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Which Venetian painter (1697-1768) became famous for painting urban landscapes of his own city?
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Canaletto
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What object appears in Magritte's surrealist painting 'The Treachery of Images'?
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Pipe
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Which species was Babou, Salvador Dali's pet?
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Ocelot
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What is the name of the Gothic style architectural element that corresponds to a circular glazing made up of stained glass windows arranged in compartments?
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Rose Window
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Which Renaissance architect completed the Santa Maria del Fiore project, in Florence, with its famous 'Duomo'?
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Filippo Brunelleschi
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Which religious figure do the world's greatest religious statues represent?
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Buddha
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'Fearless Girl' is a well-known statue from New York City standing in front of another famous statue representing which animal?
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Bull
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Mokuhanga is the technique used by ukiyo-e artists like Hokusai. From what material are the blocks that allow the prints using this technique made of?
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Wood
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An ancient and traditional form of craftsmanship, what is the art of working the clay to make a container of some kind?
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Pottery
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In which city is the Fringe arts festival held?
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Edinburgh
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Which Greek playwright is the author of 'The Oresteia', the trilogy that deals with the tragedy of the curse on the House of Atreus after the return from the Trojan War?
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Aeschylus
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What is the name of the Indonesian technique of dyeing textiles with a wax resistant dye?
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Batik
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What playful activity consists in dressing up and acting as a real or fictional character from a film, anime, comics, video game, or other, trying to interpret it as best as possible?
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Cosplay
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What book by the portuguese author José Saramago begins with the phrase "On the following day nobody died"?
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Death with Interruptions
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Who wrote the book 'Flatland - A Romance of Many Dimensions'?
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Edwin Abbott
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Which city gives its name to a controversial comma that should be used before the last element of a list?
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Oxford
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In which city takes place the action of the book 'The Plague' by Albert Camus?
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Oran
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Hergé is the author of what famous Franco-Belgian comic book character?
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Tintin
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Who wrote the novel 'Kafka on the Shore', which features an old man named Nakata who can communicate with cats?
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Haruki Murakami
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Which Latin expression can be translated as 'and the rest' or 'and the other things'?
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Et Cetera
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