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JANUARY – ARTISTS & WRITERS: 1. She was a world-famous performer known for her horseback riding and sharp shooting. • Sacagawea • Annie Oakley • Calamity Jane • Belle Starr
2. This artist and puppeteer created Big Bird and The Muppets. His name was: • Frank Oz • Jeff Dunham • Jim Henson • Mr. Rogers
3. An American master of horror stories, this poet was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is most famously known for writing “The Raven.” • Beatrix Potter • William Shakespeare • Edgar Allan Poe • E. E. Cummings
4. Although Leonardo Da Vinci is said to have written over six thousand pages in various notebooks, he is most known for painting the following: • Mona Lisa • Water Lilies • Campbell’s Soup Can • The Scream
5. Before this author wrote James and the Giant Peach, he was a World War II pilot. Name him. • Eric Carle • Roald Dahl • Brad Meltzer • Rick Riordan
whohq.com 6. One of the most famous artists of her time, this artist painted through constant pain after being in a bus accident as a young woman. • Georgia O’Keeffe • Frida Kahlo • Yayoi Kusama • Louise Bourgeois
7. What was the name of the ballet that Maria Tallchief performed in that would make her the United States’ first prima ballerina? • The Nutcracker • Swan Lake • The Firebird • Cinderella
8. Rosie the Riveter is one of this famous artist’s most well-known paintings. It also appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in 1943. • Willem de Kooning • Mark Rothko • Normal Rockwell • Agnes Martin
9. Andy Warhol once said, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for ______” • five minutes • fifteen minutes • one day • one week
10. She was a street car operator, an opera star and a calypso dancer, but she’s best known for being a poet and author of books, including I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. • Laura Ingalls Wilder • Maya Angelou • Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Judy Blume
Maya Angelou Maya 10. minutes; fifteen 9. Rockwell; Normal 8. Firebird; The 7. Kahlo; Frida 6. Dahl; Roald 5. Lisa; Mona 4. Poe; Allan Edgar 3. Henson; Jim 2. Oakley; Annie 1.
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