Quick Recall Trivia
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
