Which company was created by the 1892 merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston?
Answer
General Electric
16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What type of power did the original Eiffel Tower elevators use?
Answer
Hydraulic power
Who coined the term 'supply chain management' in 1982?
Answer
Keith Oliver
On what date did the New York Stock Exchange officially begin operations?
Answer
May 17, 1792
Which museum in Tokyo dedicated to Hokusai holds a copy of The Great Wave off Kanagawa?
Answer
Sumida Hokusai Museum
Which neoclassical building in Philadelphia was designed by William Strickland as a merchants' exchange?
Answer
Merchants' Exchange Building
Which German architect designed the Brandenburg Gate?
Answer
Carl Gotthard Langhans
Which British architect designed the neoclassical Bank of England building?
Answer
Sir John Soane
What date did the 'This is Tomorrow' exhibition open in 1956?
Answer
9 August 1956
What comic book issue was the source for Roy Lichtenstein's 'Drowning Girl'?
Answer
Secret Hearts #83
What Chicago building, completed in 1929, features a dark green and gold terra-cotta crown?
Answer
Carbide & Carbon Building
What Paris museum held a 1966 exhibition that popularized the term 'Art Deco'?
Answer
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Which critic used the term 'bizarreries cubiques' in 1908 to describe Braque's paintings?
Answer
Louis Vauxcelles
Which pharaoh built the first pyramid in Egypt?
Answer
Djoser
The Narmer Palette is dated to approximately which century BC?
Answer
31st century BC
The Eirene and Ploutos statue is a Roman copy of a Greek original by which sculptor?
Answer
Cephisodotus the Elder
The Archaic statues of Kleobis and Biton were created by which sculptor?
Answer
Polymedes of Argos
What was the name of Michelangelo's nephew who inherited his estate?
Answer
Lionardo di Buonarroto Simoni
What was the name of Michelangelo's father?
Answer
Lodovico Buonarroti
Which cardinal commissioned Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's?
Answer
Jean de Bilhères-Lagraulas
What is the name of Michelangelo's final, unfinished sculpture?
Answer
Rondanini Pietà
Which Roman church was designed by Michelangelo from the baths of Diocletian?
Answer
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
What is the full title of Turner's painting commonly known as 'The Slave Ship'?
Answer
Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on
Which museum in Moscow holds Van Gogh's 'The Red Vineyard'?
Answer
Pushkin Museum
At which London address did Van Gogh live in 1873?
Answer
87 Hackford Road
Which Austrian Baroque architect designed the Melk Abbey?
Answer
Jakob Prandtauer
Which Baroque architect designed the Würzburg Residence?
Answer
Balthasar Neumann
What was the title of Picasso's first known painting, created at age nine?
Answer
The Picador