From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 5:05:41 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-06-26,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
   >    
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give    
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.    
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,    
   > based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote    
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal    
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.    
   >    
   > All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and    
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may    
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information    
   > please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the    
   > Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > * Game 7, Round 2 - Arts - Artistic Movements    
   >    
   > Given a brief description and the names of three associated artists,    
   > identify the artistic school, group, or movement.    
   >    
   > 1. Characterized by fragmented and geometric forms that sought    
   > to depict multiple perspectives and dimensions simultaneously.    
   > Artists: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger.    
      
   cubism   
      
   > 2. "To resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream    
   > and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality." Artists:    
   > Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte.    
      
   surrealism   
      
   > 3. A reaction to academic art with an emphasis on ordinary subject    
   > matter and accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities.    
   > Artists: Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt.    
      
   impressionism   
      
   > 4. From the French for "wild beasts", this group of early 20th    
   > century artists' works emphasized painterly qualities and strong    
   > color rather than the realistic values retained by .    
   > Artists: Henri Matisse, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck.    
      
   fauvism   
      
   > 5. A term coined in 1964 to mean a form of abstract art that    
   > uses optical illusions. Artists: Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley,    
   > Richard Anuszkiewicz.    
      
   op art?   
      
   > 6. A post-World War II artistic movement characterized by    
   > spontaneous, non-representational compositions that emphasize    
   > the artist's emotions and gestures. Artists: Jackson Pollock,    
   > Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning.    
      
   abstract expressionism   
      
   > 7. This collective of landscape painters sought to capture the    
   > unique spirit and rugged beauty of their country's wilderness.    
   > Artists: A.J. Casson, Franklin Carmichael, Frank Johnston.    
      
   group of seven   
      
   > 8. Noted for "shock tactics", use of throwaway materials, wild    
   > living, and an attitude "both oppositional and entrepreneurial".    
   > Artists: Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Gillian Wearing.    
   > (Give either the name or the 3-letter acronym.)    
      
   yba?   
      
   > 9. It emphasized dynamism, speed, technology, youth, violence,    
   > and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial    
   > city. Artists: Filippo Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo    
   > Balla.    
      
   futurism   
      
   > 10. An international style of art, architecture, and decorative    
   > arts popular between 1890 and 1910, often inspired by natural    
   > forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. Artists:    
   > Alfons Mucha, Louis Tiffany, Hector Guimard.    
      
   art nouveau   
      
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: On the    
   > question about Pollock and the others, the answer is two words.    
   > If you put just one word, please go back and add more.    
   >    
   >    
   > * Game 7, Round 3 - History - Year in the Life    
   >    
   > We name a famous person; you give any year in which they were alive.    
   >    
   > 1. Genghis Khan.    
      
   1200   
      
   > 2. Attila the Hun.    
      
   450   
      
   > 3. Jacques Cartier.    
      
   1500   
      
   > 4. James Cook.    
      
   1776   
      
   > 5. Charlemagne.    
      
   800   
      
   > 6. Muhammad (peace be upon him).    
      
   600   
      
   > 7. Alexander the Great.    
      
   333 bc   
      
   > 8. Julius Caesar.    
      
   44 bc   
      
   > 9. William the Conqueror.    
      
   1066   
      
   > 10. Marco Polo.    
      
   1300   
      
   >    
   > --    
   > Mark Brader | Occam's razor cuts both ways. (I've spent    
   > Toronto | most of my life waiting for a chance to    
   > m...@vex.net | say that.) --Michael Wares    
   >    
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   swp, who mourns the loss of John Minette, my professor of the humanities   
      
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