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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 7, Rounds 2-3: art m   
   11 Aug 23 18:16:54   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * 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. Characterised by fragmented and geometric forms that sought   
   >    to depict multiple perspectives and dimensions simultaneously.   
   >    Artists: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger.   
      
   Cubism   
      
   > 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   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   550   
      
   > 3. Jacques Cartier.   
      
   1932 (Never heard of him)   
      
   > 4. James Cook.   
      
   1699   
      
   > 5. Charlemagne.   
      
   800   
      
   > 6. Muhammad (peace be upon him).   
      
   630   
      
   > 7. Alexander the Great.   
      
   330 BC   
      
   > 8. Julius Caesar.   
      
   45 BC   
      
   > 9. William the Conqueror.   
      
   1066   
      
   > 10. Marco Polo.   
      
   1240   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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