When Bad Things Happen to Good Art

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1. Of the following art forms, which is the most likely to deteriorate? Tapestry Oil painting on canvas Fresco Marble sculpture

2. This masterwork was sprayed with sulphuric acid in 1990 by an escaped mental patient. As if that wasn't bad enough, the same artist's "Danae" suffered the same fate in Russia. "The Night Watch" by Rembrandt van Rijn "Scream" by Edvard Munch "Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh

3. What bad thing happened to Italian artist Giorgio Vasari's "Last Supper"? It was damaged in a flood in Florence It was stolen by an Uffizi Gallery employee It was stolen by Fascists in World War II It was destroyed by a fire in Siena

4. In the "those who can't do, destroy" category, what is Canadian Jubal Brown's preferred method of defacing art? He attacks it with a garden claw He urinates on it He vomits on it He spray paints graffiti on it

5. In 1558, what did Pope Paul IV order done to Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel? He ordered it to be covered by another painting He ordered clothes painted onto the nude figures He ordered it to be covered by a tapestry He ordered himself painted into the picture ascending into heaven

6. This museum has the dubious honor of having suffered the most devastating art theft in North American history. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa The de Young Museum, San Francisco

7. Which of the following has NOT been a fate of the British Crown Jewels? Melted down into coins Lost in quicksand Hidden in Scotland Pawned

8. A Stradivarius cello was missing for three weeks in 2004 after being stolen from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In what ignominious place was the magnificent instrument found? The Liberace Museum in Las Vegas In a public bathroom Near a Dumpster Forest Lawn cemetary

9. What happened to the controversial modern artwork called "Hell" by Jake and Dinos Chapman? It was stolen by Hell's Angels It was destroyed in a fire It was purchased by a church, which had it destroyed It was responsible for a gallery patron's death and is no longer exhibited

10. Ending on a semi-upbeat note: What saved a portion of the priceless collection of Islamic art from destruction when Kuwait City was invaded by Iraq in 1990? The pieces were on loan to a museum in Russia Kuwaiti citizens stored the art in their homes temporarily The art was stored in a fireproof vault Invading Iraqi soldiers refused to destroy any Islamic-themed art