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