Fine Arts Quiz Bowl Exam

Fidelio

What is the name of the only opera that Beethoven composed?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Who composed the opera "The Marriage of Figaro?"

Winslow Homer

This American artist painted "Breaking Storm" and "Gulf Stream."

Thespis

This Greek actor was the actor to be known by name.

Leonard Bernstein

Who composed the musicals "Candide" and "On the Town?"

Modest Mussorgsky

This man composed the opera "Boris Godunov."

Henri de Toulouse -Lautrec

This artist painted the famous "At the Moulin Rouge."

Giacomo Puccini

This Italian composed the operas "Tosca" and "La Boheme."

Diego Velasquez

What Spanish artist painted "Maids of Honor?"

Hector Berlioz

What French composer wrote "Damnation of Faust?"

Whistler's Mother

What is the more famous name of the painting "Arrangement in Gray and Black?"

Sergei Prokofiev

What Russian composed "Peter and the Wolf?"

Rogers and Hammerstein

What pair wrote the musical "The King and I?"

D.W. Griffith

This man directed the classic movie "Birth of a Nation."

Benjamin Britten

He composed the operas "Billy Budd" and "Peter Grimes."

John Constable

This artist painted the "Haywain."

Stephen Sondheim

This man wrote the lyrics to Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story."

Andy Warhol

This artist is best known for his paintings of Campbell's Soup Cans.

Aaron Copland

What American composer wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning "Appalachian Spring?"

Harmonica

What instrument did Larry Adler popularize in the classical music scene?

Peter Tchaikovsky

This Russian composer wrote the "1812 Overture."

Richard Wagner

This composer wrote the operas "Lohengrin" and "Tannhauser."

Marcel Duchamp

What artist painted "Nude Descending a Staircase?"

Claude Debussy

What French composer wrote "Nocturne" and "La Mer?"

La Traviata

This Giuseppe Verdi opera's title translates to "The Lost One."

Yul Brynner

This actor won an Academy Award for his starring role in "The King and I."

Michelangelo

This artist is best known for his frescos on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Dmitri Shostakovich

What Russian composer wrote the opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk?"

From the New World

What is the subtitle of Anton Dvorak's Symphony Number 9?

Cello

What instrument is Pablo Cassals famous for playing?

Louis Armstrong

What Jazz musician was nicknamed "Satchmo?"

Stephen Foster

This songwriter wrote "Beautiful Dreamer."

Bas relief

This kind of sculpture is slightly raised from its flat background and literally translates as "low relief."

John Gay

This man composed "The Beggars Opera."

Cubism

Picasso was influential in this geometric art style of the early 20th century.

Igor Stravinsky

What Russian composer wrote the ballets "The Wedding" and "The Firebird?"

"Count"

What is the nickname of musician William Basie?

Jerome Kern

Rogers and Hammerstein wrote the musical "Showboat" with the help of what famous songwriter?

Buonarroti

What was the last name of famed artist Michelangelo?

Beethoven

Who composed the "Moonlight Sonata?"

Monteverdi

He composed the operas "Orfeo" and "The Return of Ulysses."

John Huston

This man directed the movies "Maltese Falcon" and "African Queen."

Engelbert Humperdinck

This man composed the opera "Hansel and Gretel."

Edvard Grieg

This composer wrote "Holberg Suite."

Georgia O'Keefe

This American artist famous for her Southwestern landscapes married photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Irving Berlin

What famous songwriter wrote "Alexander's Ragtime Band?"

Scott Joplin

This songwriter composed "Maple Leaf Rag."

Jackson Pollack

This American artist pioneered the "action painting" genre.

Hector Berlioz

What composer wrote the opera "Benvenuto Celini?"

Philip Glass

He composed the opera "Einstein on the Beach."