A&H+S Study District
Witches Sabbath
1798 oil on canvas by Francisco Goya during the Romantic Period
Samuel Barber
1910-1981 composer known for his compositions known as Adagio for Strings, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and operas Vanessa which won him a Pulitzer Prize and Antony and Cleopatra which he composed for the opening of a Metropolitan opera at Lincoln Center in New York and his famous overture "School for Scandal"
The Year of Billy Miller
2014 Newberry Honor by Kevin Henke About a second-grader Billy Miller has an incident with the Jolly Green Giant. He has to start second grade with a bum on his head. As the year goes by Billy learns how to navigate elementary school, how to appreciate his little sister, and how to be a more grown up and responsible member of the family and a help to his busy working mom and stay-at-home dad.
Les Meserables
A 1862 noel by Victor Hugo. After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed by Javert (Russell Crowe), the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert vows to bring Valjean back to prison. Eight years later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child named Cosette after her mother's (Anne Hathaway) death, but Javert's relentless pursuit means that peace will be a long time coming.
Eukaryote
A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles that protects the DNA
Op Art
A form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement by the precise use of pattern and color, or in which conflicting patterns emerge and overlap. Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely are its most famous exponents
Samba
A lively dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4 time danced to samba music whose origins include the Maxixe. Samba was created by African people in Brazil from the music and dance culture they brought from Africa.
Soliquoy
A monologue also referred to as a speech
Oread
A nymph(spirit) who dwell among the mountains
Suite
A set of instrumental or orchestral/ concert band pieces originated from the late 14th century
Minuet
A slow, stately ballroom dance for two in triple time, popular especially in the 18th century
Obelisk
A tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top such as the Washington Monument
Prokaryote
A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles that acts like a protective cover for the cell and prevents thirst
Chris Hemsworth
Actor known for playing Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe who was also on the Heart of The Sea
Bisque
Also referred to as Biscuit is any pottery that has been fired in a kiln without an ceramic glaze
La Gioconda
Alternate name for the Mona Lisa by Vincent Van Gogh
Maya Lin
American architect and sculptor who achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in D.C. while an undergraduate at Yale
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer, director, dancer, and theater producer who worked in classical ballet, on Broadway, and in films and television who wrote the books "West Side Story", "On the town" and "Peter Pan"
Norman Rockwell
American painter and illustrator from the regionalist period whos artworks include "Freedom from Want", "Saying Grace", "Freedom From Fear", "Freedom of Worship" and "The Problem we all live with" and "Girl at Mirror"
Tyson Gay
American track and field sprinter who was born in Lexington,KY who has a personal best of 9.69 seconds which makes him tied for second fastest athlete ever along with Yohan Blake
War of the Worlds
An 1897 science fiction novel by H.G.Wells. The novel details a catastrophic conflict between humans and extraterrestrial "Martians." It is considered a landmark work of science fiction, and it has inspired numerous adaptations and limitations.
Rhythm Circle
An informal group of people who gather together to make music with percussion instruments. Sometimes these groups are also called rhythm circles. Usually, the participants in a drum circle sit in chairs arranged in a circle. It's free-form, without a firm beginning or end to the music.
Echo
An oread loved by Pan who was punished by Hera(the wife of Zeus) by not being allowed to talk and speak because Echo had affairs with Zeus
Bogs
Areas of wet, spongy ground
Ansel Adams
Artist who was primarily a landscape photographer that included works such as Moon over Half Dome and Grass and Pool
Ray Bradbury
Author of "Dandelion Wine", "Martian Tales","Fahrenheit 451".
Kurt Vonnegut
Author of "Slaughterhouse-Five"
Verses in the Quran are called
Ayahs
US Department of Energy
Cabinet-level department of the US Government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material which was founded by Jimmy Carter in 1977
group 14 hydrides
Chemical compounds composed of hydrogen and group 14 atoms(Carbon, silicon, germanium, tin and lead)
Charlie Parker
Composer and musician who capitalized name on Ornithology and Bird Gets the Worm." A celebrated saxophone solist, his improvisations laid the foundation for bebop. Identify the musician nicknamed Yardbird also called Bird
Felix Mendelssohn
Composer who was the grandson of a Jewish philosopher and was responsible
Hydrocarbon
Compounds composed of only carbon and hydrogen which are examples of Group-14 hydrides which include methane
Aram Khachaturian
Contemporary Armenian composer who is famous for his songs: Sabre Dance Toccata And his suite: Adventures With Ivan
Interval
Distance between two notes
Who is the King of Rock and Roll?
Elvis Presley
William Jones
Establisher of the Asiatic Society of Bengal who was known for being able to speak Sanskrit very well who published the book Sacontala
Le Salle
French explorer sent by King Louis XIV to travel South from Canada and sail down to the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico to explore and establish fur-trade routes along the river
Composer of "The Messiah"?
Handel
Dancing House
Hotel that is bent by Frank Gehry also known as Fred and Gingeris in Prague, Czech Republic
Alps
Instrument also referred to as the Alphorn or Alpine Horn used by mountain dwellers which is a meter long with a wood cup mouth piece
Antonio Volta
Inventor of the chemical battery
Composer of Iberia
Isaac Albeniz
Composer with Brandenburg Concertos, the Art of Fugue and St. John Passion
J.S.Bach
Cool Jazz
Jazz Style of the 1950s
St. Matthew Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach
Who wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier?
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Sea of Tranquility
Landing site of the Apollo 11 where the first person stepped on the moon
Cats
Longest running show on broadway
Odette
Main character of "Swan Lake"
Author of Prince and The Pauper
Mark Twain
Regionalism
Modern art movement that included paintings, murals, lithographs and illustrations
Manga
Most common term for Japanese comic books
Subito Piano
Music term indicating a player should begin playing soft abruptly and Italian for suddenly soft
The Sound of Music
Musical about a nanny watching the Von Trapp family in 1965 directed by Robert Wise
Fiddler on the Roof
Musical by Joseph Stein about Tevye the Dairyman and his daughters, a series of short stories by Sholem Aleicham that he wrote in Yiddish between 1894 and 1914 about Jewish life in a village in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia at the turn of the 20th century Composer: Jerry Bock Characters: Tevye and Perchik
Sheltowee
Name given to Daniel Boone
The Catcher int eh Rye
Novel about phony-hating Holden Caulfied written by J.D.Sallinger
Orlando Furioso (opera)
Opera composed by Vivaldi
Three Musicians
Painting by Pablo Picasso in the style of Synthetic Cubism
The Harvest
Painting by Vincent Van Gogh which features fields of wheat
Lithographs
Paintings done by marking on a stone with ink and pressing paper against it
Excretion
Pee pee and poo poo
Vincenzo Peruggia
Person who stole the Mona Lisa in 1911
Peter Thaikovsky
Person who wrote the music for "The Nutcracker"
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher who argues 7+5=12
Prelude
Piece of music that traditionally leads into something else
"I'm nobody! Who are you?"
Poem by Emily Dickinson about how it is better to be nobody than a somebody
Secretion
Process in which substances are produced and discharged from a cell, gland or organ for a particular function
nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Prokaryotic microorganisms capable of transforming nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into "fixed nitrogen compounds" such as ammonia
Voltage/Electromotive Force (EMF)
Quantity created by batteries to create currents in electrical currents
Aliko Dangole
Richest man of Nigeria
Who is the "King of Ragtime"?
Scott Joplin
The Last Judgement
Self portrait in the flayed skin of St. Bartholomew by Michaelangolo which is located on the Sistine Chapel altar wall
Salem Witch Trials
Several accusations of witchcraft led to sensational trials in Salem, Massachusetts at which Cotton Mather presided as the chief judge. 18 people were hanged as witches. Afterwards, most of the people involved admitted that the trials and executions had been a terrible mistake.
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" - Judy Garland
Song by Harold Arlen which Judy Garland made famous in "The Wizard of Oz"
Old Folks at Home
Song by Stephen Foster that begins, "Way down upon the Swanee river,/ far far away"
Sleipnir
Supreme god of Norse mythology who had a 8-legged steed(horse) that was parented by Loki
The chapters of the Qur'an are known as
Surahs
Gabriel dictated what book?
The Qur'an
Ductility
The ability to be pulled into thin wires
The Red Vineyard
The only painting that Vincent Van Gogh sold
Piccolo
The piccolo is a half-size flute, and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. The modern piccolo has most of the same fingerings as its larger sibling, the standard transverse flute, but the sound it produces is an octave higher than written
Art Theft
Theft that resuls in stolen paitnings such as when Rembrandt's painting was stolen as well as the Mona Lisa being stolen
This element of music may express emotion in a composition. It is determined by the quality of the musical instruments' sound. What quality of sound enables listeners to distinguish one instrument from another?
Timbre
Who painted "The Hospital of Saint-Remy?
Vincent Van Gogh
Composer of The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Surrender of Breda
Work by Diego Velazquez that depicts a military victory a military victory at the 1624 Siege of Breda during the 80 years war
The Prodigal Son
Work composed by Claude Debussy
Zadok the Priest
Work composed by George Frideric Handel
Gesso
a mixture of glue and chalk, thinned with water and applied as a ground before painting with oil or egg tempera
Buddhism
a religion that originated in India about 500 B.C. and spread to China, where it grew into a major religion by A.D. 400 that outlined the 3 baskets
Uncle Tom's Cabin
an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War" which is about a KY(Kentucky) farmer named Arthur Shelby who decides to raise money by selling two slaves
Bela Bartok
composer from Hungary known for ballet Miraculous Mandarin and opera Bluebeard's castle and other ballet called Wooden Prince
Scat Singing
improvised jazz singing in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument with wordless vocables
Gold
most malleable and ductile metal with atomic symbol "AU"
Shofar (Ram's horn)
musical instrument used for religious purposes, most commonly for the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that is like the modern bugle
Peat
partially decayed plant matter found in bogs and swamps used as a plant covering or fuel also used as a fertilizer and burned as fuel
Malleability
the ability of a substance to be hammered or beaten into thin sheets
Nineveh
the capital of the Assyrian Empire and the site of a great library under King Ashurbanipal and was a junction for commercial routes crossing the Tigris thus uniting the East and the West