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Salvador Dali

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"Salvador Dali was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, and certainly the most eccentric. I think he best summed himself up when he said, 'The only difference between myself and a madman is that I am not mad'."

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1. Where was Salvador Dali born?
    Figueres, Spain
    Brooklyn, New York
    Messina, Sicily
    San Salvador, El Salvador


2. What was the given name of both Dali's father and brother(who died in infancy)?
    Salvador
    Bob
    Pepito
    Eldrick


3. Before he settled on Surrealism, what artistic style did Dali experiment with?
    Cubism
    All of these
    Impressionism
    The Style of the Dutch Masters


4. Dali was strongly influenced by the writings of...?
    Stan Lee
    Sigmund Freud
    Dr. Joyce Brothers
    Dante Alighieri


5. What was the name of Dali's wife?
    Gala
    Dolly
    Gidget
    Carmen


6. Who loaned Dali the five hundred dollars he needed to make his first trip to New York in 1934?
    Ernest Hemingway
    Walt Disney
    J. Edgar Hoover
    Pablo Picasso


7. Who did Dali support during the Spanish Civil War?
    The Trotskyists
    The Republicans
    He avoided supporting either side
    The Monarchists


8. What did Dali wear to the opening of the London Surrealist exhibition in 1936?
    A deep sea diving suit
    Nothing
    Branches and leaves
    A Tweety Bird Halloween costume


9. What Hitchcock thriller did Dali have a hand in?
    The Trouble with Harry
    Vertigo
    Spellbound
    Nightmare on Elm Street


10. With what filmmaker did Dali collaborate in making 'Un Chien Andalou' (An Andalusian Dog), and 'L'age d'or' (The Golden Age)?
    Mel Brooks
    Federico Fellini
    Luis Bunuel
    Fritz Lang


11. Later in life, Dali made a reconciliation with his Catholic faith. He even had audiences with popes Pius XII and John XXIII. Many of his later works had a religious theme. Which one of these is not a work by Dali?
    The Sacrament of the Last Supper
    Daniel in the Lion's Den
    The Crucifixion
    The Temptation of Saint Anthony


12. This painting, many feel it's his most famous and recognizable work, depicts melting timepieces on a cold and open landscape.
    The Persistence of Memory
    Bad Day at Black Clock
    Bulovas at 4000 Degrees
    Wait 'Til John Cameron Swayze Sees This!


13. With what comedy team did Dali collaborate on a motion picture screenplay?
    The Smothers Brothers
    Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
    The Three Stooges
    The Marx Brothers


14. What did Dali call his peculiar creative method?
    Paranoic-Critical Activity
    Dreaming in Technicolor
    Neurotic Vituperation
    Spastic Reeling Perception


15. King Juan Carlos of Spain elevated Dali to nobility in 1982 by bestowing upon him this title.
    Marquis of Pubol
    The Royal Order of The Very Pointy Mustache That Chronically Defies Gravity
    Count of Monte Crisco
    Duke of Abnormandy


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Compiled Feb 10 13