In the 2006 film Quinceañera, what major film festival awarded the movie its Grand Jury Prize?
Answer
Sundance Film Festival
89411 Intermediate Trivia Questions
89411 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What symbolic footwear ritual may occur when a quinceañera changes from flats into high heels?
Answer
Changing of the shoes
Which 1934 Max Ernst collage novel consists of 182 images made from Victorian illustrations?
Answer
Une semaine de bonté
What is the title of Salvador Dalí’s 1936 painting of soft beans linked to the Spanish Civil War?
Answer
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)
Which artist created the 1929 painting The Accommodations of Desire?
Answer
Salvador Dalí
Which Dragon's Den investor founded the social-media company Social Chain?
Answer
Steven Bartlett
Which Dragon's Den investor founded Phones 4u?
Answer
John Caudwell
Which Georgia O'Keeffe painting features a cow's skull against a red, white, and blue background?
Answer
Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue
Which Texas college employed Georgia O'Keeffe as head of its art department in 1916?
Answer
West Texas State Normal College
Which presidential honor did Georgia O'Keeffe receive from Gerald Ford in 1977?
Answer
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Which teacher encouraged Georgia O'Keeffe's early experiments with abstract art in 1915?
Answer
Arthur Wesley Dow
Which New York museum hosted Georgia O'Keeffe's first retrospective exhibition in 1946?
Answer
Museum of Modern Art
Which museum, opened in Santa Fe in 1997, is devoted to Georgia O'Keeffe's art and life?
Answer
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Which museum was the first Guggenheim museum built outside the United States?
Answer
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
On which Venetian island is the Guggenheim Museum Abu Dhabi planned to be built?
Answer
Saadiyat Island
Which artist painted Broadway Boogie Woogie, held in the Guggenheim collection?
Answer
Piet Mondrian
What was Peggy Guggenheim’s birth name?
Answer
Marguerite Guggenheim
Which art movement is most closely associated with the Guggenheim Museum’s founding collection?
Answer
Non-objective art
On which canal does Venice’s Peggy Guggenheim Collection stand?
Answer
Grand Canal
What is the name of Macy’s annual parade first held in New York City in 1924?
Answer
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Which Canadian retailer launched the President’s Choice private-label brand in 1984?
Answer
Loblaw Companies
Which retailer operates the Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn?
Answer
Ahold Delhaize
What name was given to the worldwide stock-market plunge on 9 March 2020 after an oil-price dispute?
Answer
Black Monday 2020
What 1998 crisis caused Russia to default on domestic debt and devalue the ruble?
Answer
Russian financial crisis
Which oil field began the East Texas Oil Boom after its discovery in 1930?
Answer
East Texas Oil Field
Which oil field hosted the first commercial oil production in the Middle East in 1908?
Answer
Masjed Soleyman
What does API gravity measure for crude oil and petroleum products?
Answer
Relative density
Which petroleum company became the first to produce oil commercially in Saudi Arabia after discovering Dammam Well No. 7?
Answer
Standard Oil of California
Which gas-processing process separates natural gas liquids such as ethane, propane, and butane by boiling point?
Answer
Fractional distillation