Q 01/05

What nickname did Time magazine give Jackson Pollock in 1956, the year he died?

A) Jackson the Splasher

B) Jack the Dripper

C) The Cowboy Painter

D) Splatter King

Answer · why

B) Jack the Dripper

Jack the Dripper was Time's jab at the way he poured and flung paint instead of brushing it on. By then he had stopped painting altogether.

Q 02/05

Jackson Pollock's Convergence became which 1964 product, billed as the world's hardest of its kind?

A) A board game

B) A wallpaper pattern

C) A jigsaw puzzle

D) A paint-by-numbers kit

Answer · why

C) A jigsaw puzzle

A jigsaw puzzle of 340 pieces, sold by Springbok Editions, turned the swirling canvas into a craze. Hundreds of thousands of Americans bought one in 1...

Q 03/05

Which US agency backed the Congress for Cultural Freedom, a sponsor of Jackson Pollock exhibitions?

A) The FBI

B) The NSA

C) The IRS

D) The CIA

Answer · why

D) The CIA

The CIA backed the group to promote American culture, and some scholars argue his wild canvases were pushed as a weapon against Soviet socialist reali...

Q 04/05

Where did trucker Teri Horton pay $5 for a canvas later argued to be a lost Jackson Pollock?

A) A yard sale

B) A thrift shop

C) A flea market

D) A pawn shop

Answer · why

B) A thrift shop

A thrift shop in California sold it to her as a gift to cheer up a friend. A fingerprint on the canvas was later matched to a paint can in his studio,...

Q 05/05

Jackson Pollock's No. 5, 1948 reportedly sold in 2006 for which sum, then a record for a painting?

A) $1.4 million

B) $14 million

C) $140 million

D) $1.4 billion

Answer · why

C) $140 million

$140 million was the reported price of a picture first sold in 1949 for $1,500. It had been the only work bought from that show.