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1925年10月22日
- 2008年5月12日 |
Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg
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One of contemporary American art's most prolific and influential figures, _ was a painter whose three-dimensional collages, known as "combines," incorporated objects—such as soda bottles and stuffed birds—and anticipated the emerging pop art movement, of which he became a pivotal figure. He later used silk-screening to transfer images from print media to canvas. What did _ submit to a gallery exhibition for which artists were asked to create portraits of the gallery owner |
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1632年10月20日 - 1723年2月25日 |
Sir Christopher Michael Wren サー・クリストファー・マイケル・レン |
Though now known as the greatest architect of the English baroque style, _ was first a celebrated astronomer and mathematician who was one of the founders of the Royal Society. His architectural career began in 1661 when King Charles II appointed him assistant to the royal architect. _ went on to help rebuild more than 50 churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666年. He also designed Saint Paul's Cathedral, where he is buried. What famous epitaph appears on _'s burial marker? |
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1876年10月19日 - 1948年2月14日 |
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown モーデカイ・ピーター・センテニアル・ブラウン |
Nicknamed "Three Finger" by the press because a farming accident in his youth cost him parts of two fingers on his right hand, _ was one of the top Major League Baseball pitchers at the turn of the 20th century. He used his injury to his advantage, developing a unique grip on the ball that produced an unusual amount of spin, baffling batters. Over the course of his major league career, _ won 239 games and lost just 130. With what team did he win two World Series championships?
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1939年10月18日 - 1963年11月24日 |
Lee Harvey Oswald リー・ハーヴェイ・オズワルド |
A US Marine who defected to the Soviet Union only to return and settle in Dallas, Texas, with his Russian wife and daughter, is widely believed to have been the assassin of US President ジョン・F・ケネディ. On 1963年11月22日, _ allegedly fired three shots from a window on the sixth floor of the Texas State School Book Depository, killing ケネディ. While in police custody, _ was murdered by nightclub owner ジャック・ルビー. Whom did Oswald allegedly try to assassinate earlier in 1963年? |
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1918年10月17日 - 1987年5月14日 |
MargaRita Carmen Cansino Hayworth マルガリータ ・カルメン・カンシーノ・ヘイワース |
_ Cansino began her show business career as a child, dancing flamenco with her well-known father, Eduardo Cansino. After taking acting lessons, changing her last name to _, and dying her hair its trademark red, she began her acting career. Her appearance in a series of musicals made her a star, and her role in Gilda (1946年) confirmed her status as a Hollywood sex symbol, making her one of the most popular wartime pinups. _'s picture is rumored to have been placed on what weapon? |
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1758年10月16日 - 1843年5月28日 |
Noah Webster, Jr. ノア・ウェブスター |
_was an American lexicographer. After serving in the American Revolution, he published The Elementary Spelling Book, or "Blue-Backed Speller," which helped standardize American spelling and sold some 100 million copies. In 1807年, he began work on his landmark American Dictionary of the English Language, which included definitions of 70,000 words—of which 12,000 had never appeared in a dictionary before. How many languages did he learn while compiling the dictionary? |
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BCE70年10月15日 - BCE19年9月21日 |
Publius Vergilius Maro Virgil [ˈpuː.blɪ.ʊs wɛrˈɡɪ.lɪ.ʊs ˈma.roː] /ˈvɜrdʒɨl/ プブリウス・ウェルギリウス・マロ ヴァージル |
Was a Roman poet and the author of the Eclogae (Eclogues), the Georgica (Georgics), and the Aenēis (Aeneid), widely regarded as one of the greatest long poems in world literature. The Aeneid, Rome's national epic, tells the legendary story of the Trojan hero Aeneas, whose descendants become the founders of Rome. What later poet portrayed _ as the guide to Inferno & Purgatorio in his great 1320年 literary classic Divina Commedia? |
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1930年10月14日 - 1997年9月7日 |
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga モブツ・セセ・セコ・クク・ンベンドゥ・ワ・ザ・バンガ (born: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu ジョゼフ＝デジレ・モブツ) |
Was the president of Zaïre—now the Democratic Republic of the Congo—from 1965年 to 1997年. His repressive regime resulted in corruption and poverty, while he amassed one of the largest personal fortunes in the world. He was overthrown in 1997年 and died in exile in Morocco. As part of his policies, he required Africanization of all European names, changing the Congo's name to Zaïre and his own name, Joseph Désiré _, to _ _ _ Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga, which means what? |
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1866年10月12日 - 1937年11月9日 |
James Ramsay MacDonald ジェームズ・ラムゼイ・マクドナルド |
The first Labour Party prime minister of Britain, serving in 1924年, from 1929年 to 1931年, and again as part of a coalition government from 1931年 to 1935年. He joined the precursor of the Labour Party in 1894年 and served as its first secretary. Was elected to Parliament in 1906年 and was leader of the Labour party there from 1911年 to 1914年, until he was forced to resign for opposing participation in WWI. From what other organization was he expelled for his pacifist stance? |
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1884年10月11日 - 1962年11月7日 |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt アナ・エレノア・ルーズベルト |
Niece of US president Theodore Roosevelt, was an active worker in social causes before she married future US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1905年. When her husband was stricken with polio in 1921年, she took a more active interest in public issues in order to restore his links with the world of politics, playing a leading role in humanitarian causes such as child welfare, equal rights, and social reforms. How was she related to her husband? |
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1900年10月10日 - 1993年3月17日 |
Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown) ヘレン・ヘイズ・ブラウン |
An American actress who began her stage career at the age of five and debuted on Broadway at nine. She went on to star in Broadway productions such as Caesar & Cleopatra (1925年&1935年) and became known as "the First Lady of the American Theatre." She won three Tony Awards, as well as two Academy Awards for her roles in The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931年) and Airport1970年. Hayes is one of only a handful of people who have won a Tony, an Oscar, and what other two awards? |
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1904年3月14日 - 2010年5月11日 |
Doris Eaton Travis
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Was a Broadway and film performer who began her career at the age of 14 by joining the Ziegfeld Follies, the long-running annual Broadway revue famous for its extraordinarily elaborate theatrical productions and chorus of beautiful women, known as the Ziegfeld Girls after the show's producer. _, who became one of the stars of the revue, lived to the age of 106 and was the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl. What did she do in the 74 years after her show-business career ended? |
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1881年3月25日 - 1945年9月26日 |
Béla Viktor János Bartók バルトーク・ベーラ・ヴィクトル・ヤーノシュ [ˈbɒrtoːkˌbe̝ːlɒˈviktorˌjɑ̈ːnoʃ] |
＿ was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, and collector of folk music. In 1904年, having discovered that the folk-music repertory generally accepted as Hungarian was in fact largely urban Roma—Gypsy—music, u set about researching Hungarian folk music. U worked folk themes and rhythms into aš own music, achieving a style that was at once nationalistic and deeply personal. What surprising discoveries did u make in aš study of folk music? |
