Humanities (Performing Arts)

Question 0

Editors often use ________ in film to convey the passing of time, combining images from the different periods that are being covered.

Answer 0

Montage

• In addition to expressing the passage of time, montages can also be used to quickly highlight the light of a person, couple, or family.

Question 1

Largely considered the best film of all time, _______ _____ was directed by Orson Welles.

Answer 1

Citizen Kane

• Many believe is based on the life of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst.

Question 2

________, the Russian-American ballerina, she joined Diaghilev’s Ballet arise in 1924, and was prima ballerina of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1938 to 1958.

Answer 2

Alexandra Danilova

• After her time as prima ballerina ended, she formed her own company and taught at the School of American Ballet.

Question 3

_________ founded Ballets Russes with Fokine, Bakst, and Benois.

Answer 3

Sergei Pavlovich Dighilev

• He put together a Russian dance troupe known as Diahilev’s Ballets Russes that forever left a mark on the world of dance.

Question 4

Inventor of the telegraph and peep-show machine, ________ also produced over 125 films, including documentaries, dramas and comedies.

Answer 4

Thomas Edison

• Some of his best works include What Demoralized the Barber Shop, Pillow Fight and Record of a Sneeze.

Question 5

The Great Train Robbery and Life of an American Fireman are the works of ________.

Answer 5

Edwin Peter

• He was one of the first filmmakers to realize that movies could expand beyond simply recorded theater, and explored the use of multiple settings and working outdoors.

Question 6

Considered the most influential figure in modern dance, ______ developed her own form of choreography, calling for exemplary discipline and flexibility.

Answer 6

Martha Graham

• Many of her choreographed pieces draw from mythology and major historical events.

Question 7

The first filmmaker to introduce fade-ins, ________ is responsible for Birth of a Nation (1915) and Orphans of the Storm (1922).

Answer 7

D.W. Griffith

• His Birth of a Nation was the longest movie ever produced in its time

Question 8

The classic horror The Birds was the brainchild of _______.

Answer 8

Alfred Hitchcock

• His portfolio includes Strangers on a Train, North by Northwest, Rebecca, and Notorious

Question 9

Italian film director _______ created Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vida and 81/2.

Answer 9

Federico Fellini

Question 10

Entertainer _______ introduced the song April Showers and Mammy to popular culture.

Answer 10

Al Jolson

• Russian immigrant, he first began his vaudeville act performing Mammy in black face, to highly amused audiences.

Question 11

___ _____ ______ was the first movie to use dialogue.

Answer 11

The Jazz Singer

• Made in 1927, it combined video with the photograph in the first attempt to integrate sound with the motion picture.

Question 12

Choreographer _______ created The Firebird and Petrouchka, among others.

Answer 12

Michel Fokine

• Founding choreographer for Ballets Russes, he is considered the father of modern ballet and worked for elimination of rigid training schedules. More than 70 ballets are credited to him.

Question 13

_________ developed the montage film technique.

Answer 13

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein

• His first film was Strike in 1924, though he first gained fame for Odessa’s massacre in Potemkin the following year.

Question 14

A dimly-lit film with dark, cynical characters is known as ________ _______.

Answer 14

Film Noir

• Stanley Kubrick is one well-known filmmaker who makes use of film noir style.

Question 15

Born in 1896, ________ made her acting debut with D.W. Griffith, and starred in the Scarlet Letter and The Wind.

Answer 15

Lillian Gish

• After working in Griffith’s Birth of a Nation, she went on to star in most of his subsequent films.

Question 16

__________ developed the character Little Tramp, with the trademark Derby hat and moustache.

Answer 16

Charlie Chaplin

Question 17

The member of a film crew in charge of lighting is the ________.

Answer 17

Gaffer

• Gaffers usually begins trained electricians, with intricate lighting designs left to other staffers.

Question 18

Commercials promoting the release of anew film are known as _________.

Answer 18

Trailers

Question 19

The Scottish “Highland Fling” and the Hawaiian hula are both ______ ________.

Answer 19

Folk dances

• Tribal or ethic dances that are passed down through the generations are folk dances.

Question 20

Born in 1859, _______ formed the English Folk Dance Society.

Answer 20

Cecil Sharp

Question 21

________ is a Spanish dance in tripe time performed by a single couple.

Answer 21

Fandango

• The dancers are accompanied by live singers and castanet players. When the music stops, the couple stops remains in position perfectly still until sound resumes.

Question 22

A lively Irish dance with fast, irregular steps is known as _________.

Answer 22

Jig

Question 23

_________ creates the memorable films A Clockwork Orange and A Space Odyssey.

Answer 23

Stanley Kubrick

Question 24

_________ won four Academy Awards, for her work in Morning Glory, Guess Who’s a coming to Dinner?, The Lion in Winter and On Golden Pond.

Answer 24

Katherine Hepburn