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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In which ancient Greek poem does Hesiod tell the fullest surviving story of Pandora?

Answer

Works and Days

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, which mortal woman receives the name Pandora?

Answer

Pandora

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In the Pandora myth, which deity created Pandora at Zeus’s command?

Answer

Hephaestus

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

Which Metallica song includes an introduction based on Leonard Bernstein's “America” from West Side Story?

Answer

Don't Tread on Me

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Georgia O'Keeffe

Which art teacher's design principles strongly influenced Georgia O'Keeffe at the University of Virginia?

Answer

Arthur Wesley Dow

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• Georgia O'Keeffe

Which U.S. state became Georgia O'Keeffe's best-known artistic setting from the 1920s onward?

Answer

New Mexico

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• Georgia O'Keeffe

What was the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's 1935 painting of a white hollyhock above desert hills?

Answer

Ram's Head, White Hollyhock—Hills

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Georgia O'Keeffe

What was the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's first major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art?

Answer

Georgia O'Keeffe

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• Georgia O'Keeffe

In which year did Georgia O'Keeffe receive her first major one-person museum exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art?

Answer

1946

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

During the 1792 Panic in the United States, which financier’s market manipulation helped trigger the crisis?

Answer

William Duer

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• World's Stock Market Crashes

In the 1720 South Sea Bubble, which company’s shares became the focus of speculative trading in Britain?

Answer

South Sea Company

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• World's Stock Market Crashes

Which country’s currency crisis helped spark the 1997 Asian financial crisis?

Answer

Thailand

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