The Summer Arts Scavenger Hunt is a fun summer event and a chance to win some great prizes! All members of the U-M community are invited to play — faculty, students, staff, and friends!

We will post a question each week in May, June, July, and August, for a total of 14 questions. Answers are available online, but some require the clever use of a search engine.

Be sure to save your answers for each week. We will ask you to submit your answers all at once at the end of the contest in August.

See complete contest rules

The Questions:

1. (May 15) Q: In 1937 the Japanese invaded which Chinese city, which is also the title of an orchestral piece composed by which U of M professor?

2. (May 22) Q: This famous U-M Alum wrote a screenplay starring his wife Marilyn Monroe. The film was subsequently shot by which Austrian-born photographer who died in 2002. What year were the film photographs taken?

3. (May 29) Q: What is the name of the instrument pictured below and which country does it originate from? (Hint: look to the answer of question [1] for help.)

4. (June 5) Q: The opening date for this University-affiliated museum of Asian art established by the Detroit railroad-tycoon Charles Lang Freer was also the founding year for which modern nation?

5. (June 12) Q: Which University museum sponsored excavations at Antioch of Pisidia? During the excavations, they uncovered a marble head of which Roman emperor?

6. (June 19) Q: The Michigan Entomological Society published a paper on this common insect that performs a certain kind of dance. Name this dance and the insects that perform it.

7. (June 26) Q: The image below is a screncap from a film series that starred an University of Michigan alum. Name this actor/actress; the film she starred in and which volume of the film series she starred in first.

8. (July 3) Q: This Michigan sculptor is responsible for reliefs and other decorative work of a building in Detroit, which shares the same name as the graduate school in Ann Arbor. Who was this sculptor and in what year were the pieces made?

9. (July 10) Q: What is the name of the only Architectural fraternity on Michigan's campus? How many unique verses does their fraternity hymn contain?

10. (July 17) Q: This year's performance of Handel's Messiah will be performed by what UMS group? How many members make up this group?

11. (July 24) Q: What year was the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra founded? Using that full date, subtract from this number the amount it cost to build the Davies Symphony Hall addition for the orchestra. With that number, divide it by the last two digits of Philip Glass's birth year. What is the resulting number (rounded to a whole number)?

12. (August 14) Q: The Chieftains are musicians who typically perform music from which country in Northern Europe? Kevin Conneff, a current member, plays which Irish percussion instrument in this group?

13. (August 21) Q: The following are the last words of each line in a poem by William Blake. Name that poem. "...bright ...night ...eye ...symmetry ...skies ...eyes ...aspire ...fire ...art ...heart ...beat ...feet ...chain ...brain ...grasp ...clasp ...spears ...tears ...see ...thee ...bright ...night ...eye ...symmetry"

14. (August 28) Q: Isamu Noguchi was responsible for which piece of art located in Detroit? Name that piece of art, the years it was constructed and the Plaza it is located in.

This concludes the Arts at Michigan Summer Scavenger hunt! Next week, we will have the online submission form and directions for submitting your answers so get ready!

• Prize drawings will occur on or after September 4, 2008.
• The Grand Prize(s) will be awarded at random from among those who submit the highest number of correct answers.
• The General Prizes will be awarded at random from among every correct answer received. Grand Prize winner(s) are ineligible for General Prizes.
• The winner(s) will be notified upon selection.
• Value of prizes may vary; no prizes are redeemable in cash.
• Chances of winning depend upon number of entries received and increase with the number of correct answers submitted.