Andy Warhol - Quiz
Andy Warhol
  • 1. In which year was Andy Warhol born?
A) 1928
B) 1950
C) 1935
D) 1945
  • 2. Which art movement was Andy Warhol associated with?
A) Surrealism
B) Abstract Expressionism
C) Pop Art
D) Impressionism
  • 3. What was the title of Andy Warhol's studio in New York City?
A) The Gallery
B) The Factory
C) The Loft
D) The Studio
  • 4. Which famous painting by Andy Warhol features multiple images of Marilyn Monroe?
A) Marilyn Diptych
B) Campbell's Soup Cans
C) Brillo Boxes
D) Elvis I and II
  • 5. What was Andy Warhol's birth name?
A) Andrei Warhol
B) Alexander Warhoski
C) Andrew Warhola
D) Anthony Warholm
  • 6. In which city did Andy Warhol establish The Factory studio?
A) New York City
B) Paris
C) London
D) Los Angeles
  • 7. In which year did Andy Warhol pass away?
A) 1995
B) 1975
C) 2000
D) 1987
  • 8. What did Andy Warhol famously say everyone would be famous for?
A) 1 minute
B) 30 seconds
C) 1 hour
D) 15 minutes
  • 9. Which musician was a close friend of Andy Warhol and a key figure in the 1960s New York City scene?
A) Bob Dylan
B) Jimi Hendrix
C) Janis Joplin
D) Lou Reed
  • 10. Who shot Andy Warhol in 1968?
A) Nico
B) Billy Name
C) Edie Sedgwick
D) Valerie Solanas
  • 11. What was the title of Andy Warhol's magazine?
A) Artistry
B) Interview
C) Collage
D) Perspective
  • 12. Where was Andy Warhol born?
A) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B) Los Angeles, California
C) New York City, New York
D) Chicago, Illinois
  • 13. What illness did Andy Warhol suffer from as a child?
A) Measles
B) Polio
C) Sydenham's chorea
D) Chickenpox
  • 14. Which magazine first published Andy Warhol's shoe illustrations?
A) Glamour
B) Mademoiselle
C) Harper's Bazaar
D) Vogue
  • 15. Which band did Andy Warhol manage?
A) The Beatles
B) The Velvet Underground
C) The Rolling Stones
D) The Doors
  • 16. What was the title of Andy Warhol's first major Pop art exhibition?
A) Gold Marilyn Monroe
B) Campbell's Soup Cans
C) Marilyn Diptych
D) The American Supermarket
  • 17. Which artist's work did Andy Warhol's silkscreen technique resemble?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Jackson Pollock
C) Roy Lichtenstein
D) Claes Oldenburg
  • 18. What was the name of Andy Warhol's first major film?
A) Empire
B) Sleep
C) Chelsea Girls
D) Blue Movie
  • 19. What was the name of the theater where Andy Warhol screened male pornographic films?
A) The Factory Theater
B) The Velvet Theater
C) Fortune Theater
D) Cinema 16
  • 20. Which museum hosted Andy Warhol's first museum retrospective?
A) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
B) The Guggenheim Museum
C) The Whitney Museum of American Art
D) Moderna Museet in Stockholm
  • 21. What was the name of Andy Warhol's first published book of illustrations?
A) The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
B) A Gold Book
C) Popism
D) 25 Cats Name Sam and One Blue Pussy
  • 22. Which company hired Andy Warhol to design album covers and promotional materials?
A) Atlantic Records
B) Columbia Records
C) Capitol Records
D) RCA Records
  • 23. What was the name of the exhibition that featured Andy Warhol's pop paintings in a department store window?
A) Bonwit Teller
B) Bloomingdale's
C) Saks Fifth Avenue
D) Macy's
  • 24. Which artist was commissioned to create an artwork for the New York State Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair?
A) Jackson Pollock
B) Roy Lichtenstein
C) Andy Warhol
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 25. What was the name of the exhibition that presented a typical supermarket environment with pop art?
A) Gold Marilyn Monroe
B) The New Realists
C) Campbell's Soup Cans
D) The American Supermarket
  • 26. Which gallery hosted Andy Warhol's second exhibition in New York?
A) Leo Castelli Gallery
B) Guggenheim Museum
C) Stable Gallery
D) Ferus Gallery
  • 27. What was the name of the exhibition that featured Andy Warhol's first Flowers series?
A) Guggenheim Museum
B) Leo Castelli Gallery
C) Stable Gallery
D) Ferus Gallery
  • 28. Which magazine featured Andy Warhol's photographs documenting his recuperation after the shooting?
A) Mademoiselle
B) Harper's Bazaar
C) Esquire
D) Vogue
  • 29. For which album did Andy Warhol receive a Grammy nomination for Best Album Cover in 1972?
A) The Rolling Stones' album Sticky Fingers
B) Elton John's album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
C) The Beatles' album Abbey Road
D) David Bowie's album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
  • 30. Which political figure did Warhol support with a poster in 1972?
A) Ronald Reagan
B) George McGovern
C) Hubert Humphrey
D) Richard Nixon
  • 31. What was the name of the dachshund puppy Warhol acquired in November 1972?
A) Max
B) Spot
C) Buddy
D) Archie
  • 32. Which Broadway musical did Warhol design sets for in 1975?
A) Cats
B) Man on the Moon by John Philips
C) A Chorus Line
D) Chicago
  • 33. Who did Andy Warhol travel to Iran to paint in 1976?
A) Queen Elizabeth II
B) Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
C) Ayatollah Khomeini
D) Empress Farah Pahlavi
  • 34. Which book did Warhol release in 1979 through his publishing company?
A) Exposures
B) Popism
C) The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
D) The Andy Warhol Diaries
  • 35. Which New York City nightclub's opening in 1977 marked a new era in nightlife?
A) The Limelight
B) CBGB
C) Studio 54
D) The Roxy
  • 36. Which art collector commissioned Warhol to create the Athletes series in 1977?
A) Leonard Lauder
B) Peter Brant
C) Solomon R. Guggenheim
D) Richard Weisman
  • 37. Which of the following was not a subject of Warhol's celerity portrait commissions in the 1970s?
A) Mick Jagger
B) Yves Saint Laurent
C) Liza Minnelli
D) David Bowie
  • 38. What was the title of Andy Warhol's 1980 exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan?
A) Twentieth Century Jewish Icons
B) Portraits of Modern Jews
C) The Jewish Influence
D) Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century
  • 39. What was the purpose of the New York Academy of Art, co-founded by Warhol?
A) To explore abstract expressionism
B) To promote modernist art
C) To focus on digital art techniques
D) To revive traditional methods of training artists
  • 40. Which series did Warhol create in 1981 that featured cultural icons like Mickey Mouse and Superman?
A) Cultural Legends series
B) Myths series
C) Pop Icons series
D) Modern Myths series
  • 41. What was the cause of Andy Warhol's death?
A) Sudden cardiac arrhythmia
B) Heart attack
C) Stroke
D) Gallbladder infection
  • 42. Who purchased Orange Marilyn for $17.3 million in 1998?
A) S.I. Newhouse Jr.
B) Kenneth C. Griffin
C) Steven A. Cohen
D) Hugh Grant
  • 43. Who choreographed the dance piece RainForest that included a Silver Cloud?
A) Willoughby Sharp
B) James Harvey
C) Andy Warhol
D) Merce Cunningham
  • 44. What was the name of the television special Warhol dreamed of producing about 'Nothing'?
A) Nothing to See
B) Nothing Special
C) The Nothing Show
D) Special Nothing
  • 45. Who took over filmmaking responsibilities after Warhol's shooting in 1968?
A) Mike McGrady
B) Jonas Mekas
C) Jed Johnson
D) Paul Morrissey
  • 46. Who did Warhol model with for Koshin Satoh's fashion show in 1987?
A) Chick Corea
B) Miles Davis
C) Herbie Hancock
D) John Coltrane
  • 47. Who delivered the eulogy at Warhol's funeral liturgy?
A) John Richardson
B) Yoko Ono
C) Monsignor Peter Tay
D) Paige Powell
  • 48. What was the name of the multimedia performance art show that featured The Velvet Underground?
A) Plastic Fantastic
B) Plastic Show
C) Exploding Plastic Inevitable
D) Inevitable Explosion
  • 49. How much did Campbell's Soup Can with Peeling Label sell for in 1970?
A) $95,000
B) $17.3 million
C) $60,000
D) $200 million
  • 50. Which decade did Warhol evolve into a portraiture artist?
A) 1970s
B) 1990s
C) 1980s
D) 1960s
  • 51. Which of Warhol's books of drawings is noted for its use of gold leaf?
A) Ho, Ho, Ho
B) Yum, Yum, Yum
C) A Gold Book
D) Shoes, Shoes, Shoes
  • 52. Where was the luncheon after Warhol's memorial service held?
A) St. Patrick's Cathedral
B) New York Hospital
C) The Diamond Horseshoe nightclub beneath the Paramount Hotel
D) Bethel Park Community Center
  • 53. For approximately how much was Orange Marilyn reportedly sold in a private sale after Newhouse's death?
A) $17.3 million
B) $200 million
C) $62.9 million
D) $80 million
  • 54. What was Andy Warhol diagnosed with in 1973?
A) A gallstone
B) A respiratory issue
C) A heart condition
D) A kidney infection
  • 55. In which year was an audio tape of music by Lou Reed, based on Warhol's book, discovered?
A) 2018
B) 2017
C) 2020
D) 2019
  • 56. What innovative technique did Chelsea Girls use?
A) Silent, close-up portraits
B) Static shots
C) A single unbroken shot
D) Dual 16mm projections running simultaneously with alternating sound
  • 57. In what year was Andy Warhol fired from The Velvet Underground?
A) 1967
B) 1965
C) 1968
D) 1966
  • 58. What is the title of Warhol's unauthorized homage to the comic-book hero Batman?
A) Vinyl
B) Chelsea Girls
C) Empire
D) Batman Dracula
  • 59. During which years did 'Andy Warhol's TV' air?
A) 1980–83
B) 1981–84
C) 1979–82
D) 1982–85
  • 60. For which artist did Andy Warhol design the album cover 'Aretha' in 1986?
A) Aretha Franklin
B) The Rolling Stones
C) John Cale
D) Diana Ross
  • 61. Which artist was known as a 'ghost pisser' in the creation of Warhol's oxidation paintings?
A) Jean-Michel Basquiat
B) Victor Hugo
C) Gerard Malanga
D) Francesco Clemente
  • 62. Which Warhol painting set a new auction record for the artist at $105.4 million in 2013?
A) Coca-Cola (3) (1962)
B) White Marilyn (1962)
C) Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) (1963)
D) Race Riot (1963)
  • 63. Which artist commented on Warhol's ability to summarize our world?
A) Robert Scull
B) Maurizio Cattelan
C) Emily Tremaine
D) Burton Tremaine
  • 64. What did Warhol say about Coca-Cola in relation to American culture?
A) It is a symbol of luxury
B) It is only for the wealthy
C) It is the best beverage in the world
D) The richest consumers buy the same things as the poorest
  • 65. Which Warhol painting sold for $71.1 million at Christie's in 2007?
A) Turquoise Marilyn (1964)
B) Lemon Marilyn (1962)
C) Double Elvis (Ferus Type)
D) Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) (1963)
  • 66. How much did Liz (Colored Liz) (1963) sell for in 2007?
A) $63.4 million
B) $23.7 million
C) $28 million
D) $26.9 million
  • 67. What was the name of the exhibition that opened in September 1985 with negative reviews?
A) Modern Portraits
B) Paintings
C) New York Art
D) Warhol and Basquiat: A Collaboration
  • 68. What was the title of Warhol's last exhibition in Milan?
A) The Last Feast
B) Il Cenacolo (The Last Supper)
C) Warhol's Supper
D) The Final Supper
  • 69. What technique did Warhol pioneer during his time at Carnegie Tech?
A) Oxidation painting
B) Silkscreen printing
C) Blotted line technique
D) Digital art
  • 70. What was the title of Warhol's portrait of Prince?
A) Pop Prince
B) Electric Prince
C) Orange Prince
D) Purple Prince
  • 71. What is the title of Warhol's first commissioned portrait of Ethel Scull?
A) Marilyn Diptych
B) Ethel Scull 36 Times
C) Campbell's Soup Cans
D) The Factory
  • 72. Which film marked the shift towards more mainstream, narrative-based cinema under Morrissey?
A) Heat
B) Flesh
C) Trash
D) Bad
  • 73. Which film was directed by Warhol's boyfriend Jed Johnson?
A) Bad
B) Heat
C) Flesh
D) Trash
  • 74. What was the theme of Warhol's 1986 exhibition at the Galerie Lavignes-Bastille in Paris?
A) 10 Status of Liberty
B) Statue of Liberty Centennial
C) Freedom in Art
D) Liberty in Color
  • 75. How many underground films did Andy Warhol produce between 1963 and 1968?
A) More than 600
B) Over 500
C) Exactly 600
D) Less than 500
  • 76. Which artist did Warhol collaborate with to create a series of over 50 large works?
A) Gerard Malanga
B) Francesco Clemente
C) Jean-Michel Basquiat
D) Ronnie Cutrone
  • 77. How much did large paintings from the Flowers series sell for in 1965?
A) $17.3 million
B) $95,000
C) $6,000
D) $25,000
  • 78. In which year did Andy Warhol's play 'Andy Warhol's Pork' premiere at New York's La MaMa Theater?
A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1969
D) 1972
  • 79. What was the theme of Warhol's series produced for the American Museum of Natural History in 1983?
A) Urban animals
B) Exotic birds
C) American wildlife
D) Endangered species
  • 80. What series did Warhol show at the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1986?
A) Royal Portraits
B) Reigning Queens
C) Modern Royalty
D) Queenly Figures
  • 81. What were the Silver Clouds?
A) Metal sculptures
B) Wooden boxes
C) Helium filled, silver mylar, pillow-shaped balloons
D) Cardboard cartons
  • 82. Who awarded Warhol the Independent Film Award in 1964?
A) Jonas Mekas
B) Mike McGrady
C) The Village Voice
D) Cecil B. DeMille
  • 83. Which series of prints did Warhol produce in Europe in 1970?
A) Marilyn Monroe
B) Death and Disaster
C) Flowers
D) Sunday B Morning
  • 84. Who did Andy Warhol introduce to The Velvet Underground?
A) David Bowie
B) Mick Jagger
C) Nico
D) John Lennon
  • 85. What was the name of Warhol's television show that aired from 1979 to 1980?
A) Style
B) Vogue
C) Trend
D) Fashion
  • 86. What was the sale price of Shot Sage Blue Marilyn in 2022?
A) $69.6 million
B) $18.9 million
C) $195 million
D) $32.8 million
  • 87. Which artist's portrait did Warhol create for Vanity Fair in 1984?
A) David Bowie
B) Michael Jackson
C) Prince
D) Madonna
  • 88. Which event did Warhol design a poster for in 1983?
A) The Statue of Liberty centennial
B) The New York Art Expo
C) The centennial of the Brooklyn Bridge
D) The opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • 89. Why did Andy Warhol reject surgery for his gallstone?
A) He was allergic to anesthesia
B) He feared hospitals
C) He was too busy with work
D) He believed in natural healing
  • 90. What is the title of the concept album created as a tribute to Andy Warhol by Lou Reed and John Cale?
A) Songs for Drella
B) Warhol's Songs
C) Drella's Melodies
D) Tribute to Andy
  • 91. Where was Andy Warhol's funeral liturgy held?
A) New York Hospital Chapel
B) Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church
C) Bethel Park Community Church
D) St. Patrick's Cathedral
  • 92. Who starred in Andy Warhol's Dracula (1973)?
A) Viva
B) Carroll Baker
C) Louis Waldon
D) Joe Dallesandro
  • 93. Who attempted to obtain an experimental medication for Warhol from Japan?
A) His nutritionist
B) His chiropractor
C) His internist Denton Cox
D) His surgeon Bjorn Thorbjarnarson
  • 94. What was the name of the series Warhol was working on for Mercedes-Benz before his death?
A) Planes
B) Trucks
C) Cars
D) Bikes
  • 95. What was the medium Warhol used for the Marilyn series created in 1962?
A) Watercolors
B) Silkscreens
C) Oils
D) Acrylics
  • 96. Who was the original designer of the Brillo design?
A) Merce Cunningham
B) Andy Warhol
C) James Harvey
D) Willoughby Sharp
  • 97. What did Warhol's chiropractor and nutritionist suggest he wear?
A) A medical bracelet
B) A copper necklace
C) A small crystal
D) A jade pendant
  • 98. In which country did Silver Liz (Ferus Type) set a new auction record in 2022?
A) United Kingdom
B) Japan
C) France
D) United States
  • 99. Which Warhol painting set a new auction record in 1978?
A) Eight Elvises (1963)
B) 19 Cents (1962)
C) Campbell's Soup Can with Peeling Label (1962)
D) Orange Marilyn (1964)
  • 100. Which artist's style did Warhol's early illustration style resemble?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Jackson Pollock
C) Ben Shahn
D) Willem de Kooning
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