Q 01/05

Which white flower fills the Georgia O'Keeffe painting that sold for a record $44.4 million in 2014?

A) Calla lily

B) Morning glory

C) Jimson weed

D) Magnolia

Answer · why

C) Jimson weed

Jimson weed, a toxic desert bloom she let flourish around her New Mexico patio, fills the 1932 canvas. Its sale more than tripled the auction record f...

Q 02/05

Which photographer and gallery owner exhibited Georgia O'Keeffe's drawings in 1916 and married her eight years later?

A) Alfred Stieglitz

B) Edward Steichen

C) Paul Strand

D) Alvin Langdon Coburn

Answer · why

A) Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz went on to make more than 300 portraits of her before he retired from photography in 1937. He was 23 years her senior.

Q 03/05

In which New Mexico city did the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum open in 1997, eleven years after the painter's death?

A) Albuquerque

B) Santa Fe

C) Taos

D) Las Cruces

Answer · why

B) Santa Fe

Santa Fe was her home for the last two years of her life. The museum there now also looks after her preserved house and studio, 53 miles to the north.

Q 04/05

Which former dude resort in New Mexico became Georgia O'Keeffe's summer home and the subject of many paintings?

A) Bell Ranch

B) Philmont Ranch

C) Vermejo Park Ranch

D) Ghost Ranch

Answer · why

D) Ghost Ranch

Ghost Ranch took its name from local legends of evil spirits. Its red cliffs fill her landscapes, and one quarry there holds nearly a thousand Coeloph...

Q 05/05

Which animal's skull hangs before stripes of red, white and blue in a famous 1931 Georgia O'Keeffe painting?

A) Cow

B) Ram

C) Deer

D) Elk

Answer · why

A) Cow

Cow skulls and other bones she gathered from the New Mexico desert became her signature subjects. The three colours stand for the American flag, and t...