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How sharp
are your online searching skills?
All members of the Young Adult Summer Reading
Program are invited
to find the answers to the following questions
using online sources
and websites only!
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Frank Lloyd
Wright built the Guggenheim Museum in 1959.
What is the unique shape of the building,
and why did Wright choose this shape?
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What is the longest running original
Broadway show?
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Ludwig van
Beethoven (1770-1827) was a famous German
composer. He wrote his most famous
orchestral work, the Fifth Symphony, as a
symbol of his will to live with a disability
he acquired. What is this disability?
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What is the
full name of the famous artist Rembrandt?
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This Cuban
ballerina gradually lost her eyesight but
continued to produce ballets including
Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Giselle.
When Fidel Castro became President of Cuba
in 1959, this dancer became director as well
as ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba.
Who is she?
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In 1599,
William Shakespeare became the part owner in
the most prestigious public playhouse in
London. What was the name of the playhouse?
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According to
Billboard and Nielsen, what
was the top selling album of 2008?
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Which famous photographer was the last
person to photograph musician John Lennon, 5
hours before his death?
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What do you
call an opaque watercolor prepared with gum?
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Who wrote
the books Among the Hidden &
Among the Imposters?
Email your
answers to
wiplteen@suffolk.lib.ny.us or print and drop
off your answers at the Adult Reference Desk at
your library. Be sure to include the web
addresses of where you found your answers!
All entries must
be submitted no later than August 8, 2009.
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