A Poll: The Most Famous _______

[bibliophage]

1. Painting = The Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture = David
3. Instance of Classical Architecture = the Parthenon
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture = Notre Dame de Paris
5. Instance of Modern Architecture = Fallingwater
6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period) = Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
7. Piece of Jazz Music = Take Five
8. Piece of “Pop” Music = Hey Jude
9. Piece of Rock Music = Another One Bites the Dust
10. Piece of Blues Music = Hootchie Cootchie Man
11. Piece of Folk Music (English language) = Greensleeves
12. Piece of Latin Music = Adeste Fideles. Oh, never mind.
13. Novel = Huckleberry Finn
14. Poem = The Raven
15. Movie = Citizen Kane
16. Stage Play – Drama = Hamlet
17. Stage Play – Musical = The Sound of Music
18. TV Drama Series = ER
19. TV Comedy Series = The Simpsons
20. TV News Program = 60 Minutes

[Sage_Rat]

1. Painting - Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture - Thinking Man
3. Instance of Classical Architecture - The Pyramids (or the one temple in Greece, if Ancient Egypt isn’t included in “Classical”)
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture - Hm… I can’t think of very many famous medieval places. Mont Saint Michel, perhaps?
5. Instance of Modern Architecture - Empire States Building or maybe the Statue of Liberty
6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period) - Beethoven’s 9th
7. Piece of Jazz Music - What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong…perhaps?
8. Piece of “Pop” Music - Thriller, maybe
9. Piece of Rock Music - Stairway to Heaven, perhaps
10. Piece of Blues Music - Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway, I would guess
11. Piece of Folk Music - Blowin in the Wind?
12. Piece of Latin Music - La Bamba or the Macarena probably
13. Novel - War and Peace (if infamous)
14. Poem - Shel Silverstein’s Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
15. Movie - Titanic
16. Stage Play – Drama - Dracula
17. Stage Play – Musical - Les Miserables
18. TV Drama Series - No idea
19. TV Comedy Series - Monty Python?
20. TV News Program - No idea

[Sage_Rat]

I have to agree that Notre Dame is a better choice than mine by far (it didn’t occur to me.)

[bundykala]

1. Painting - Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture - Venus de Milo
3. Instance of Classical Architecture -* the Acropolis*
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture -* Good question…*
5. Instance of Modern Architecture - Sydney Opera House6) Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period) - Beethoven’s 9th (Ode To Joy)
6. Piece of Jazz Music - Take Five - Dave Brubeck
7. Piece of “Pop” Music -* Does Crazy Frog count as pop?*
8. Piece of Rock Music - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
9. Piece of Blues Music - Don’t know much.
10. Piece of Folk Music (English language) - Scarborough Fair
11. Piece of Latin Music - Tequila
12. Novel - Lord of the Rings
13. Poem - Jabberwocky
14. Movie - Hitchcock’s Psycho
15. Stage Play – Drama - Romeo & Juliet
16. Stage Play – Musical - Cats
17. TV Drama Series - CSI
18. TV Comedy Series - Friends
19. TV News Program - 60 Minutes

[Faminista]

1. Painting - Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture - Michelangelo’s David
3. Instance of Classical Architecture - The Acropolis
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture - Uh…
5. Instance of Modern Architecture - Fallingwater
6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period - Beethoven’s 9th
7. Piece of Jazz Music - Summertime
8. Piece of “Pop” Music - Macarena
9. Piece of Rock Music - Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
10. Piece of Blues Music -** Rock Me Baby - B.B. King**
11. Piece of Folk Music (English language) - O Danny Boy
12. Piece of Latin Music - Macarena
13. Novel - Crime and Punishment
14. Poem - Roses are Red
15. Movie - Gone with the Wind
16. Stage Play – Drama - Hamlet
17. Stage Play – Musical - Les Miserables
18. TV Drama Series - Dallas
19. TV Comedy Series - The Simpsons
20. TV News Program - 60 Minutes

[AHunter3]

1. Painting Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture David
3. Instance of Classical Architecture Parthenon
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture Cathedral de Notre Dame
5. Instance of Modern Architecture

as opposed to Classical and Medieval? Or as opposed to Art Deco and Victorian and PostModern and so forth?

Hmm, I have no clue on the first interp. I’ll go with the World Trade Towers for the second.

6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period) Mvmt 1 Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
7. Piece of Jazz Music Rhapsody in Blue
8. Piece of “Pop” Music Hey Jude
9. Piece of Rock Music Stairway to Heaven
10. Piece of Blues Music God Save the Child
11. Piece of Folk Music (English language) I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
12. Piece of Latin Music Ave Maria
13. Novel Pride and Prejudice
14. Poem The Raven
15. Movie Gone With The Wind
16. Stage Play – Drama Hamlet
17. Stage Play – Musical Showboat
18. TV Drama Series Star Trek
19. TV Comedy Series I Love Lucy
20. TV News Program The Huntley-Brinkley Report

[Sublight]

1. Painting: The Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture: Michaelangelo’s David
3. Instance of Classical Architecture: the Parthenon
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture: the Cathedral of Chartres
5. Instance of Modern Architecture: the Empire State Building
6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period): Beethoven’s 5th
7. Piece of Jazz Music: The Entertainer
8. Piece of “Pop” Music: All You Need Is Love
9. Piece of Rock Music: Rock Around the Clock
10. Piece of Blues Music (no answer)
11. Piece of Folk Music (English language) : This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land
12. Piece of Latin Music: Besame Mucho
13. Novel: A Christmas Carol
14. Poem: There Once Was a Man from Nantucket
15. Movie: Casablanca
16. Stage Play – Drama: Hamlet
17. Stage Play – Musical: Cats
18. TV Drama Series: General Hospital
19. TV Comedy Series: The Simpsons
20. TV News Program: 60 Minutes

[DfrntBreign]

1. Painting
   the Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture
   Rodin’s Thinker
3. Instance of Classical Architecture
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture
5. Instance of Modern Architecture
   I know nothing about architecture
6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period)
   William Tell Overture
7. Piece of Jazz Music
   When The Saint’s Go Marching In (what? Dixieland is jazz, right?)
8. Piece of “Pop” Music
   Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
9. Piece of Rock Music
   Stairway To Heaven
10. Piece of Blues Music
    Hoochie Coochie Man
11. Piece of Folk Music (English language)
    America The Beatiful (although I doubt most people realise it’s a folk song) or Blowin’ In The Wind
12. Piece of Latin Music
    Oye Como Va (at least in my circle)
13. Novel
    Moby Dick
14. Poem
    "Here I sit, All broken hearted" (I don’t know poetry, either)
15. Movie
    (this one’s tough) a case could be made for Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ
16. Stage Play – Drama
    Macbeth
17. Stage Play – Musical
    Cats
18. TV Drama Series
    Star Trek
19. TV Comedy Series
    Arrested Development (well, it should have been)
20. TV News Program
    60 Minutes

[Sublight]

Right after I posted that, my first thought was “Oh, Notre Dame!” Chartres was just the one that popped into my head first. Probably because I was playing Civilization as France recently.

[Miss_Purl_McKnittington]

1. Painting – The Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture – David
3. Instance of Classical Architecture – The Colliseum
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture – Chartres Cathedral
5. Instance of Modern Architecture – The Sydney Opera House
6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period) – Pachelbel’s Canon/Canon in D
7. Piece of Jazz Music – “Girl from Ipanema”
8. Piece of “Pop” Music – “Billie Jean” or “Thriller” – Michael Jackson
9. Piece of Rock Music – “Blue Suede Shoes” – Elvis
10. Piece of Blues Music – “Boom Boom” – John Lee Hooker
11. Piece of Folk Music (English language) – “She’ll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain”
12. Piece of Latin Music – “La Macarena”
13. Novel – “Les Miserables”
14. Poem – “Flanders Field”
15. Movie – “Gone with the Wind”
16. Stage Play – Drama – “Hamlet”
17. Stage Play – Musical – “Cats”
18. TV Drama Series – “E.R.”
19. TV Comedy Series – “Friends” OR “The Honeymooners”
20. TV News Program – “NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw”

[Miss_Purl_McKnittington]

Totally and utterly surprised more people have not answered Chartres Cathedral.

[tiger_lily]

@Miss Purl McKnittington

Totally and utterly surprised more people have not answered Chartres Cathedral.

I’m not, honestly. While it’s an absolutely gorgeous cathedral, it has nowhere near the profile that Notre Dame does in popular culture, what with that hunchback running around.

[Crotalus]

1. Painting - Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture - Venus de Milo
3. Instance of Classical Architecture - The Colosseum
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture - Notre Dame Cathedral
5. Instance of Modern Architecture - Guggenheim Museum
6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period) Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
7. Piece of Jazz Music - When The Saints Go Marching In
8. Piece of “Pop” Music - Yesterday
9. Piece of Rock Music - Stairway to Heaven
10. Piece of Blues Music - Crossroads
11. Piece of Folk Music (English language) Scarborough Fair
12. Piece of Latin Music - Does Santana count? Oye Como Va.
13. Novel - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
14. Poem - The Road Less Traveled
15. Movie - The Wizard of Oz
16. Stage Play – Drama - Death of a Salesman
17. Stage Play – Musical - The Sound of Music
18. TV Drama Series - Dallas
19. TV Comedy Series - Seinfeld
20. TV News Program - 60 Minutes

[Zeldar]

@tiger lily

Hmm, interesting to see the agreements and the differences. Very cool idea. Are you planning to consolidate the results at some point, Zeldar?

I hadn’t really planned on it, but it does sound like it might be a fun thing to do. Are you interested in doing the compiling of results? If so, you’ve got my blessing.

[Shodan]

Where the heck did I get Notre Dame as Classical?

Substitute the Parthenon instead (actually don’t - I read the thread.)

Regards,
Shodan

[jacob_wrestling]

@Miss Purl McKnittington

Totally and utterly surprised more people have not answered Chartres Cathedral.

It was the first thing that popped into my head, but I went with Notre Dame, by virtue of its being far more famous and also smack dab in the middle of probably the most visited city in the entire world.

[Key_Lime_Guy]

@jacob wrestling

It was the first thing that popped into my head, but I went with Notre Dame, by virtue of its being far more famous and also smack dab in the middle of probably the most visited city in the entire world.

Ditto.

[Don_Draper]

@Zeldar

Please reply to the OP before looking at other responses.

This is less about your own preferences and more about your perception of “What is the Most Famous such-and-such?” How you choose to establish “most famous” is your own affair.

After you’ve answered all 20 and Submitted your answers, go ahead and see how closely your picks are to those of the other Dopers who have replied.

1. Painting - Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture - Either Rodin’s ‘Thinker’ or the ‘Venus de Milo’
3. Instance of Classical Architecture - Pyramids of Giza
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture - some Cathedral no doubt
5. Instance of Modern Architecture - World Trade Center
6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period) - Handel’s “Messiah”
7. Piece of Jazz Music - Dave Brubek’s “Take Five”
8. Piece of “Pop” Music - “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
9. Piece of Rock Music - early Beatles numbers “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”, “She Loves You”, etc.
10. Piece of Blues Music - “Rock Me Baby” by (originally I think) B.B. King and many, many others
11. Piece of Folk Music (English language) - “This Land Is Your Land” Arlo Guthrie
12. Piece of Latin Music - dunno
13. Novel - the Great Gatsby
14. Poem - “There was an old woman from…” no, seriously,
15. Movie - Either “Gone With the Wind” or “Wizard of Oz” or “Casablanca”
16. Stage Play – Drama “Hamlet”
17. Stage Play – Musical “My Fair Lady”
18. TV Drama Series - “General Hospital”
19. TV Comedy Series - “I Love Lucy”
20. TV News Program - 60 Minutes

[Silence_of_the_clams]

Most Famous

1. Painting - that painting by Dali with the melting clocks

2. Piece of Sculpture - Venus de Milo is in my eyes much more appealing than the Sfinx

3. Instance of Classical Architecture - I was going to say the Colloseum, but now I’d rather say the Acropolis of Athens

4. Instance of Medieval Architecture - the Sistine chappel is much more interesting than that leaning tower in Pisa

5. Instance of Modern Architecture - the Sydney opera house

6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period) - the four seasons by Vivaldi

7. Piece of Jazz Music - something by Miles Davis I guess, but don’t take my word for it, since I abhore jazz as much as any vacuum

8. Piece of “Pop” Music - Madonna’s Like a virgin

9. Piece of Rock Music - Bohemian rhapsody

10. Piece of Blues Music - Dust my broom

11. Piece of Folk Music (English language) - english language folk music? Must be some drunken Irish tune, how about Whiskey in the jar

12. Piece of Latin Music - what? Like something Shakira can shake with, or something the Pope dances to? As to the former, I am ashamed to say it must be Macarena, and as to the latter it must be some gregorian hymn like Dies irae

13. Novel - The old man and the sea by Hemingway

14. Poem - must be that haiku about the frog that jumps in to the pond, with the subsequent sound of a splash

15. Movie - Lawrence of Arabia

16. Stage Play – Drama - Romeo and Julie

17. Stage Play – Musical - Les Miserables

18. TV Drama Series - Dynasty

19. TV Comedy Series - Seinfeld

20. TV News Program - CNN?

[gigi]

Ok, I haven’t peeked.

1. Painting - Mona Lisa
2. Piece of Sculpture - Michelangelo’s David
3. Instance of Classical Architecture - Parthenon
4. Instance of Medieval Architecture - ??
5. Instance of Modern Architecture - Tour Eiffel
6. Piece of “Classical” Music (the genre, not the period) - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
7. Piece of Jazz Music - ??
8. Piece of “Pop” Music - I Want to Hold Your Hand
9. Piece of Rock Music - Satisfaction
10. Piece of Blues Music - ??
11. Piece of Folk Music (English language) - If I Had a Hammer
12. Piece of Latin Music - ??
13. Novel - 1984
14. Poem - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
15. Movie - Gone with the Wind
16. Stage Play – Drama - Streetcar Named Desire
17. Stage Play – Musical - The Sound of Music
18. TV Drama Series - Law & Order
19. TV Comedy Series - I Love Lucy
20. TV News Program - 60 Minutes