Eating a Masterpiece Trivia Quiz

Answer: Campbell's

The Campbell Soup Company sponsored the 'Art of Soup' contest in 1997. This was the 35th anniversary of the commencement of Andy Warhol's production of his Campbell's soup can paintings; it was also the 100th anniversary of the Campbell Soup Company.

Answer: Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Minnesota

Claes Oldenberg and his wife Coosje van Bruggen often collaborated on projects. This is one of the few that also features water as an element of the sculpture. The cold winters in Minneapolis allow the sculpture to be seen covered in ice and thus as a completely different sculpture than in summer.

Answer: Banana

The cover features a large yellow banana and the name "Andy Warhol". The first copies of the album had a sticker that said "Peel slowly and see". When removed, the sticker would reveal a pink unpeeled banana.
Production issues related to creating this sort of complex cover actually delayed the release of the album, which includes such classics as "I'll be your Mirror", "Waiting for the Man" and "Heroin".

Reissued albums and CDs just have the yellow banana on the cover. Original copies with the peel-off sticker are now collector's items.

Answer: Spam

The painting features a large Spam logo as well as an "actual size" picture of Spam. It can be seen at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Answer: Cakes

While Thiebaud has painted a number of scenes in various styles, his iconic paintings of cakes are his most famous. Thiebaud has also painted pastries, lipstick, boots, and toilets.

Answer: Spaghetti

Rosenquist's 1965 work "Spaghetti and Grass" features a large panel of spaghetti, as does "I Love You with my Ford" and other works. Rosenquist's experience as a billboard painter influenced his later works.

Answer: Apple

The image of a man in a bowler hat with a large green apple in front of his face is one of Magritte's most famous. He painted it in 1964 as a self portrait.

Answer: Thai knife

Watermelon is often used to make red (or pink) roses and other flowers; the red flesh makes a good background to a scene made from the green and white outer flesh. A Thai knife is often used to carve because the knife is very sharp and very tiny. It easily cuts through watermelon without making a huge mess out of it, and it can get into small crevices and cut away very small pieces of fruit.

Answer: With a tiny precision laser

A very small high-intensity laser beam is used to gently cut through the very fragile egg shell. The laser can cut small layers off the shell to create a layered look, for instance feathers of a bird, or it can cut right through to make holes in the shell and create intricate designs. It is fascinating; Google "eggshell carving" to see pictures.

Interesting fact: Dr. Lew Jensen was the first person to carve an eggshell. He used dentist's tools to carve the shell, a lot harder than using a laser!

Answer: Garnishing

Garnishing is usually used to mean making the plate of food look pretty, like adding parsley on top for a pop of color, or having a colorful plate of beets, carrots, peas, and corn, making it look nice. It can also mean food art, however. Oranges can be carved to look like a flower and put on the plate, chocolate or lemon peel can be sliced into curls and put on the plate, or a simple Jell-O dessert can be formed into a shape to make food art. All are forms of garnishing, and all of this art is edible (though not always the tastiest, like sprigs of fresh rosemary; might not be the tastiest art).