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I watched Van Gogh: Painted with Words last week. And you know what? I enjoyed it. I was watching it and was all not interested for about the first three minutes and then that documentary voice kicked in and the dramatization was suitably engaging and I was bloody FASCINATED. I was very depressed when the train ride was over but I still had 40 minutes left to watch. But the next day another commute awaited me! I've never learned so much about Van Gogh while commuting. Thank god for ipods.

And I threatened someone with a 50 question Quiz on Van Gogh: Painted with Words, and frankly, this is the kind of threat I keep.

1. What production company made Van Gogh: Painted With Words?

2.  How many of Van Gogh’s letters were found and used to write the script?

3. Which ear did Van Gogh cut off?

4. What did he do with this ear?

5. Benedict Cumberbatch: Great name or greatest name?

6. How many of Van Gogh’s neighbors signed a petition to lock him up?

7. At what age did Van Gogh leave school?

8. What is the name of Vincent Van Gogh’s brother to whom he wrote most of his letters?

9. How did Van Gogh describe the colour of the sky while on a train writing to his brother?

10. Did you watch Van Gogh: Painted with Words? Why or why not?

11. Where did I watch it?

12. Who did Van Gogh fall in love with?

13. What was his family’s reaction?

14. When Van Gogh moved back in with his parents how did he feel they treated him?

15. What does Van Gogh: Painted with Words have in common with Wanted?

16. The title of what Tim Allen movie is mentioned?

17.  When Van Gogh started to “enjoy city life” why was he hospitalized?

18. Did you doubt for a second that I would one day make this quiz?

19. What are the chances  you will actually attempt to answer this quiz?

20. How long had Van Gogh been painting when he painted the Potato Eaters?

21. How many reviews from art critics did his art receive when he was alive?

22. How did Van Gogh die?

23. Why does his hair seem to change colour?

24. Describe Van Gogh’s beard in one word.

25. In what year did Van Gogh deliver his first sermon?

26. When did he quit?

27. What disorder do we now know Van Gogh suffered from?

28. Benedict Cumberbatch is often cast to play extraordinary people. Name 3 of them.

29. How much do you hate me right now?

30. Name something else you’d rather be doing than answering these questions.

31. According to Van Gogh, what is the only lesson that must be learned in this life?

32. Van Gogh’s painting seek to “harmonize brutal extreme”. Discuss.

33. According to Van Gogh, what are “love and a home”?

34. What art manual did Van Gogh use?

35. Van Gogh had a collection of over 1000 of what?

36. I did say the quiz would be 50 questions, didn’t I?

37. At what point did I regret trying to make this quiz?

38. Open your music player and hit shuffle. What song came up first?

39. What is your favorite Van Gogh painting?

40. What is your favorite color?

41. Name some awesome people.

42. What year did Van Gogh die?

43. When did his brother die?

44. How much are his paintings worth today?

45.  When does Sherlock come out on DVD and blu-ray?

46. Van Gogh is a typical example of the “tortured artist”. Name another.

47. Compare your lifes’ angst to Van Gogh’s. Are you too set for fame after death?

48.  What was your least favorite question in this quiz?

49. What is your favorite math equation? Explain.

50.  “This is the end, my only friend, the end.” Name the song.