64 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES | december 2019
How’s your knowledge of trivia? How good are your powers of “sound” reasoning? Here’s your chance to test
them both. First, look at the rebus on the opposite page. It has too many parts, and to decipher it you’ll have to
cross out some of its elements. Now check out the 12 multiple-choice questions below. As you answer each
question correctly, the number(s) after the answer you’ve chosen will tell you which parts of the rebus to cross
out. The remaining parts, in numerical order, will suggest a familiar phrase related to the theme of the quiz. (Note:
A correct answer may tell you to cross out something that’s already been crossed out, in which case you can
ignore that part of the instructions.)
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A FEW POSERS
- Twice in 1987 and again in 1990, auction patrons paid
record-breaking prices for Van Gogh paintings. Which of
these figures is closest to the total amount paid for the
three works shown?
$120 million ( 15 )
$175 million ( 10 )
$295 million ( 3 )
$380 million ( 11 ) - Who was the best-known subject of English portraitist
Basil Hallward?
Sir Winston Churchill ( 13 )
Princess Diana ( 12 )
Dorian Gray ( 17 )
Queen Victoria ( 7 ) - Among the artists and photographers listed below,
choose the two who were husband and wife:
Ansel Adams ( 2 )
Diane Arbus ( 9 )
Mary Cassatt ( 14 )
Jasper Johns ( 4 )
Anna Mary Moses ( 7 )
Georgia O’Keeffe ( 1 )
Norman Rockwell ( 16 )
Alfred Stieglitz ( 15 ) - Speaking of location shooting, in 1858, Gaspard Félix
Tournachon took the world’s first aerial photograph.
Where was he at the time?
Atop the Eiffel Tower (10 & 18)
In a hot-air balloon near Paris (2 & 13)
In a tree near the Left Bank (7 & 12)
On the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral (9 & 14) - Among PBS viewers, the late Bob Ross became famous
for creating charming landscapes within 30-minute
time limits. What was the title of Ross’s how-to-paint
TV series?
Bob Ross’s Happy Scenes ( 1 )
The Joy of Painting ( 13 )
Quick Art with Bob Ross ( 5 )
Rush With a Brush ( 12 )
6. Which of these Renaissance artists did not have his
name usurped by a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?
Botticelli ( 6 )
Donatello ( 12 )
Michelangelo ( 19 )
Raphael ( 16 )
7. Whose paintings include White Line, Blue Segment,
and Decisive Pink?
Wassily Kandinsky (6 & 19)
René Magritte (8 & 11)
Piet Mondrian (1 & 16)
Pablo Picasso (3 & 7)
8. In 1945, Joe Rosenthal earned the Pulitzer Prize in the
category of Spot News Photography. Where was he
when he took his prizewinning photo?
The coast of France ( 18 )
Near Japan ( 8 )
Poland ( 3 )
Washington, D.C. ( 9 )
9. Describe the facial expression of the young woman
depicted in Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World:
Deep in thought ( 17 )
Enigmatically smiling, not unlike the Mona Lisa ( 1 1 )
Teary-eyed with laughter ( 3 )
Can’t tell—she has her back to us (2 0 )
10. Which of these museums is mismatched with the city
where it’s located?
Catalan Museum of Art—Barcelona, Spain (4 & 16)
Edvard Munch Museum—Oslo, Norway (5 & 11)
Hagia Sophia Museum—Istanbul, Turkey (9 & 20)
Uffizi Gallery—Milan, Italy (8 & 18)
11. Before shooting, a photographer must adjust the setting
of the lens aperture by means of an “f number.” What
does the “f” stand for?
Film ( 6 )
Focus ( 4 )
Frame ( 14 )
Photography (spelled fonetically) ( 5 )
12. Looking at the painting of Whistler’s Mother, you’ll see all
but which one of the following furnishings?
Draperies (2 0 )
A footstool ( 14 )
Another painting, on the rear wall ( 5 )
A rocking chair ( 15 )