpx naq nqq zber.
* Game 7, Round 3 - History - Year in the Life
We name a famous person; you give any year in which they were alive.
1. Genghis Khan.
2. Attila the Hun.
3. Jacques Cartier.
4. James Cook.
5. Charlemagne.
6. Muhammad (peace be upon him).
7. Alexander the Great.
8. Julius Caesar.
9. William the Conqueror.
10. Marco Polo.
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Mark Brader | Occam's razor cuts both ways. (I've spent
Toronto | most of my life waiting for a chance to
***@vex.net | say that.) --Michael Wares
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader | Occam's razor cuts both ways. (I've spent
Toronto | most of my life waiting for a chance to
***@vex.net | say that.) --Michael Wares
My text in this article is in the public domain.