Among his many other accomplishments, which artist, born in 1881, co-founded the art movement called '
Cubism
' with his French counterpart Georges Braque?
Henri Matisse
Jackson Pollock
Pablo Picasso
Paul Cezanne
He was the only individual who served as a general on both sides of the
American Revolutionary War
. What was his last name?
Arnold
Gage
Howe
Washington
Arguably the greatest and certainly the largest monument of the ancient world was built as a tomb for an
Egyptian
pharaoh. What is the Greek form of this pharaoh's name?
Cheops
Imhotep
Ramses
Seti
Despite his trademark straight face, this actor is regarded as one of the most important comic film-makers of the silent era. His career took a nosedive with the advent of sound, but he made a comeback of sorts and appeared in a number of 'modern' movies culminating with 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' in 1963. Who is he?
Buster Keaton
Fatty Arbuckle
Harold Lloyd
Lon Chaney
Famous poets
Robert Browning
and
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
eloped over the objections of Elizabeth's father. To what country did they flee for 15 years to work on their poems in peace?
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Sean Connery
's acting career took off when he became the suave, sophisticated British agent,
James Bond
. In how many different films did Sean Connery appear as the debonair and valiant British spy?
11
5
7
9
This Italian physicist's name has been immortalized for all time, as it relates to the number of molecules in one 'mole' of a substance. What is his surname, familiar to chemists everywhere?
Algardi
Allegri
Antonello
Avogadro
Classic Hollywood actress
Audrey Hepburn
became a special Goodwill Ambassador for what organization in 1988?
PETA
UNESCO
UNICEF
WWF
Albertus Magnus, 'doctor universalis', was the most well-known teacher of which great Christian saint and philosopher?
St. Ambrose
St. Athanasius
St. Augustine
St. Thomas Aquinas
Halle Berry
won an
Academy Award
for her performance in the 2001 film 'Monster's Ball'. Who was the director of the first feature film in which Berry appeared?
John Landis
Penny Marshall
Spike Lee
Steven Spielberg