2025: Week 50, Quiz 5

Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published on Monday. The theme for this week ran from Mon-Thu; a new theme will come up on Monday.

And the questions follow:

  1. The Crown of which empress, created for the 1855 Exposition Universelle, was dropped during the thieves’ escape following the daring October 2025 Louvre robbery?
  2. Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer is a 1910s oil painting by which artist? In November 2025, it sold for $236.4 million at auction, making it the most expensive modern art work sold at auction until then.
  3. Busts of Elon Musk were placed in several US national parks in 2025, with what four-word caption, subtitled “Now with longer lines thanks to DOGE cuts”?
  4. Stolen in 1990 from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee was a seascape painting by which artist? A 2025 viral video seemed to indicate it had been recovered, but it turned out to be a promotion for a movie based on the heist.
  5. Originally scheduled to be completed in 2025, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has seen construction delays stretching into 2026, at least. Name its architect, who died this month, and also designed the Dancing House in Prague, among other creations.

Here are the answers to 2025: Week 50, Quiz 4:

  1. Nelson Piquet
  2. Nigel Mansell
  3. Fernando Alonso
  4. Jack Brabham
  5. Theme: Metro / train transit systems
    • Marta
    • BTS
    • Bart (Simpson)
    • Tube