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1. When was Henri Matisse born? a) 24 March 1874 b) 18 May 1872 c) 30 August 1870 d) 31 December 1869 2. Where was Henri Matisse born? a) Versailles b) Le Cateau c) Savoy d) Frankfurt 3. Who encouraged Henri Matisse to develop his own style of painting? a) Gustave Moraeau b) Fernand Cormon c) Pablo Picasso d) Milton Avery

1. What was Correggio’s original name? a) Antonio Allegri b) Dante Alighieri c) Brunetto Latini d) Giovanni Villani 2. Where was Correggio born? a) Modena b) Perugia c) Correggio d) Bologna 3. Whose family chapel’s decoration did Correggio complete in Mantua? a) Paolo Uccello b) Luigi Gonzaga c) Lorenzo Costa d) Andrea Mantegna

21. What was Canaletto’s original name? Francesco Guardi Giovanni Antonio Canal Sandro Botticelli Jacopo BelliniCorrect Answer: Giovanni Antonio Canal 22. When was Canaletto born? 30 January 1694 14 May 1692 19 August 1696 18 October 1697Correct Answer: 18 October 1697 23. Where was Canaletto born? Turin Geneva Venice LausanneCorrect Answer: Venice 24. Where did Canaletto paint scenes for Alessandro Scarlatti operas? Rome Paris Dresden AmsterdamCorrect Answer: Rome 25. Which war reduced the number of visitors to Venice and affected Canaletto’s commissions? Crimean War War of Austrian Succession Boer War Zulu WarCorrect Answer: War of Austrian Succession 26. Who suggested to ... Read more

31. When was Max Liebermann born? 6 January 1844 15 May 1842 20 July 1847 20 December 1845Correct Answer: 20 July 1847 32. Where was Max Liebermann born? Berlin Frankfurt Regensburg DanzigCorrect Answer: Berlin 33. Which art school did Max Liebermann attend? Dusseldorf Academy Weimar Art School J. J. School of Art Vienna Art SchoolCorrect Answer: Weimar Art School 34. Which painting earned Max Liebermann the title disciple of the ugly? Luncheon on the Grass The Absinthe Drinker The Boy with Cherries Women Plucking GeeseCorrect Answer: Women Plucking Geese 35. Where did Max Liebermann live in 1878-1884? Budapest Oslo Munich ... Read more

41. When was Max Beckmann born? 12 February 1884 15 May 1882 23 August 1889 28 December 1885Correct Answer: 12 February 1884 42. Where was Max Beckmann born? Austerlitz Ulm Leipzig BorodinoCorrect Answer: Leipzig 43. Where did Max Beckmann study art? Stadel School of Art Weimar Academy Ecole des Beaux-Arts Academie de Royale PeintureCorrect Answer: Weimar Academy 44. When did Max Beckmann serve as medical corpsman? Boer War Balkan War II Taiping Rebellion World War ICorrect Answer: World War I 45. When did Max Beckmann paint Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery? 1917 1914 1912 1908Correct Answer: 1917 46. ... Read more

51. When was Marc Chagall born? 1 February 1884 5 May 1882 7 July 1887 3 December 1885Correct Answer: 7 July 1887 52. Where was Marc Chagall born? Vitebsk Berlin Paris JerusalemCorrect Answer: Vitebsk 53. When did Marc Chagall paint The Dead Man? 1914 1908 1918 1922Correct Answer: 1908 54. Which of the following paintings did Marc Chagall paint in 1911? White Crucifixion Yellow Crucifixion Bride and Groom with Eiffel Tower I and the VillageCorrect Answer: I and the Village 55. Who commissioned Marc Chagall to create etchings of Nikolay Gogol’s novel Dead Souls? Igor Stravinsky Ambroise Vollard Sholem Aleichem ... Read more

61. When was Ernst Ludwig Kirchner born? 7 March 1884 6 May 1880 28 July 1879 31 December 1876Correct Answer: 6 May 1880 62. Where was Ernst Ludwig Kirchner born? Augsburg Copenhagen Aschaffenberg PotsdamCorrect Answer: Aschaffenberg 63. Where did Ernst Ludwig Kirchner study architecture? Berlin Hamburg Frankfurt DresdenCorrect Answer: Dresden 64. Of which group of painters was Ernst Ludwig Kirchner a founder? The Bridge Wild Beasts Jack of Diamonds Group of SevenCorrect Answer: The Bridge 65. When did Ernst Ludwig Kirchner paint Girl under Japanese Umbrella? 1906 1904 1902 1900Correct Answer: 1906 66. Where did Ernst Ludwig Kirchner produce woodcuts ... Read more

71. When was Otto Dix born? 22 January 1894 14 May 1892 28 August 1896 2 December 1891Correct Answer: 2 December 1891 72. Where was Otto Dix born? Dresden Untermhaus Berlin RegensburgCorrect Answer: Untermhaus 73. Where did Otto Dix paint Two Sacrifices of Capitalism? Brussels Amsterdam Dusseldorf ParisCorrect Answer: Dusseldorf 74. What was the title of the 50 plates Otto Dix etched in 1924? Love War Peace JoyCorrect Answer: War 75. With which group of painters was Otto Dix associated? Pittura Metafisica Scuola Metafisica Bubnovy Valet Neue SachlichkeitCorrect Answer: Neue Sachlichkeit 76. When was Otto Dix elected to the Prussian ... Read more

Virginia Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Jamestown founded? a) 1 March 1498 b) 14 May 1607 c) 12 July 1596 d) 12 October 1548 2. Who married Pocahontas in 1614? a) John Rolfe b) Thomas Dale c) John Smith d) Samuel Argall 3. Who was Virginia’s governor in 1642-1652? a) Maurice Berkeley b) Nathaniel Bacon c) William Berkeley d) John Berkeley

Patrick Steptoe was a British obstetrician and gynaecologist. He and Robert Edwards were responsible for developing in vitro fertilization. Edwards was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the development of in vitro fertilization, however because the Nobel Prize is not awarded posthumously, Steptoe was not considered for the award.