Arts and Culture Flashcards
1
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Who wrote The Mikado?
A
Gilbert and Sullivan
2
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What was Benjamin Britten known for?
A
He was a music composer
3
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Who wrote The Planets?
A
Gustav Holst
4
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What was the most famous work of Edward Elgar?
Where was he from?
A
Pomp and Circumstance
Worcester
5
Q
What kind of music did Ralph Vaughan Williams do?
What was his biggest influence?
A
- Choirs and Orchestras
- English folk music
6
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Who wrote Façade?
A
Sir William Walton
7
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What were two famous works of Sir William Walton?
A
- Façade
- Belshazzar’s Feast
8
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Which composer wrote marches for both George VI and Queen Elizabeth II?
A
Sir William Walton
9
Q
Name two famous works by Benjamin Britten
A
- Billy Budd
- Peter Grimes
10
Q
What event was founded by Benjamin Britten?
Where does it take place?
A
- Aldeburgh Festival
- Suffolk
11
Q
What is the name of a music arena in Glasgow?
A
The SEC Centre
12
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What is an annual culture festival in Wales?
A
National Eisteddfod of Wales
13
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- Who was David Allan?
- Where was he from?
- When was he active?
- What was his most famous work?
A
- A portrait painter
- Scotland
- 18th century
- The Origin of Painting
14
Q
- What did Joseph Turner do?
- When did he do it?
- What was a major result in his field?
A
- A landscape painter
- 18th/19th century
- Raised profile of landscape painting
15
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- What was John Constable famous for?
- Where did he work?
A
- Landscape painter
- Dedham Vale on Suffolk-Essex border
16
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Who are two British winners of Turner Prize?
A
- Damian Hirst
- Richard Wright
17
Q
- What did John Petts do?
- Where was he from?
A
- Art in stained glass and engravings
- Wales
18
Q
- What was Lucien Freud famous for?
- Where was he from?
A
- Painting portraits
- Germany
19
Q
David Hockney was a famous contributor to _________
A
The pop art movement
20
Q
- What did Henry Moore do?
- Where was he from?
A
- Abstract sculptures in Bronze
- England
21
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What was Sir John Lavery famous for?
Where was he from?
A
- For being a portrait artist
- N. Ireland
22
Q
Who were 3 famous Pre-Raphaelite painters?
A
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Sir John Millais
- Holman Hunt
23
Q
Whose works was A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra based on?
A
Purcell
24
Q
- Who was a famous 20th century architect AND garden designer?
- Who did they collaborate with?
- what is their most famous piece?
- What was another non-art related thing they are famous for?
A
- Sir Edwin Lutyens
- Gertrude Jekyll
- The Cenotaph in Whitehall
- Designing New Delhi to be the seat of India
25
- Who often said a place has "capabilities"?
- What style was the person famous for?
- What period were they active in?
- Lancelot 'Capability' Brown
- "Natural style" of garden design
- 18th century
26
- Who was famous for working in the Art Deco style?
- What did they create?
- Clarice Cliff
- Ceramics
27
When was the Man Booker Prize started?
1968
28
Which Poet won The Nobel Prize for Literature?
Seamus Heaney
29
Which novelist won the Nobel Prize for Literature?
- Sir Henry Goulding
30
Which Playwright won The Nobel Prize in Literature?
Harold Pinter
31
Name 3 winners of the Man Booker Prize
- Hilary Mantel
- Ian McEwan
- Julian Barnes
32
- Robert Adam was an 18th ______ from ______.
- He did both _______ and ______
- Architect
- Scotland
- Interiors and Exteriors
33
- Indigo Jones was famous in what time period?
- What 2 things did he design?
- 17th century
- Queens house in Greenwich and Banqueting **House** in Whitehall
34
- What Genre did Evelyn Waugh write?
- What are 3 famous works
- Satirical
- *Decline and Fall, Scoop, Brideshead Revisited*
35
- What did Graham Greene's work centre around?
- What are his famous works?
- His Religious Beliefs
- Brighton Rock, Our Man in Havana, Honorary Consul, The Heart of the Matter
36
Who wrote "Lucky Jim"?
Sir Kingsley Amis
37
How many novels did Sir Kingsley Amis write?
More than 20
38
Who wrote *Kidnapped*?
Robert Louis Stevenson
39
Name 3 works by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Kidnapped
- Treasure Island
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
40
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was from ________
Scotland
41
What is a famous poem from the Middle Ages about a knight in King Arthur's Court?
*Sir Gawain and the Green Knight*
42
John Milton was a believer in ________, and wrote _______
- Protestantism
- *Paradise Lost*
43
William Wordsworth was a _______ inspired by _______
- Poet
- Nature
44
Who are two poets who wrote about WWI?
- Wilfred Owen
- Siegfried Sassoon
45
What did Alfred Lord Tennyson do?
Write poetry
46
What did Elizabeth Browning do?
She was a poet
47
What did Robert Browning do?
He was a poet
48
Who wrote *Anthem for Doomed Youth*?
What's is it it about?
What format is it in?
- Wilfred Owen
- Poetry
- WWI
49
Who wrote "Oh to be in England now that April's there"?
What's the title of the overall piece of work?
- Robert Browning
- *Home Thoughts from Abroad*
50
Who wrote *She walks in beauty*?
Lord Byron
51
Who wrote the following? What was the name of the overall work?
"I wander'd as lonely as a cloud
Who floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of golden daffodils."
- William Wordsworth
- *The Daffodils*
52
What is Ted Hughes famous for?
Being a modern poet
53
John Masefield is a ________
Modern poet
54
Sir Walter de la Mare is known for _______
Being a modern poet
55
What is Sir John Betjeman known for?
Modern poetry
56
Name 4 modern poets
- Sir Walter de la Mare
- Sir John Betjamin
- Ted Hughes
- John Masefield
57
- Who was known for painting portraits of The Royal family?
- Where was he from?
- Sir John Lavery
- Northern Ireland
58
Who wrote *George's Marvellous Medicine*?
Roald Dahl
59
How many people died in the troubles?
3,000
60
What caused trouble with the "Balance of Payments"?
What did this result it?
- Instability with the pound vs other currencies
- Imports of goods coming into the UK were valued at more than what others paid for the UK's exports
61
In addition to *The Jungle Book*, Rudyard Kipling also wrote these two pieces of Literature
- The poem *If*
- *Just So Stories*
62
In what building. Is the Tate Modern?
Bankside Power Station
63
An important historic country house is _____ Hall in ______
Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire
64
Name 3 MODERN famous British architects
- Norman Foster
- Zaha Hadid
- Richard Rogers
65
This famous Victorian designed _____ bridge which spans across _____
- Brunel
- Clifton Suspension Bridge
- Avon Gorge
