Randomness J - Arts and Literature Flashcards
… is a French word for the romantic “night pieces” Chopin composed
Nocturnes
The Robert Burns poem … is traditionally sung at New Year’s Eve
Auld Lang Syne
In 1975 Colorado State University gave an honorary degree in criminology to …
Sherlock Holmes
His “Still Life with Flowers” hung on a Wisconsin family’s wall for years before they learned it was not a reproduction
Vincent van Gogh’s
The rebellious tune … was traditionally credited to Daniel Decatur Emmett
Dixie
A new book credits the southern anthem … to a black family living in Ohio
Dixie
… is sometimes called a plumber, quail, or squeeze horn
The trumpet
The centennial of … prompted a reunion of Johnny Weissmuller, Jock Mahoney, James Pierce and Buster Crabbe.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
… are Conquest, Slaughter, Famine And Death
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
A librarian discovered the first half Mark Twain’s original handwritten manuscript for … in a trunk. (1990)
Huckleberry Finn
… advised, “Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.” (1732)
Poor Richard’s (Benjamin Franklin’s) almanac
This country is home for half of the surviving instruments made by Antonio Stradivari
The United States
… escaped destruction when it was designated a National Historic Landmark. (1964)
Carnegie Hall
Claude Debussy’s … is translated as “Light of the Moon”
“Claire De Lune”
René Descartes: “I think, therefore … (1637)
I am”
Robinson Crusoe was provided with meat, milk and cheese from …
goats
Bulgarian singer Bantcho Bantchevsky committed suicide by falling from the balcony during intermission during a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s … (1988)
Macbeth
… was proclaimed the world’s best-selling book (1967)
A book of quotations by Mao Zedong
… Central Park concert drew a record crowd and litter. (1967)
Barbra Streisand’s
The three writers that wrote 10 of the 13 million-selling hardbacks of the 80s were …
Stephen King, Danielle Steel and Tom Clancy
… had a 187 page FBI file despite never having visited the US
Pablo Picasso
Jason and the Argonauts sailed on …
The Argo
The painting ‘American Gothic’ features a farmer and his spinster daughter, the characters are modeled after a real-life …
dentist and his sister
Voltaire: “if God did not exist, it would be necessary to …
invent him”
James Fenimore Cooper coined the term … to refer to the white man in the 1822 story about Indians. (1822)
‘paleface’
