Culture Quiz: High C or Pop?

As a group, answer the following 10 questions to the best of your ability. Write your answers on a sheet of paper.

1. Who wrote The Scarlet Letter and what does the letter stand for?

2. Who is this person?

3. Who is the artist and/or what is the name of the painting?

4. What famous play tells the story of a Duke and his daughter who are put on a boat to die, but instead they are washed up onto an island?

5. What are the primary texts of these religions? Islam Christianity Hinduism

6. What mythical event does this famous painting depict?

7. Define these terms. Deus ex machina a capella

8. What are the names of these buildings and where are they?

9. What famous 17 th century English philosopher came up with the phrase “tabula rasa” and what does it mean?

10. Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?

Culture Quiz: High C or Pop?

1. Who wrote the Harry Potter books and what is a muggle?

2. Who is this?

3. What product does this image advertise?

4. Name three actors who have played James Bond.

5. Name these TV shows.

6. Name the seven dwarves.

7. Who do these images depict?

8. What do these images depict?

9. From what TV show is the following tagline: “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast.”

10. What are the dueling alien races who have brought their ancient struggle of fighting for control to Earth in Transformers?

Culture Quiz: High C or Pop? (Answers)

1. Who wrote The Scarlet Letter and what does the letter stand for? Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850 Adultery

2. Who is this person? Ernest Hemingway

3. Who is the artist and/or what is the name of the painting? Georges Seurat Study for “A Sunday Afternoon on La Gande Jatte”

4. What famous play tells the story of a Duke and his daughter who are put on a boat to die, but instead they are washed up onto an island? Shakespeare’s The Tempest

5. What are the primary texts of these religions? Islam – Qur’an Christianity – The Bible Hinduism – The Vedas

6. What mythical event does this famous painting depict? Pieter Bruegel “Landscape with Fall of Icarus”

7. Define these terms. Deus ex machina -- God from the machine a capella -- Without accompaniment

8. What are the names of these buildings and where are they? Taj Mahal, India Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy Falling Waters, U.S.A. Colosseum, Italy

9. What famous 17 th century English philosopher came up with the phrase “tabula rasa” and what does it mean? John Locke Blank slate

10. Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird? Harper Lee

Culture Quiz: High C or Pop? (Answers)

1. Who wrote the Harry Potter books and what is a muggle? J.K. Rowling Muggle – a non-magical person

2. Who is this? Will Smith

3. What product does this image advertise? Nike

4. Name three actors who have played James Bond. Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig

5. Name these TV shows. Friends, Walking Dead, Honey Boo Boo

6. Name the seven dwarves. Dopey Sneezy Bashful Doc Happy Grumpy Sleepy

7. Who do these images depict? Marilyn Monroe The Beatles

8. What do these images depict? Apple Firefox

9. From what TV show is the following tagline: “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast.” Survivor

10. What are the dueling alien races who have brought their ancient struggle of fighting for control of Earth in Transformers? AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS

THINK ABOUT…. & RESPOND… What kind of culture was represented in each section of the quiz? What does this add to your understanding of High C- and PC? How does your recognition or lack of recognition of High C- and/or PC make you feel as a member of “American culture”? What impact does the recognition or lack of recognition of these “icons” have on the development of a shared “American culture” for the individual members? What interpretation can you draw from this experience and your responses about the role of High C- and PC in creating a shared “American culture”?

If there was a tie…. Tie Breaker