The Warhol quiz

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Andrew Warhola / Andy Warhol

1. Pittsburgh is on the a) west b) east c) north side of Pennsylvania.
2. Warhol attended ___ Institute, named for founder, philanthropist
and steel magnate Andrew __ . Same answer, both blanks.
3. Warhol was raised in a strongly __ ethnic community. a) Slovak
b) German c) Greek d) Turkish.
4. The word from recent vocab study that means "neither moral nor
immoral." _____ .
5. "Incomprehensible; mysterious or enigmatic:" a) mythical b)
susceptible c) vulnerable d) inscrutable.
6. Edie Sedgwick: a) drag queen b) journalist who criticized Warhol
c) wealthy socialite d) tried to murder Warhol.
7. Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy were among the
famous faces in a photo/silk screen series called
a) Faces b) Icons c) Images d) Interviews.
8. Guns, knives, crosses: Warhol explained that his work was social
commentary. It was a view on the modern world of the 1960's. T / F
9. Chairman Mao was the Chinese leader who led the communist
revolution in the world's most populous nation. That revolution came
during the a) 1890's b) 1910's c) 1940's d) 1970's.
10. Before he became a success as a pop artist Warhol had a day job.
He was an a) ad writer b) shoe designer c) illustrator d) print
maker.
11. Arguably the most important woman in Warhol's life was __ .
12. In 1962 he sold the group of pop art silk-screen paintings for
$1000 to a Los Angeles gallery owner because they did not sell to art
collectors. They were images of __ .
13. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore was inspired by
William Joyce’s love for books, by hurricane Katrina, and by a classic
movie: __ __ __ .
14. The great art museum on 5th Avenue, NYC: a) Tate b) Corcoran c)
Met d) MoMa.
15. Warhol's most widely-known 1966 film (shown simultaneously on 2
projectors), The __ Girls, was filmed in - and named for - a lower
Manhattan hotel famous as a home to cool artistic and literary
characters.
16. Warhol's large art studio, a place for work and for the
shenanigans of tawdry hangers-on, was painted and papered in silver
and called The __ .
17. In 1964 the Pop Art master was commissioned by the World's Fair to
create a large piece for the NY Pavilion. It was rejected. The subject
matter was The Thirteen __ __ Men.
18. Warhol's portrait of a wealthy art collector, "Ethel Scull, 36
Times," was shot in a shocking location: a __ __ .
19. Critic Dave Hickey says that Warhol's work caused a major upheaval
in the way people looked at art, the graphic arts and product design.
That shift in point of view is called a __ __.
20. Adjacent to Connecticut is the NYC borough called __ .
21. The estimable NYC university that is adjacent to Harlem is __ .
22. According to the Ric Burns documentary Warhol enjoyed a steady
ingestion of the drug called __, though the amount was said to be
slight.
23. A silk screen image is created in part by coating a screen with a
light-sensitive goop called __ .
24. "In the future, everyone will be famous for __ minutes." How many minutes?