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History·medium
Neanderthals are known to have created cave paintings similar to those made by early modern humans.
True
False✓ correct
neanderthalartcave paintingcultural expression
Arts & Literature·easy
Which famous painting was stolen from the Louvre and became world-famous as a result?
Mona Lisa✓ correct
Starry Night
The Kiss
Girl with a Pearl Earring
fun factsartfamous paintingshistory
Arts & Literature·easy
Which artist painted the Persistence of Memory with melting clocks?
Salvador Dalí✓ correct
Pablo Picasso
René Magritte
Joan Miró
fun factsartsurrealismfamous paintings
Arts & Literature·medium
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
True✓ correct
False
fun factsmona lisaartda vinci
Arts & Literature·easy
Who painted 'Starry Night'?
Vincent van Gogh✓ correct
Pablo Picasso
Claude Monet
Henri Matisse
general knowledgeartpaintingimpressionism
Arts & Literature·hard
Which painter famous for his surrealist works was known to be a lepidopterist (butterfly collector)?
Salvador Dalí✓ correct
Pablo Picasso
Joan Miró
Max Ernst
butterflieslepidopteristart
General Knowledge·easy
Which Greek god is the patron of music, poetry, and the sun?
Apollo✓ correct
Hermes
Ares
Hephaestus
artgreek godsmythology
Arts & Literature·easy
Which European artist, known for his anatomical studies and engineering designs, died in 1519 and represents the quintessential Renaissance figure?
Leonardo da Vinci✓ correct
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello
1500srenaissanceleonardo da vinciart
Arts & Literature·medium
Which art movement aimed to create antiart and non art, employing a sense of the absurd?
Dadaism✓ correct
Post Impressionism
Fauvism
Nihilism
artarts and literature
Arts & Literature·easy
Who said 'But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks'?
Romeo✓ correct
Juliet
Hamlet
Paris
theaterentertainmentartculturearts and literature
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Arts & Literature·medium
Which of the following is a style of Islamic architecture?
Moorish✓ correct
Byzantine
Neoclassical
Gothic
architectureartislambuildingsarts and literaturereligion
Arts & Literature·easy
What is the name of the comic book company whose comics feature Spiderman?
Marvel✓ correct
Wonder
DC
Image
comicsarts and literaturesuperheroesartliteraturefiction
Arts & Literature·easy
What is the word for an artwork humoously excaggerating the qualities of a person?
Caricature✓ correct
Satire
Still Life
Snappy Shot
wordsartarts and literaturelanguagelinguistics
Arts & Literature·easy
What word describes a painting executed in a single color?
Monochrome✓ correct
Magenta
Unicolor
Solohue
wordsartpaintingarts and literaturelanguagelinguistics
Arts & Literature·medium
What term refers to a type of mural painting executed on freshly laid, still-wet plaster, with water-based pigments?
Fresco✓ correct
Mosaic
Graffiti
Stencil
paintingarts and literatureart
Arts & Literature·easy
In which city is the Notre-Dame Cathedral located?
Paris✓ correct
Vienna
Rome
Madrid
arts and literaturearchitectureartbuildingsplaces
Arts & Literature·medium
Which artist painted "Cafe Terrace at Night"
‎Vincent van Gogh✓ correct
‎‎Edvard Munch
Peter Paul Rubens
‎Rembrandt van Rijn
artpaintingarts and literature
Arts & Literature·easy
What is the term for the turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story?
Climax✓ correct
Denouement
Rising action
Exposition
literaturedramaplotarts and literaturefilm and tvtheater
Arts & Literature·easy
What is the word for a composition made of cut and pasted pieces of materials?
Collage✓ correct
Watercolor
Sculpture
Pointilism
artwordsarts and literaturelanguagelinguistics
Arts & Literature·medium
Which artist painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Michelangelo✓ correct
Vincent van Gogh
Caravaggio
Georges Seurat
artpaintinggeneral knowledgearts and literature
Arts & Literature·medium
The painting "Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo is a part of which art movement?
Renaissance✓ correct
Impressionism
Primitivism
Fauvism
artpaintingarts and literature
Arts & Literature·medium
Which master of Modernismo architecture designed Casa Mila, an iconic building in Barcelona?
Gaudi✓ correct
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
I.M. Pei
barcelonaspainarchitecturebuildingstourist attractionscities
Arts & Literature·medium
How many holes are there on a traditional paint pallette?
1✓ correct
0
2
3
arts and literatureartgeneral knowledgepainting
Arts & Literature·medium
What is the word given to a printing process in which ink impressions are taken from a flat plate prepared with a greasy substance?
Lithography✓ correct
Stenography
Calligraphy
Photography
wordsartarts and literaturelanguagelinguistics
Arts & Literature·medium
What is a method of producing images or letters by painting over holes cut in a covering surface?
Stenciling✓ correct
Stamping
Collaging
Embossing
wordsartlanguagearts and literaturelinguistics
Arts & Literature·medium
Which author wrote 'Othello'?
William Shakespeare✓ correct
Arthur C. Clarke
Isaac Newton
Enid Blyton
literaturetheatergeneral knowledgearts and literatureentertainmentart
Arts & Literature·medium
In what film does the HAL 9000 appear?
2001, A Space Odyssey✓ correct
Star Wars
Alien
E.T.
arts and literaturefilmfictitious charactersscience fictionentertainmentart
Arts & Literature·medium
Which artistic style of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries revived the order and harmony of ancient Greek and Roman art?
Neoclassicism✓ correct
Romanticism
Fauvism
Impressionism
wordsartarts and literaturelanguagelinguistics
Arts & Literature·medium
In poetry, what is the name for a 4-line stanza?
A quatrain✓ correct
A sonnet
A haiku
A couplet
poetrylanguagearts and literatureliteratureartlinguistics
Arts & Literature·medium
Which architectural style employed refined, elegant, highly decorative forms?
Rococco✓ correct
Baroque
Neoclassical
Gothic
wordsarchitectureartarts and literaturelanguagebuildings
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Arts & Literature·easy
Which Shakespeare character says, "To be or not to be, that is the question"?
Hamlet✓ correct
Escalus
Exeter
Julius Caesar
artarts and literatureauthorsentertainmentliteraturepeople
Arts & Literature·medium
Which artist painted "The Persistence of Memory"
‎Salvador Dalí✓ correct
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
Vincent van Gogh
artpaintinggeneral knowledgearts and literature
Arts & Literature·easy
Who painted "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear"?
Vincent van Gogh✓ correct
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Georges Seurat
Edvard Munch
arts and literaturepaintingartistsartpeople
Arts & Literature·easy
A large painting or decoration done on a wall is known as what?
Mural✓ correct
Sculpture
Graffiti
Mozaic
artwordsarts and literaturelanguagelinguistics
Arts & Literature·medium
Which artistic movement of the late eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century focused on emotion over reason, and on spontaneous expression.
Romanticism✓ correct
Realism
Nostalgia
Kunboism
artarts and literature
Arts & Literature·medium
What style of dance does Solero de Jerez hold the world record for 16 heel taps per second?
Flamenco✓ correct
Tap
Hip-hop
Waltz
dancearts and literatureartsport
Arts & Literature·medium
In DC comics, What is the secret identity of 'Dick Grayson'?
Robin✓ correct
Batman
Superman
Spiderman
comicsdcarts and literaturepseudonymsartliterature
Arts & Literature·medium
Which art movement explored the unconscious, often using images from dreams?
Surrealism✓ correct
Abstraction
Poeticism
Pointilism
arts and literatureart
Arts & Literature·medium
Which actor played the role of President Josiah Bartlet on "The West Wing"?
Martin Sheen✓ correct
Harrison Ford
Tom Hanks
Robert De Niro
tvfilm and tvactingtelevisionentertainmenttheater
Arts & Literature·medium
Which artistic movement of the 1960's and 1970's emphasized the artistic idea over the art object?
Conceptual Art✓ correct
Dadaism
Color Field Painting
Abstract Art
wordsart1960s1970slanguagearts and literature
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