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Quiz about Andy Warhol
Quiz about Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol Trivia Quiz


The artist Andy Warhol. Warhol is the seventh of nineteen focus artists featured in the 2001-2002 US Academic Decathlon curriculum and his featured work is Mao.

A multiple-choice quiz by SuperRo. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
SuperRo
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
67,523
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
1472
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Question 1 of 10
1. Where were Warhol's parents from? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. When Andy Warhol was in grade school, what serious disease did he contract? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What magazine did Warhol NOT create ads for early in his career? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What piece of work did Warhol NOT create? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What was the nickname of Warhol's studio? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What was Warhol's first film? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This 1964 work had to be painted over because certain people were offended by it. What was it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Warhol was the producer of the first album of what underground rock band?

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 9 of 10
9. To speed up the process of creating art, what method did Warhol famously adopt? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which feminist shot Andy Warhol in 1968?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where were Warhol's parents from?

Answer: Czechoslovakia

Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola, on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2. When Andy Warhol was in grade school, what serious disease did he contract?

Answer: St. Vitus's disease

This left him in bed for over a month. He would later refer to this as his 'first nervous breakdown.'
3. What magazine did Warhol NOT create ads for early in his career?

Answer: Life

In high school, Warhol was so talented that the other members of the Art Club excluded him - for being much better than them.
4. What piece of work did Warhol NOT create?

Answer: Lincoln

'Lincoln' was by Robert Rauschenberg.
5. What was the nickname of Warhol's studio?

Answer: The Factory

Here, Warhol was a type of king, manipulating his followers and playing them off against one another. People would come into the Factory group and quickly be discarded, all at Warhol's will.
6. What was Warhol's first film?

Answer: Sleep

It was a six-hour movie of a man sleeping. Most of his movies were like 'Sleep' in that they were plotless, boring, and extremely LONG.
7. This 1964 work had to be painted over because certain people were offended by it. What was it?

Answer: Thirteen Most Wanted Men

It cause offense because most of the men were Italian.
8. Warhol was the producer of the first album of what underground rock band?

Answer: The Velvet Underground

He also painted the cover to their first album, entitled 'The Velvet Underground and Nico.' Many of the songs were considered daring, shocking or even a shade kinky.
9. To speed up the process of creating art, what method did Warhol famously adopt?

Answer: Silk screen printing

His 1973 portrait of Mao is one of the best known examples of his use of this process.
10. Which feminist shot Andy Warhol in 1968?

Answer: Valerie Solanas

Valerie Solanas was an ardent feminist. She was one of the many who felt that Warhol was abusive and controlling (and she wasn't wrong there). She thought that he deserved to die. Warhol was at one point pronounced dead, but was revived and slowly recovered. Some called him a martyr, and others felt that he got what he deserved. He recovered and lived till 1987.
Source: Author SuperRo

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