IHBB真題：人物類 (3)

同學們(men) 好～ 在IHBB和NHBB比賽中，曆史人物屬於(yu) 非常高頻的考查內(nei) 容，不僅(jin) 有著名的統治者、軍(jun) 事人物，也會(hui) 有學者、藝術家、乃至體(ti) 育人物等。

在往期推送中，我們(men) 介紹過有關(guan) 世界政治人物和科學家的題目，這次則為(wei) 大家帶來一些歐美近現代文化藝術領域的名人。一起來看看吧～

Q1.英國詩人 拜倫(lun)

his person’s many poems include The Siege of Corinth and the thirty selections in Hebrew Melodies. This person’s only legitimate child is often regarded as the world’s first computer programmer. For the point, name this person, whose death during the siege of Missolonghi [[mee-soh-LOHN-gee]] enshrined him as the exemplar of the Romantic Age.

參考答案: Lord Byron (or George Gordon Byron; or 6th Baron Byron)

Q2. 英國作家 夏洛蒂·勃朗特

This author wrote The Green Dwarf, A Tale of the Perfect Tense under the pseudonym Lord Charles Wellesley. Another work by this author was retold by Jean Rhys [[REESS]] in Wide Sargasso Sea and follows the tale of a governess at Thornfield Hall. For the point, identify this author who told the love story of Mr. Rochester and Jane Eyre.

參考答案: Charlotte Brontë (accept Currer Bell before mentioned)

Q3. 奧地利作曲家 馬勒

From 1909 until his death in 1911, this man served as the conductor of the New York Philharmonic. While largely an instrumental composer, this man wrote song cycles including Das Lied von der Erde and Das Knaben Wunderhorn. (+) The creator of nine complete symphonies including his second, named Resurrection, (*) for the points, who was this Austrian composer of the Symphony of a Thousand?

參考答案: Gustav Mahler

Q4. 法國畫家 高更

This artist also created several works depicting Teha'amana, one of his three so-called “native wives," including one of a nude lying on a bed while being watched by a ghostly figure, (+) Spirit of the Dead Watching. Spending nine months in 1888 painting at a house in Arles [[AHRL]] (*) with van Gogh, for the points, who was this French Post-Impressionist artist who spent his last ten years in French Polynesia?

參考答案: Paul Gauguin [[goh-GAHN]] (or Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin)

Q5. 美國畫家 波洛克

This man’s work formed the basis of what Richard Taylor called Fractal Expressionism. Lee Krasner separated from this man after she discovered his affair with Ruth Kligman. This man created a work described as a “dense bird’s nest” that, in 2006, became the most expensive painting ever sold. For the point, name this abstract expressionist known for his drip paintings.

參考答案: Jackson Pollock

文化藝術類人物在IHBB/NHBB比賽中所占比例相對不多，但值得重視。因為(wei) 這類題目對於(yu) 首選軍(jun) 事政治類題目的學生來說難度較大，同時也就意味著熟悉相關(guan) 領域的同學能夠較為(wei) 輕鬆地拿到分數。感興(xing) 趣的選手們(men) 可以對文化類的人物進行梳理和拓展，期待你們(men) 在賽場上大顯身手！