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What book contains the Duenda family and has one part with a giant hurricane.

100 years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Who is Omar Bradley?

A general of the twentieth century. commanded the United States ground forces in the liberation of France and the invasion of Germany in World War II.

The Caine muntiny

A movie about a ship called the Cain during wwii. Humphrey Bogart starts in it.

Who wrote a book about Martha Graham?

Agnes de mille

Which Scientist is known for the RNA world hypothesis?

Alexander Rich

Who is Francisco Redi?

An Italian physician also known as the Dad of experimental biology. He was the first person to challenge the idea of spontaneous generation.

Who was Humphrey bogart?

An actor who played in Casa Blanca as well as the Maltese falcon.

Who designed the bean?

Anish Kapoor

Who was Zephres jealous of?

Apollo

What was an offshoot of Renaissance music called?

Ars Nova

What was the whiskey ring scandal during Grant's administration?

Before they were caught, a group of mostly Republican politicians were able to siphon off millions of dollars in federal taxes on liquor; the scheme involved an extensive network of bribes involving tax collectors, storekeepers, and others.

Which composer wrote the opera Harold in Italy, was commissioned by Paganini to write a piece for him to play, and also wrote a book on music which contained imaginary conversations between composers?

Berlioz

What kind of verse did Shakespeare write in?

Blank verse

What is the name of a ball shape combination of 60 carbons?

Bucky ball

What was art in the Middle Ages called?

Byzantine art

Who is deadwood associated with?

Calamity Jane

Who is associated with analytical psychology?

Carl Yung

What was the sequel to Catch-22?

Closing time

Who first explored the cape of good hope?

Diaz

Which philosopher is associated with collective consciousness and anomie?

Durkheim

Who painted The burial of count orgaz?

El Greco

Who was the abolitionist associated with St. Louis and William Lloyd Garrison who was murdered for his beliefs.

Elijah Lovejoy

In what Supreme Court trial did Lincoln suspend habeas corpus?

Ex parte merrymen

Who directed apocalypse now?

Francis Ford Coppola

Who Directed Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and it's a wonderful life?

Frank Capra

Which economist is known for chicago school?

Friedman

Who wrote the affluent society and is associated with American capitalism?

Galbraith

Who composed the music for Funny Face?

Gershwin

Which artists are associated with Foreshortening?

Giotto and Mantaesna

Who wrote the book the power and the glory that was later made into the fugitive movie by Henry Fonda?

Graham Green

Which President is associated with the credit mobilier scandal?

Grant

Which party is associated with grassroots and Ralph Nader as well as Stein?

Green Party

What musical contains the song Call me Buttercup?

H.M.S Pinafore

Who wrote the opera Renato?

Handel

Who wrote the plea for Captain John Brown?

Henry David Thoreau

Which company was known for saying after wwii that they were Anti Semitic and published the Deer Born Independent?

Henry Ford

What instrument of Orpheus was a costilation?

His lyre

What is the name of the documentary following two boys from the eighth grade to professional basketball?

Hoop Dreams

Who called himself the last king of scotland?

Idi Amin

Who wrote the Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meaney?

Irving

Who wrote Out of Africa?

Isak Dinesen

Who is the Babylonian love Goddess?

Ishtar

Which country is known for the Sonnet?

Italy

What is the third largest Caribbean island home to 2.9 million people?

Jamaica

Who wrote Go Tell it on the Mountain?

James Baldwin

Which man came out of prison dresses In white robes and fed people to crocodiles?

John Bokassa

Who wrote the U.S.A. triology?

John Dos Passos

Who wrote Catch-22?

Joseph Heller

Who wrote the Trial?

Kafka

Who wrote the trial?

Kafka

Who wrote the wind in the willows?

Kenneth Grahame

Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymeade?

King John I

Who is Juan Carlos?

King of Spain until June 2014.

Who was the attorney general of the us from 2015-2017

Loretta Lynch

What is an Islamic school of higher education called?

Madrasah

Who choreographed Appalachian Spring?

Martha Graham

Who wrote Spoon River Anthology?

Masters

Who were taken out by the Boleshviks after trying to rise up against them and had a slightly different out look on government then Lenin though they were socialists?

Meneshviks

Who lost to Bush in 1988?

Michael Dukakis

Who was Beethoven's third (Eroica) symphony dedicated to?

Napolean

Who coined the term Banana Republic?

O'Henry

What term in music means stubborn?

Ostinato

Who wrote a book about make or something that Augustus got mad about and also wrote metamorphizes?

Ovid

Who designed Teatro Olimpico?

Palladio

Who is the Volcano Godess?

Peele

Where were the 2018 Winter Olympics held?

Pyong Chang

What is the name of the Renaissance liberal humanist who wrote Gargantua and pantagruel?

Rabelais

Who composed a Fantasia on Greensleeves?

Ralph Vaughn Williams

Who organized the gun powder plot?

Robert Catesby

Who wrote Lord Weary's Castle?

Robert Lowell

Who were the two Italian men who were taken to court during WWI who were accused of being spies?

Sacco and Vincetti

What lake in CA is known for being toxic and very polluted?

Salton sea

Who wrote the plays maid or Orleans and William tell?

Schiller

Who is the Father of pessimism?

Schopenhauer

Who wrote Elmer Gentry and Babbit?

Sinclair Lewis

What are cantata's associated with?

Sonata

What writing style is Truman Capote associated with?

Southern Gothic

What is inner dialogue associated with?

Stream of consciousnes

What are planets called that have a mass bigger than earth's but lower than that of the other solar giants like Neptune and Mercury.

Super Earths

Who wrote the sword in the stone?

T.H. White

What did Chares of Lindos design?

The Colossus of Rhodes

Which department is in charge of the census?

The Commerce department

What theater was Shakespeare known for that was owned by Lord Chamberlain's men?

The Globe

What uprisings occurred during the rejection of the glorious revolution in response to a non catholic leader?

The Jackobyte Uprisings

Which dance is George Snowden concerned with?

The Lindy Hop

What is the last tale in the Canterbury Tales?

The parson's tale

What is the name of Herrick's famous poem?

To the virgins to make much of time

Which author had the real name Chloe Anthony Wilkins?

Toni Morrison

Who was a Haitian General who fought on the behalf of Saint-Dominica and was one of the most prominent leaders of the Haitian revolution?

Toussaint Louverture

Who wrote Father and Sons?

Turgenev

What church which Ralph Waldo Emerson was a member of lacked a belief in the Trinity?

Unitarian Church

Which Pope is associated with the first crusade?

Urban II

Who is associated with the ok party?

Van Buren

Which artist is associated with Delft?

Vermeer

Who preformed the little albert experiment and the kurplunck experiment?

Watson

Which poet was an abolitionists and wrote the poem snowbound?

Whittier

Who wrote the History of Plymouth Plantation and was also the governor of Massachusetts?

William Bradford

Who wrote Come back little Sheba?

William Inge

Which English monarch is the Doomsday book associated with?

William the Conqueror

Which amendment is associated with term limits?

the 22nd


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