89685 Intermediate Trivia Questions
89685 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which Paris district was Auguste Rodin born in on 12 November 1840?
Answer
The 5th arrondissement
Which Rodin sculpture represents the Greek goddess Iris?
Answer
Iris, Messenger of the Gods
Which Rodin sculpture portrays Ugolino from Dante’s Inferno?
Answer
Ugolino and His Sons
Which poet served as Auguste Rodin’s secretary from 1905 to 1906?
Answer
Rainer Maria Rilke
Who taught Auguste Rodin drawing at Paris’s Petite École?
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Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Which medieval church has the famous Jesse Window, one of Europe’s oldest large stained-glass windows?
Answer
Saint-Denis Basilica
Which cathedral contains the famous 11th-century stained-glass windows known as the Augsburg windows?
Answer
Augsburg Cathedral
What is flashed glass in stained-glass making?
Answer
Glass with a thin colored layer
Which English church contains the famous medieval stained-glass panels known as the Fairford windows?
Answer
St Mary’s Church, Fairford
Which Georgia O'Keeffe painting shows a cow's skull painted red, white, and blue?
Answer
Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue
Which company invited Georgia O’Keeffe to Hawaii in 1939 to create artwork for an advertising campaign?
Answer
Hawaiian Pineapple Company
Which Brooklyn institution hosted Georgia O’Keeffe’s first solo museum exhibition in 1927?
Answer
Brooklyn Museum
Which New York museum hosted Georgia O’Keeffe’s first retrospective in 1970?
Answer
Whitney Museum of American Art
What currency replaced Mongolia’s Mongolian dollar in 1925?
Answer
Mongolian tögrög
What currency did Kyrgyzstan introduce on 10 May 1993 as its national monetary unit?
Answer
Kyrgyzstani som
What is the official currency of Uzbekistan, introduced after the kupon so'm in 1994?
Answer
Uzbekistani soʻm
Which currency is the official money of the United Arab Emirates?
Answer
United Arab Emirates dirham
What currency is used in Malaysia and was renamed the ringgit in 1975?
Answer
Malaysian ringgit
Which currency was introduced in Ukraine in 1996 to replace the karbovanets?
Answer
Ukrainian hryvnia
Which currency is used in Saudi Arabia and is divided into 100 halalas?
Answer
Saudi riyal
Which currency is used in the Czech Republic and is divided into 100 haléřů?
Answer
Czech koruna
Which Atlantic City casino, opened by Donald Trump in 1990, filed for bankruptcy in 1991?
Answer
Trump Taj Mahal
Which American home-goods retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2008?
Answer
The Sharper Image
What does a reverse stock split do to a company’s existing shares?
Answer
Combines shares into fewer shares
In stock-market investing, what is an American depositary receipt designed to represent?
Answer
A foreign company’s shares
In stock-market terminology, what is an order book?
Answer
Record of buy and sell orders
In stock-market investing, what is a margin account designed to let an investor do?
Answer
Borrow money to buy securities
In stock-market trading, what does a market maker do?
Answer
Provides liquidity
In stock-market investing, what does the Nikkei 225 index track?
Answer
225 companies listed in Japan