Culture KGV BOWL Flashcards by Justin Lee

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What is Négritude?

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1930s literary movement.

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What is the Calcutta Group?

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1940s Indian art collective.

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Who founded the Progressive Artists’ Group?

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Francis Newton Souza.

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What is Africobra?

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Black Power art group.

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Who wrote ‘The Waste Land’?

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T.S. Eliot.

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What is ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’?

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Magical realism novel.

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Who composed ‘The Four Seasons’?

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Antonio Vivaldi.

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What genre did Beethoven help develop?

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Romantic music.

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When was the first modern Olympic Games?

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1896 in Athens.

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What sport is known as ‘the beautiful game’?

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Soccer (football).

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What is Dada?

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Anti-art movement.

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What characterized Surrealism?

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Dream-like imagery.

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Who wrote ‘Moby-Dick’?

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Herman Melville.

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What is ‘The Catcher in the Rye’?

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Coming-of-age novel.

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What is the origin of reggae music?

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Jamaica in the 1960s.

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Who was the King of Pop?

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Michael Jackson.

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When did the FIFA World Cup first occur?

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1930 in Uruguay.

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What is the oldest professional sports league?

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National League (baseball).

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What is Arte Povera?

A

Italian art movement, late 1960s.

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Who were The Incoherents?

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Proto-Dada artists, France.