(these answers all begin w/ the letter C)

1. The Silk Road transmitted the culture of this large Asian country all the way to Rome.
2. The Red Badge of Courage was written by this 19^th Century American novelist.
3. His framed stories contain realistic and sometimes bawdy tales told by pilgrims on the way to the shrine of Thomas a' Beckett.
4. This 19th Century feminist writer was known for her portrayal of Creole life in Louisiana in such novels and The Awakening.
5. This American author celebrated the western frontier in her short stories and novels such as O Pioneers!

(these answers are all commonly known by a first name)

1. This Renaissance artist is known for his inventions, and for creating the first High Renaissance portrait.
2. Known for her sensitive lyrics, this 7th Century Greek poet lived on the Isle of Lesbos.
3. This 17th Century Dutch artist painted The Night Watch, a work in which dramatic use of light and shadow heightened the impact of his compositions.
4. This Renaissance artist wished to be sculpting, but spent years painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
5. He was a Mesopotamian king and the first epic superhero.

(these answers all contain the word night)

1. This Shakespearean comedy features pairs of lovers who are found by the king and queen of the fairies.
2. These Islamic stories were supposedly narrated by Scheherezade to entertain a sultan.
3. This expressionistic painting by Van Gogh features a night sky and is recognizable by its swirling blues and golds.
4. This painting by Rembrandt depicts members of a military unit falling into action.
5. This play won a Pulitzer prize for Louisville native Marsha Norman.

(these answers are all pairs of people who collaborated on works or shared a style)

1. Two 20th Century Americans who depicted dust bowl refugees with sympathy and understanding. One wrote Of Mice and Men; the other, a photographer, is known for her Migrant Mother.
2. Two French Impressionists. One was known for his paintings of water lilies. The other, a composer, wrote La Mer or The Sea.
3. One's a dancer and one's a composer. They worked together on the Ballet Russe production of The Rites of Spring.
4. Two 20th Century Americans who combined symphony and ballet. The first is a composer who created the score for Appalacian Spring. The second is the choreographer who collaborated with him on the same production, and was also an innovator in modern dance.
5. Often performing together, their folk-rock music of the early 1960s expressed rebellion and desire for change. She is a soprano folk singer known for her version of the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome," and he is known for such early folk songs as "Blowin In the Wind," as well as his current Grammy-winning rock music.

(these answers all contain the "O" sound)

1. Often classified as an expressionist, this 19th Century painter spent time in Arles painting wheat fields in the year preceding his mental breakdown.
2. This American woman is known for her eerie western landscapes, cow's sculls, and gigantic flowers.
3. This Athenian philosopher was interested in "What is real?" and "What is eternal?" He is known for his Allegory of the Cave.
4. This Spanish painter is known as "The Greek." His paintings, such as View of Toledo, have eerie distortions.
5. This early Renaissance painter experimented with a new sense of space in works such as The Lamentation.

(These are all Russian artists)

1. This Russian author plumbed the depths of the human soul in such novels as Crime and Punishment (1866).
2. This theatrical director emphasized emotional truth and inner motivation. An acting method is named for him.
3. A member of "The Five," This 19th century Russian composer is known for traditional works, such as The Nutcracker.
4. Richly decorated eggs were created for the Czar's family by this Russian goldsmith.
5. This 2oth Century composer gave us the music for the ballet Scheherazade as well as operas based on Russian legends.

(these answers are all names of women artists/writers from the USA)

1. This 20th century painter was known for Red Poppy and was married to photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Her first name is one of the states.
2. Known for her realistic paintings of women and children, she left the USA for Paris and became one of the Impressionists of the late 19th Century.
3. This author explores her Chinese-American heritage in such novels as The Joy Luck Club.
4. This African-American novelist won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature for such works as Beloved and Jazz.
5. Called "the first major woman sculptor ot the 20th century," this American artist uses found pieces of wood as her medium, and is known for such works as America--Dawn, done in 1962.

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