Trivia Bits for Aug 01, 2023

Leslie Elman
Mon, 31 Jul 2023 21:00:00 -0700
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The world's first parliament is the Althingi of Iceland, which was established in A.D. 930. For two weeks in summer, chieftains convened to discuss matters of policy, to make laws and to settle disputes. While the leaders were the main participants in the activities, anyone who was a citizen in good standing was permitted to attend. Women in Iceland voted for the first time in the 1916 elections. At present, 30 of the 63 people serving in the Althingi are women, comprising 47.6 percent of its members.

Whose public art projects included wrapping Berlin's Reichstag building in silver fabric tied with blue ropes?
Updated: Tue Aug 01, 2023

The world's first parliament is the Althingi of Iceland, which was established in A.D. 930. For two weeks in summer, chieftains convened to discuss matters of policy, to make laws and to settle disputes. While the leaders were the main participants in the activities, anyone who was a citizen in good standing was permitted to attend. Women in Iceland voted for the first time in the 1916 elections. At present, 30 of the 63 people serving in the Althingi are women, comprising 47.6 percent of its members.

Whose public art projects included wrapping Berlin's Reichstag building in silver fabric tied with blue ropes?

A) Louise Bourgeois

B) Christo and Jeanne-Claude

C) Salvador Dali

D) Andy Warhol

Previous answer: Bullfighting is the subject of Ernest Hemingway's 1932 nonfiction book "Death in the Afternoon."