Quiz 1

Question 1

On what continent is the city of Mombasa?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 2

How are the Tudors and Stuarts related?

Accepted Answer

They're Cousins

Question 3

Name the movie

Accepted Answer

Ex Machina

Question 4

What is the largest art museum in the world?

Accepted Answer

Louvre (Paris)

Question 5

How long does it take for the light from the sun to reach the earth?

Accepted Answer

Just over 8 minutes

Question 6

Who painted The School of Athens?

Accepted Answer

Raphael

Question 7

Who are the two main families in Romeo and Juliet?

Accepted Answer

The Montague & Capulet Families

Question 8

What period is Peter Paul Rubens associated with?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 9

When did Germany attack France in WWII?

Accepted Answer

1940

Question 10

True or False: The collective noun for a group of owls is a "government".

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

How many paintings did Van Gogh sell in his lifetime?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 12

One foot is 30.48cm. Every foot is 12 inches, and an inch is 2.54 cm. How tall is 5 foot 5?

Accepted Answer

165

Question 13

What is the name of this painting by Sandro Botticelli?

Accepted Answer

The Birth of Venus

Question 14

Approximately how many languages are spoken in the world?

Accepted Answer

2700

Question 15

Who was James Bond in 1985?

Accepted Answer

Roger Moore

Question 16

The following two celebrities are:

Accepted Answer

Beyoncé and Oprah

Question 17

Who invented the telephone?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Bell

Question 18

Who painted The Last Supper?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 19

Finish the song lyric: "Club Tropicana drinks ________"

Accepted Answer

are free

Question 20

What painter was suspected of stealing the Mona Lisa in 1911?

Accepted Answer

Pablo Picasso

Question 21

What is the second name of Barack Obama?

Accepted Answer

Hussein

Question 22

What art movement was Claude Monet part of?

Accepted Answer

Impressionism

Question 23

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 24

Who was the author of "A Christmas Carol"?

Accepted Answer

Charles Dickens

Question 25

The American English word 'zucchini' means what in Standard English English?

Accepted Answer

Courgette

Question 26

The following two celebrities are:

Accepted Answer

Justin Timberlake & Justin Bieber

Question 27

What is the meaning of the Latin phrase "per ardua ad astra"?

Accepted Answer

Through adversity to the stars

Question 28

How many Oscars did the film Titanic win in the 1998 Academy Awards Ceremony?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 29

What art movement is Picasso associated with?

Accepted Answer

Cubism

Question 30

The name of this piece painted by Vermeer is Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

What is the longest river in the world called?

Accepted Answer

The Nile River

Question 32

True or False: A group of peacocks is called a "parliament"?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

How many versions of The Scream did Edvard Munch create?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 34

Name the film

Accepted Answer

Forrest Gump

Question 35

Which is the shallowest sea in the world?

Accepted Answer

Baltic Sea

Question 36

What war had the Battle of Bosworth Field?

Accepted Answer

War of the Roses

Question 37

What Spanish painter is known as the last of the old masters and the first of the modern?

Accepted Answer

Francisco Goya

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