Homage to Robert Capa in his centenary

  

Find out as much as you can about Robert Capa´s Life and Work.

 

ROBERT CAPA  TRUE OR FALSE?

1.-Robert Capa was Hungarian

2.-His real name was Gerda Taro

3.-He took photos of Leon Trotsky

4.-He came to Spain in the Spanish Civil War

5.-In 1941 He started working for Hello magazine

6.-His most famous photograph was when Gerda Taro died in a car accident

7.-He also took photos of the war between China and USA

8.-After the 2^nd World War he joined  other photographers to set up Magnum, an icecream company.

9.-He was killed in an accident

10.-He visited many different countries in his lifetime.

INFORMATION QUESTIONS:

1.    WHAT WAS ROBERT CAPA´S REAL NAME?
2.  WHEN DID HE GO TO COPENHAGEN AND WHAT DID HE DO THERE?
3.  WHO WAS GERDA TARO AND WHEN DID HE MEET HER?
4. WHAT DID HE DO IN 1936?
5. WHY DID HE COME BACK TO SPAIN IN 1939?
6. WHAT DID HE PHOTOGRAPH  IN  ENGLAND?
7. WHERE DID HE GO WITH GERALD PATON´S SOLDIERS?
8. WHO WERE ERNEST HEMINGWAY AND JOHN STEINBECK?
9. WHAT WAS MAGNUM?
10. HOW OLD WAS HE AND WHEN DID HE DIE?

            MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

            1.- Robert Capa took part in the

            a) Boer war  b) Spanish Civil War c) Independence war

            2.- Cartier Bresson´s  job was

a)      A jeweler  b) a horseman  c) a photographer

3.-Robert Capa´s most famous picture was

a) the farewell kiss b) the naked man c) the republican militiaman killed in battle

4.- Robert Capa lived in

a) three countries  b) four countries c) more than five

5.-Rober Capa was

a) a Jew    b) a Muslim c) a Christian

6.-His nationality was

a) Hungarian b) Romanian c) Albanian

7.-While in Spain Robert Capa met

a) an Irish novelist  b) an English novelist  c) an American novelist

8.-His life was

a) Boring   b) Tragic  c) Comic

9.-He died at the age of

a) Under fifty years old  b)Over fifty years old c) Exactly fifty years old

10.-Robert Capa studied in

a) Mexico b) Austria  c) Germany.