Artists, whether they be painters, sculptors, photographers, or musicians, have made a significant impact on culture and society throughout history. From the Old Masters to contemporary artists, there is a wealth of trivia questions that can be asked about artists and their works. Whether you're an art enthusiast or just looking to test your knowledge, these artist trivia questions are sure to be both informative and entertaining.
Here are some examples of artist trivia questions you might come across: Who painted the Mona Lisa? Who is considered the father of Impressionism? What is the most expensive painting ever sold? Who wrote the opera "The Barber of Seville"? These questions cover a wide range of artists and art forms, including painting, sculpture, music, and more.
In addition to the technical aspects of art and artists, there are also many fun and interesting facts to learn about. For example, did you know that the artist Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime? Or that the artist Salvador Dali was known for his eccentric behavior, including carrying a pet anteater with him? These trivia questions will not only test your knowledge, but also give you a glimpse into the many fascinating aspects of the world of art and the artists who have made significant contributions to it.
171 Art Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)
- What search engine makes changes to its logo, known as "doodles," to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and famous people, such as a pointillist version in honor of artist Georges Seurat?
Answer: Google
- The official song of the 2010 World Cup, vuvuzelas and all, was titled “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” and was sung by what Colombian recording artist also known for her pelvis not bearing false witness?
Answer: Shakira
- What musical artist performed at the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show with a "Firework" finale?
Answer: Katy Perry
- What is the last name of the “Queen of Soul” who got some R-E-S-P-E-C-T when she was ranked 9th in Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”?
Answer: Franklin
- A 2004 Snoop Dogg hit, featuring Pharrell Williams, encourages the listener to “Drop It Like It’s ______.” The song implies this means when the sexual energy is particularly high, not necessarily high temperatures.
Answer: Drop It Like It's Hot
- The three artists who painted The Last Supper, The School of Athens, and The Creation of Adam, and the sculptor who is best known for a bronze statue of David, all lend their first names to what group of four fictional characters?
Answer: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donnatello)
- Named "Girl With Balloon" before it was partially shredded at a 2018 auction, "Love Is in the Bin" is an artwork that sold for $25.4 million in 2021, by what one-named artist?
Answer: Banksy
- In 2000, Intuitive Surgical Company launched a robotic surgical system to assist surgeons with everything from prostate removals to heart valve repairs. The system was named after which famous artist who was known for his anatomical drawings and a portrait of a smirking lady?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
- Which CF property partnered with local Ottawa artists in October 2020 to host four interactive art installations that relied on touchless audience interaction?
Answer: CF Rideau Centre
- A former Confederate defense post for the city of Richmond, VA during the Civil War, located in nearby Henrico, is Fort ______. Fill in the one “H” blank, also the last name of the Beatle who performed “My Sweet Lord” as a solo artist.
Answer: Fort Harrison
- At a price of more than $400 million, the most expensive painting ever sold at auction was "Salvator Mundi" which was painted around 1500 and purchased at auction in 2019. What artist painted this masterpiece?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
- An ocelot named Babou was kept as a pet by which Spanish surrealist artist?
Answer: Salvador Dalí
- What “C” French Impressionist, painter of “The Large Bathers” and “The Card Players”, was a 19th century artist who laid the foundation of what the 20th century would look like?
Answer: Paul Cezanne
- What planet shares its name with a chemical element, the Roman messenger god, and an annual prize awarded in the U.K. for the best album by a British or Irish artist?
Answer: Mercury
- What classic trained pianist had a series of hit singles in the United States, including “My Boo”, “You Don’t Know My Name”, and “Fallin?” Her last name is a stage pseudonym, derived from her connection to the piano.
Answer: Alicia Keys
- Which artist, known for his 'Joy of Painting,' afro, and happy little clouds, drew inspiration from his time in Alaska while serving in the US Air Force? We're looking for first and last names.
Answer: Bob Ross
- Philly artist Alexander Calder specialized in pretty serious versions of what wiry things seen above cribs?
Answer: Mobiles
- The namesake of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, what Italian artist painted scenes from the Book of Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican?
Answer: Michelangelo
- Sporting abundant hair and a love of happy trees, what was the first and last name of the guy who hosted the PBS television program "The Joy of Painting?"
Answer: Bob Ross
- The Chrysler Building and Empire State Building in New York are considered iconic representations of what 20th century artistic movement and architectural style?
Answer: Art Deco
- In 2021, Danish artist Jens Haaning gave the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art two blank canvases for $84,000 as a piece called "Take the WHAT and Run"?
Answer: Money
- "On Becoming a God in Central Florida" was a Showtime series that lasted just one season, starring what "Spider-Man" actress as a theme park employee turned con artist?
Answer: Kirsten Dunst
- Named after a 1950 blues song by Muddy Waters and a 1965 Bob Dylan hit, what magazine's list of “The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time” includes these top three selections: Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles?
Answer: Rolling Stone
- What is the stage name of the Canadian musician born Abel Makkonen Tesfay? This stage name might be seen on a calendar with poor spelling. This artist holds several chart records including being the first to simultaneously hold the top three positions on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart with "Can't Feel My Face", "Earned It," and "The Hills."
Answer: The Weeknd
- Hosted by Mike Levy, a podcast about the world of mountain biking is called ______bike. Fill in the one word blank, part of a bike company name, and also a color and artist who collaborated on “Lady Marmalade” in 2001.
Answer: Pinkbike
- A British indie rock band who released the albums “Employment” and “Yours Truly, Angry Mob”, and the songs “Oh My God” and “Modern Way” in the 2000s, are ______ Chiefs. Fill in the one word blank, also a German leadership position held by Wilhelm II during World War II.
Answer: Kaiser Chiefs
- What city was the center of the movement called Surrealism, whose artists include such notables as Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Rene Magritte, and Salvador Dali?
Answer: Paris
- Winning her first for "Fearless" and her most recent for "folklore", which American pop singer is the only solo female artist to have won three Grammy Awards for Album of the Year?
Answer: Taylor Swift
- A 48-year-old (as of 2021) man from Bristol, England named Robin Gunningham is commonly believed to be the real identity of what street artist, whose "Balloon Girl" shredded itself at an auction in 2018?
Answer: Banksy
- Often known by its inscription, "Ceci n'est pas un pipe," "The Treachery of Images" is a 1929 painting by what Belgian artist?
Answer: Rene Magritte
- What American artist of the twentieth century was known for his painted covers for the Saturday Evening Post, and for chronicling the American spirit in iconic pieces such as “Freedom Of Speech” and “Freedom From Want?”
Answer: Norman Rockwell
- "This Wall Is A Designated Graffiti Area" reads part of the graffiti in the rear of London's Cargo Club, unofficially designated by what anonymous, irrepressible street artist?
Answer: Banksy
- What two word Belgian-style witbier, brewed by MillerCoors with a colorfully astronomical name, shares its name with a doo-wop standard recorded by the Marcels, among many other artists?
Answer: Blue Moon
- Michelangelo's 1499 sculpture is a prime example of what artistic subject, which depicts the Virgin Mary cradling the body of Jesus?
Answer: Pieta
- John James Audubon, an American artist and naturalist active in the early 1800s, lends his name to a “society” of environmentalists dedicated to the conservation of what type of animal?
Answer: Birds
- The best-known work of Japanese artist Hokusai is "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," part of a larger series called "36 Views of" what famous volcano?
Answer: Mount Fuji
- According to music site WhoSampled, what "Godfather of Soul" has been sampled in other songs more than twice as often as the next most sampled artist?
Answer: James Brown
- The Factory was the name of the what famed artist and photographer's art studio? Although The Factory moved a few times, the first location was on the fifth floor at 231 East 47th Street, in Midtown Manhattan.
Answer: Andy Warhol
- San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker designed what symbol of the LGBT movement that was unveiled in 1978? It has eight parts, each symbolizing a specific aspect of their lives gay people should be proud of.
Answer: Rainbow flag
- In the early 2000s, you could have spent hours on the Something Awful forums trying to come up with clever “facts” about which famous bearded martial artist with a penchant for roundhouse kicks?
Answer: Chuck Norris
- Mariah Carey's "Heartbreaker," Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love," and Rihanna's "Umbrella" were three 2000s hit singles featuring the rapping of what owner of the Monogram cannabis company?
Answer: Jay-Z
- What body part does not lie, according to a 2005 Shakira hit, featuring Wyclef Jean?
Answer: Hips
- What Bay on the north side of the Osa Peninsula, in southwestern Costa Rica, was believed to be used its namesake British explorer as a port in the 16th century? It shares its name with the hip hop artist who sang the song “Hotline Bling.”
Answer: Drake Bay
- The hip-hop group D4L had a hit in 2006 with a song named for what rhyming candy, a sour and chewy/sticky candy sometimes sold in plastic jars by the Ferrara Candy Company?
Answer: Laffy Taffy
- According to Shaggy, the reggae musician based his popular 2000 song “It Wasn’t Me” is actually based on a joke told in what 1987 Eddie Murphy stand-up special?
Answer: Raw
- In November 2013, an orange statue of a balloon animal sculpted by artist Jeff Koons sold for over $50 million at a Christie's auction. What type of animal was this sculpture?
Answer: Dog
- Artists who are scared of using Sherwin Williams paint hues Forstythia and La Luna Amarilla might have xanthophobia – which is the fear of the what color?
Answer: Yellow
- Sacramento mixed martial artist Christian "The Hungarian Nightmare" Wellisch fought for the crown in KOTC, a California-based MMA league that stands for "WHAT of the Cage"?
Answer: King
- Island in the Sun and Hash Pipe headlined the 2001 "Green Album" of what alternative rock band?
Answer: Weezer
- A song from Jennifer Lopez’s 2005 album “Rebirth”, featuring Fabolous, where J Lo correctively asserts her affection to the song’s object, is “Get ______.” Fill in the one word blank, a direction one can turn.
Answer: Get Right
- A self-taught Black artist from Louisiana, who painted works such as “Picking Cotton” and “Zinnias In A Pot” in the 1960s, is Clementine ______. Fill in the one word blank, also a word for a person that stalks and kills animals.
Answer: Clementine Hunter
- What American actor achieved fame with the Disney TV show "Even Stevens" before expanding his artistic career to include an appearance in a Sia music video and a mock-musical about himself?
Answer: Shia LeBouf
- Lot 666, "a chandelier in pieces," is offered at auction in the opening scene of what Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?
Answer: The Phantom of the Opera
- "Ruff Ryders' First Lady" was the subtitle of the 1999 debut album by what one-named Philly rapper who blew up with the 2001 single, "Let Me Blow Your Mind"?
Answer: Eve
- Featuring 36 silk-screen paintings and 13 drawings in the artist's signature colorful pop style, "Cars" is a series of artworks commissioned by Mercedes-Benz in the 1980s from what artist?
Answer: Andy Warhol
- What artist featured E Street Band star Clarence Clemons playing a saxophone solo on her 2011 hit song, "The Edge of Glory?"
Answer: Lady Gaga
- What Mexican artist and husband of Frida Kahlo painted the Detroit Industry Murals that illustrate four walls of the Detroit Institute of Arts?
Answer: Diego Rivera
- What is the one-word name of the 1942 oil painting by American artist Edward Hopper that depicts four people in a downtown diner late at night?
Answer: Nighthawks
- What iconic book writer/artist is linked to Batman with “The Dark Knight Rises,” with Daredevil in “Born Again”, and with his own dark creations in the “Sin City” comics?
Answer: Frank Miller
- Who starred as the artist, Jackson Pollack, in the 2000 biopic, "Pollack?" He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in the film.
Answer: Ed Harris
- Although the movement's leader explicitly considered it a revolutionary rather than strictly artistic movement, what word signifies a style of visual artwork featuring unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision? Famous painters in the movement include Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro, and Salvador Dali.
Answer: Surrealism
- According to a former Facebook employee, the company used to have a master password that could unlock any user's account. This password was a variation on the name of what martial artist and actor, perhaps because he definitely couldn't be considered "too weak"?
Answer: Chuck Norris
- In early 2000, Ludacris, featuring Shawnna, asked in song “What’s Your ______?” Fill in the one word blank, the act of imagining something, often improbable or possible.
Answer: What's Your Fantasy?
- "Fountain" -- a urinal with the words "R. Mutt 1917" scrawled on it -- is one of SFMoMA's most famous holdings, and is a work by what avant-garde French artist?
Answer: Marcel Duchamp
- A subprime loans for borrowers without income, assets, or jobs is acronymic-ally nicknamed for what type of covert martial artist?
Answer: Ninja
- Which of the four artist-named Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wears a blue bandana?
Answer: Leonardo
- Sacramento artist Adrian Tomine is best known for his moody work on the comic "Optic Nerve" and illustrations for what magazine named for the residents of a city almost 3,000 miles away from Sac-Town?
Answer: New Yorker
- Rapper Tramar Dillard is better known by what stage name, based on his home US state? His songs include “Low”, “In The Ayer”, and “Right Round.”
Answer: Flo Rida
- Juggalos are an infamous group of impassioned music fans that support what musical artist?
Answer: Insane Clown Posse
- The AP sued street artist Shepard Fairey over his Obama poster that featured what word?
Answer: Hope
- The cover designer for the album "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" and the hit 1980 single "Fashion," artist Edward Bell's 2021 auction focuses on the art he created for what Thin White Duke of rock music?
Answer: David Bowie
- What well-known artist famously severed part of Vincent Van Gogh's left ear? Note: although there has been speculation in recent years that it was *actually* Paul Gauguin, we are going to stick with the most commonly-accepted perpetrator by art historians.
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh
- What pop singer and former wife of Tommy Mottola, released such 2000s singles as “Thank God I Found You”, “We Belong Together”, and “H.A.T.E.U.?”
Answer: Mariah Carey
- The renowned artists Rousseau and Matisse share what first name?
Answer: Henri
- What 21st century artist began her career as a touring member of Sufjan Stevens' band, then joined the Polyphonic Spree, and eventually struck out on her own with a handful of solo albums as well as a full-length collaborative album with David Byrne of Talking Heads fame?
Answer: St. Vincent
- Eric Clapton is a three-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a solo artist and also as guitarist in two different bands. Name one of them.
Answer: The Yardbirds and Cream
- What classic Las Vegas hotel with a repetitive name is known for its big-top architecture and allows its guests to watch free live acts like trapeze artists and juggling masters?
Answer: Circus Circus
- Known for his large-scale paintings of Black Americans, artist Kehinde Wiley is probably most famous for a 2018 portrait that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, of what former president?
Answer: Barack Obama
- What is the feline-sounding artistic pseudonym for the San Jose singer-songwriter Michelle Gonzalez? She's known both as a solo artist and from her work in the band Patterns.
Answer: MishCatt
- What one-named recording artist featured Greenville, North Carolina native Petey Pablo on her 2004 number-one hit song, "Goodies?"
Answer: Ciara
- What French artist, born in 1834, was a founding member of the Impressionists known for his depictions of dancers such as “The Ballet Class”?
Answer: Edgar Degas
- What British actor got a Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing transgender artist Lili Elbe in the 2015 film "The Danish Girl?"
Answer: Eddie Redmayne
- What blind opera star and crossover pop artist donated his plasma for research in May 2020 after recovering from COVID-19?
Answer: Andrea Bocelli
- What influential African-American street artist and Andy Warhol protege produced thousands of his eccentric drawings in the 1970s and 1980s? He was played by Jeffrey Wright in a 1996 Julian Schnabel film.
Answer: Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Taboo and J. Rey Soul are among the members of what hip hop/pop-rap band, known for such hits as “Pump It Harder” and “Where Is The Love?”
Answer: The Black Eyed Peas
- An American artist known for paintings of enlarged flowers, such as “Black Iris” and “Jimson Weed” is ______ O’Keeffe. Fill in the one word first name, also the name of the fourth state to join the United States.
Answer: Georgia O'Keeffe
- “The Smurfs” were created by what Belgian artist with a four-letter “P” name, which was the pseudonym of Pierre Culliford? He debuted “The Smurfs” in his other comic strip, “Johan and Peewit.”
Answer: Peyo
- What “W” farm is a historic site in Ridgefield and and Wilton, CT, commemorating the namesake impressionist artist who lived there, and was also visited by John Singer Sargent and others? It shares its name with the last name of the Australian director of “Dead Poets Society.”
Answer: Weir Farm
- According to EU law, living artists and artists who died within 70 years prior to the date of a sale are entitled to receive a resale royalty each time their artwork is sold, a practice known by what three-word French term?
Answer: droit de suite
- "California Isn't Big Enough" according to the title of a 2010 song by what artist who would do anything for love?
Answer: Meat Loaf
- At more than 21 feet wide, the massive painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware," which is held by NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art, was made in 1851 by what German-American artist?
Answer: Emanuel Leutze
- In a 2000 hit hip hop song, to what titular lady did Outkast apologize, saying “I am for real?”
Answer: Ms. Jackson
- Set in Copenhagen, what 2015 film about artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener won Alicia Vikander a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Wegener?
Answer: The Danish Girl
- A museum in Kaunas, Lithuania, features artistic depictions of what “D” chief evil spirit in Christian and Jewish philosophy, a classification of Satan?
Answer: Devils Museum
- What 17th century Flemish Baroque artist created such paintings as “Self-Portrait With A Sunflower” and “Charles I At The Hunt?” Although spelled differently, his last name is pronounced the same as the actor who played a chimney sweep in “Mary Poppins”, and starred in his own 1960s sitcom.
Answer: Anthony Van Dyck
- During the 1960s, supermodel Pat Cleveland was famously photographed by what pop artist who is remembered today for his renderings of Campbell's soup cans, among other subjects?
Answer: Andy Warhol
- What French writer created the comic series "Valerian and Laureline" along with artist Jean-Claude Mézières? The series ran from 1967 to 2018, and was considered foundational in the field of European comics.
Answer: Pierre Christin
- Venetian artist Giovanni Antonio Canal, who is known for his paintings of Venice, Rome and London, is better known by which mononym?
Answer: Canaletto
- What French poet, writer, and artist is considered the "Father of Surrealism?"
Answer: Andre Breton
- What Belgian Surrealist artist was known for featuring bowler hats in many of his pieces?
Answer: Rene' Magritte
- Surgeons crowd around an anesthetized patient in "The Gross Clinic," an 1875 painting by what American artist?
Answer: Thomas Eakins
- The earliest known professional African-American artist in the United States, a freed slave who painted around the turn of the 19th century, creating classical portraits such as “The Westwood Children,” is Joshua ______. Fill in the one word “J” last name blank, also the last name of 36th U.S. president Lyndon.
Answer: Joshua Johnson
- Artists working on “101 Dalmations” (1961) were faced with the challenge of animating hundreds of pups. Which brand of copying machine technology saved them time and money?
Answer: Xerox
- In 1969, which artist took a break from painting melting clocks to design the Chupa Chups lollipop logo?
Answer: Dali
- According to Google, the most searched-for GIF of 2015 featured which actor and performance artist yelling the Nike slogan “Just Do It” against a green screen backdrop?
Answer: Shia LaBeouf
- In 2008, a post-impressionist oil painting, “The Boy in the Red Vest,” was stolen from a museum in Zurich, only to be found in Serbia in 2012. Which artist painted it?
Answer: Paul Cézanne
- Before an artist starts a sculpture, they may make a mini wax version to show the client to make sure they approve. What French word for “scale model” is used to describe this draft version of the artwork?
Answer: Maquette
- Sharing his surname with a European country, “Whaam!” is a 1963 work created by which American artist?
Answer: Roy Lichtenstein
- Trailblazing artist Keith Haring often used as a "tag" an image he called ____ Baby, where what word, referring to the lines that emerge from the figure, fills in the blank?
Answer: Radiant
- French artist Georges Seurat developed what artistic technique, which uses small dots of paint to form an image?
Answer: Pointillism
- Polka dots and mirrored installations called "Infinity Rooms" are both hallmarks of what Japanese contemporary artist?
Answer: Yayoi Kusama
- La Casa Azul, or Blue House, is a museum in Coyoacan devoted to the works of what artist, who was born there?
Answer: Frida Kahlo
- In 1995, environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped what Berlin building completely in plastic?
Answer: Sunflowers
- What's the profession of Shane O'Neill, the Middletown, Delaware resident who won the first season of the reality show Ink Master?
Answer: Tattoo Artist
- The body of which artist is buried below an eponymous museum located in Figueres, Spain, the front of which is decorated with giant egg sculptures?
Answer: Salvador Dali
- In 2021, $380,000 was paid for an NFT representing a video of the burning of an original artwork by what secretive British street artist who is known by a single name?
Answer: Banksy
- Shared with a U.S. state, what surname was adopted by the artist born Robert Clark? He is perhaps best known for his pop art image “LOVE.”
Answer: Indiana
- A 1955 encaustic painting by Jasper Johns, painted after his release from the U.S. army, was the first of dozens the modern artist has created over his career of what familiar subject?
Answer: The American Flag
- Reflecting the artist's real name, "The Marshall Mathers EP," which features songs like "Stan" and "Kim," is a 2000 studio album by what one-named rap star?
Answer: Eminem
- Novelist Edna O'Brien is one of a small handful of living people who have been bestowed what title from the Aosdana, the state-support association of Irish creative artists? There can be at most seven people holding this title at a time.
Answer: Saoi
- None of them telling the story of a mining collapse, "Temperature," "We Be Burnin'," and "Gimme the Light" are three 2000s hit singles by what Jamaican rapper?
Answer: Sean Paul
- The second-highest selling musical artist in Ireland's history (after U2) has never gone on tour and never performed a live solo concert. She rose to fame as the flag-bearer for new-age music in the late 1980s with songs like "Only Time" and "Orinoco Flow." Who is she?
Answer: Enya
- Costa Rican-Mexican singer Chavela Vargas sang "La Llorona" in a 2002 biopic starring Salma Hayek as what Mexican artist Vargas was close to in real life?
Answer: Frida Kahlo
- What famous 20th century American painter had a home base on a ranch in New Mexico? Many of the artist's most famous works are now displayed at a museum in Santa Fe despite her growing up near Madison, Wisconsin with her family.
Answer: Georgia OÕKeeffe
- What one named 1970s funk artist, along with the Family Stone, had a hit in 1970 with “Hot Fun In The Summertime?”
Answer: Sly And The Family Stone
- What 2000s rapper had hit songs such as “Candy Shop”, movie roles in films such as “Escape Plan” and “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’”, and even starred in video games such as “______: Bulletproof?”
Answer: 50 Cent
- Blue Swede is the artist behind what one-hit wonder 80s song that featured prominently in "Guardians of the Galaxy"?
Answer: Hooked on a Feeling
- "Earn" Marks and "Paper Boi" Miles are two of the many characters in the TV series directed and written by what artist raised in Georgia?
Answer: Donald Glover
- A Maine resident unexpectedly found a sketch called “Le Tricorne” by what famous artist, and received $150,000 for the sketch at auction? The worldly Spanish artist is known for his blue and rose periods, among many other things.
Answer: Pablo Picasso
- What machine-learning technology by OpenAI, which produces images from prompts, gets its name from combining a Pixar character and a Spanish surrealist artist?
Answer: DALL-E
- What phosphoprotein, rich in protein and found in cow milk, is not only found in dairy products, but also in a water soluble paint used by artists and in glue, being used in the first mix of Elmer’s Glue?
Answer: casein
- Among the most expensive paintings sold at auction, "Portrait of Adele Block-Bauer" was the final work in the gold phase of what Vienna Secession artist?
Answer: Gustav Klimt
- Kesha (the artist formally known as Ke$ha) broke out with her debut album “Animal” in 2010 with hits like “TiK ToK” and “Your Love is My Drug.” But she was actually first heard on the radio the year before on the song “Right Round” by which rapper?
Answer: Flo Rida
- You can visit UC San Diego's Geisel Library via the "Snake Path," artist Alexis Smith's tiled walkway that features a granite sculpture of what John Milton epic with a pretty important snake?
Answer: Paradise Lost
- The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has "Flowers", a 1967 silkscreen ink piece by what artist?
Answer: Andy Warhol
- In one of the world's most famous cases of insurance fraud, the Beverly Hills ophthalmologist Steve Cooperman faked the 1999 theft of two paintings worth millions of dollars (they were being stored in a Cleveland storage locker) to claim a $12.5 million insurance payout. With one guess, name either of the two artists behind the "stolen" works.
Answer: Monet and Picasso
- What beat-em-up video game franchise, featuring twin brother martial artists Billy and Jimmy, was latter turned into a poorly received 1994 James Yukich movie starring Scott Wolf and Mark Decascos?
Answer: Double Dragon
- What Italian Renaissance artist, with a one word name that may refer to his dark skin, or his red hair, painted “Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time” in 1545?
Answer: Bronzino
- What martial artist, who also worked as a bodyguard and an actor, created the Tae Bo exercise program?
Answer: Billy Blanks
- "Computer Age" is a 1982 song by what artist who famously removed his song catalog from Spotify in February 2022?
Answer: Neil Young
- “Head of a Peasant Woman” is a work by which 19th century artist? In 2022, a self-portrait of this artist was discovered on the back of the work.
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
- The striking sandstone statue by artist Alvaro de Bree at San Diego's Cabrillo National Monument of its namesake explorer was donated to the United States in 1939 by what European nation?
Answer: Portugal
- The burn is mine: One of Peloton's Artist Series pits R&B star Brandy against what other singer in run, ride, and strength workouts?
Answer: Monica
- Often considered the U.S.'s largest public art program, MA Philadelphia is the organization that has created nearly 4,000 pieces of public art in Philadelphia by partnering with artists and communities. What does MA stand for?
Answer: Mural Arts Philadelphia
- Both the Spiral Q Puppet Theater and Lancaster Avenue's "Second Fridays" are well-known artistic attractions in which "village" in West Philadelphia?
Answer: Powelton Village
- Among the artists who have recorded the 19th-century folk song "No More Auction Block for Me" is what one-named singer who has been called "the voice of the civil rights movement?"
Answer: Odetta
- “Welcome To Jamrock” was a 2005 hit song and album for Damian Marley, the youngest of Bob Marley’s children. Damian Marley has the nickname as the Junior version of that loud percussion instrument?
Answer: Junior Gong
- The 1999 novel "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier was inspired by a painting with the same title by what Dutch artist?
Answer: Johannes Vermeer
- Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr was born in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood to a former professional basketball player and educator. After almost a dozen years in the music industry, he earned his first (of many) acting credits in 2003, appearing on the the sitcom "Girlfriends." What one-word moniker is he better known by?
Answer: Common
- What American playwright won the triple-crown of theatrical artistry in 1949? This includes The New York City Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and a Tony.
Answer: Arthur Miller
- Referring to his 1992 painting "Bedroom at Arles", what American pop artist remarked that Van Gogh would enjoy his rendition, saying: "I've cleaned his room up a little bit for him; and he'll be very happy...I've straightened his shirts and bought some new furniture."
Answer: Roy Lichtenstein
- The owl is a recurring motif in the sketches, paintings, and sculptures of which 20th century avant-garde Spanish artist?
Answer: Pablo Picasso
- In the episode "Drug Testing" of The Office (American version), Dwight finds a joint in the parking lot and calls for a mandatory drug test. Michael begs Dwight to pass the test for him because Michael smoked a "clove cigarette" at a female R&B singer's concert. Who is that fifteen-time Grammy Award winning artist?
Answer: Alicia Keys
- In the week of April 21, 2018, what artist had the top two songs on the Billboard Hot 100?
Answer: Drake
- 2001's "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" was the debut single for what colorfully named R&B singer-songwriter?
Answer: Blu Cantrell
- "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy" are number-one hits from what 2003 debut solo album by Beyonce?
Answer: Dangerously in Love
- What 20th-century Welsh poet is perhaps best remembered for his poem “Do not go gentle into that good night,” as well as stories such as “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog?”
Answer: Dylan Thomas
- Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame only has one triple-inductee. Who was inducted as a member of The Yardbirds, then again as a member of Cream, and finally a third time as a solo artist?
Answer: Eric Clapton
- Domenikos Theotokopoulos is the real name of which artist of the Spanish Renaissance who was born in what is now Crete?
Answer: El Greco
- In 2000, D’Angelo released a cornerstone neo-soul hit with the alternate title of “How Does it Feel.” Now covered by other famous artists like Giveon, what is the main generic name of this song?
Answer: Untitled
- The portrait of George Washington that appears on $1 bills is based on an unfinished painting begun in 1796 by what American artist?
Answer: Gilbert Stuart
- Fitting for her famous nickname, what American artist took up painting after she had turned 70? In part, her passion for art was delayed due to her time-intensive work on a farm for much of her life. "Sugaring Off" and "Fourth of July" are two of her most famous works.
Answer: Grandma Moses
- Artist Berthe Morisot gets her lean on in "The Repose," an oil by what other French Impressionist painter?
Answer: Edouard Manet
- Before she became known for designing the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign in 1959, which American visual artist was the first female commercial artist to make neon signs at YESCO?
Answer: Betty Willis
- Which high-performance relational database management system developed by Netherlands-based Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica lets you combine hundreds or rows and millions of columns in a table and shares a name with a famous artist?
Answer: Monetdb
- What 20th century abstract Dutch artist created such structural paintings as “Broadway Boogie-Woogie” and “Grey Tree?” This man with an “M” last name resided in New York.
Answer: Piet Mondrian
- "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" and "We Can't Be Friends" were top-ten hits for what Toronto-born artist who got her start singing backup for Celine Dion?
Answer: Deborah Cox
- "Little Bird" was a single from what 1992 album by Annie Lennox, her debut as a solo artist?
Answer: Diva
- Which district in the West End of London gives its name to a group of intellectuals, artists and writers, including John Maynard Keynes and Virginia Woolf, who were active in the first half of the 20th century? Of them it was said that "they lived in squares, painted in circles and loved in triangles."
Answer: Bloomsbury
- Which operations team member shares a birthday with artist Salvador Dali and NFL player Cam Newton?
Answer: Funto
- What cubist's work, featuring outlines of birds, was the first piece by a living artist to adorn the Louvre? It covered the ceiling of what was once King Henri II's antechamber and caused an uproar in Paris.
Answer: Georges Braque
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