200+ Art Trivia Questions and Answers

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How well do you know famous paintings and the artists behind them? Explore 200+ art trivia questions, reveal the answer options and check which answer is correct.

Art Trivia Questions and Answers

Choose a question, make your best guess and reveal the answer options. Check which answer is correct before moving on to the next challenge.

  1. In what ancient civilization did the Obelisks originate?
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    • Roman
    • Sumer
    • Egyptian
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  2. In what European city is located the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum?
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    • Paris
    • Berlin
    • Stockholm
    • Lisbon
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  3. In what genre did Emily Dickinson excel?
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    • Gothic novel.
    • Poetry.
    • Romance novel.
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  4. In what part of Greece is the Terrace of the Lions located?
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    • Athenas
    • Mykonos
    • Delos
    • None of the above
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  5. In what style does Rembrandt stand out?
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    • Baroque
    • Renaissance
    • Rococo
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  6. In what year was "The Last Supper" declared a World Heritage Site?
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    • 1950
    • 1960
    • 1980
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  7. In what year was Leonardo da Vinci born?
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    • 1452
    • 1462
    • 1472
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  8. In which country does the famous artist die?
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    • France
    • Italy
    • Norway
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  9. In which museum is the Gioconda preserved?
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    • Prado Museum.
    • Guggenhein Museum.
    • Louvre Museum.
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  10. Johannes Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the Pearl Earring’ belongs to Amsterdam’s Rijskmuseum collection: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  11. L'Homme qui marche I (The Man Who Walks I) was made by:
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    • Alberto Giacometti
    • Auguste Rodin
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  12. La Traviata was composed by:
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    • Richard Wagner
    • Giacomo Puccini
    • Giuseppe Verdi
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  13. Las Meninas, Rokeby Venus, Portrait of Juan de Pareja.
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    • Diego Velazquez.
    • Pedro Pablo Rubens.
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  14. Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’ can be seen in the Louvre Museum in Paris: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  15. “Let not doctrines and ideas be your guide. The Führer is Germany’s only reality and law” was declared by which of these philosophers?
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    • Edmund Husserl
    • Martin Heidegger
    • Hannah Arendt
    • Rudolf Carnap
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  16. Marc Chagall’s masterful painting ‘The Fiddler’(1913) is displayed today in New York’s MOMA: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  17. Michelangelo was Leonardo's teacher: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it was Verrocchio.
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  18. Michelangelo's David, what's that in his left hand?
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    • Stone
    • Slingshot
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  19. Michelangelo’s ‘David’ is in display in the Galleria Borghese in Rome: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  20. Mozart's age when he composed his first opera.
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    • 11 years old
    • 14 years old
    • 5 years old
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  21. Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was begun in what century?
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    • 11th century
    • 12th century
    • 13th century
    • 14th century
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  22. Now test your vocabulary… The collection of rare, antique coins in museums is referred to as
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    • Goldsmithing
    • Philately
    • Numismatics
    • Joinery
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  23. One for museum aficionados… “Blue Dancers”, one of the best known ballerina paintings by impressionist artist Edgar Degas, belongs to what collection:
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    • Uffizi Gallery, Florence
    • Pushkin Museum, Moscow
    • National Gallery, London
    • Metropolitan Museum, New York
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  24. One of the most famous opera houses in the world located in Milan.
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    • San Carlos Theater
    • Palace Garnier
    • Theater alla Scala
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  25. Pablo Picasso painted the Starry Night: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it was Vincent Van Gogh.
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  26. Perseus with the head of Medusa is a sculpture made of bronze by:
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    • Donatello
    • Benvenuto Cellini
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  27. Picasso's "Guernica" represents:
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    • A farm
    • A market
    • A bombardment
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  28. Pompidou Centre in Paris houses the largest modern art museum of Europe: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  29. Rider's sculpture is the name given to a sculpture of a man on a horse: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it's called an equestrian sculpture.
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  30. Sandro Botticelli, the Italian artist who painted “The Birth of Venus”, belonged to what period in art history?
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    • Baroque
    • Medieval
    • Romanticism
    • Renaissance
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  31. Select Edvard Munch's most famous work.
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    • Melancholy
    • The Scream
    • Death of a Bohemian
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  32. Select the author of "War and Peace".
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    • Leo Tolstoy.
    • Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
    • Nikolai Gogol.
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  33. Select the birthplace of this amazing woman.
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    • Oaxaca, Mexico.
    • Coyoacán, Mexico City.
    • Guanajuato, Mexico.
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  34. Select the character created by Agatha Christie.
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    • Tom Sawyer.
    • Dorian Gray.
    • Hercule Poirot.
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  35. Select the father of impressionism.
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    • Claude Monet.
    • Auguste Renoir.
    • Edgar Degas.
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  36. Select the name of Frida Kahlo's first love.
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    • Diego Rivera.
    • Alejandro Gomez Arias.
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  37. Select the name of the writer of Les Misérables.
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    • Victor Hugo.
    • Alejandro Dumas.
    • Emile Zola.
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  38. Select the painter called the prince of Flemish painters.
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    • Peter Paul Rubens.
    • Rafael Sanzio.
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  39. Select the place where Michelangelo's painting "The Creation of Adam" is currently located.
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    • The Sistine Chapel.
    • Louvre Museum.
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  40. Select the writer of The Da Vinci Code.
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    • Ken Follet.
    • Dan Brown.
    • John Grisham.
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  41. Select the writer who drowned in the River Ouse.
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    • Virginia Woolf.
    • Jane Austen.
    • Sylvia Plath.
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  42. The "Salvator Munti" was painted by:
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    • Verrocchio
    • Leonardo
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  43. The “Artemision Bronze”, an ancient Greek sculpture said to portray either Zeus or Poseidon god, can be seen on display in which museum:
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    • National Archaeological Museum, Athens
    • British Museum, London
    • Metropolitan Museum, New York City
    • Naples Archaeological Museum
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  44. "The Annunciation" is a type of painting:
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    • Oil painting.
    • Pastel.
    • Watercolor.
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  45. "The Baptism of Christ" was a painting made by Leonardo with Verrocchio: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it was "La Belle Ferroniere".
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  46. The Birth of Venus, Spring, Venus and Mars.
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    • Donatello.
    • Sandro Botticelli.
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  47. The Breda Surrender is also known as:
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    • The Lances
    • The Truce
    • The Weapons
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  48. The central theme is the portrait of the Infanta Margarita of Austria. Select the name of the painting that corresponds to that description.
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    • The Meninas.
    • The fable of Arachne.
    • Old woman frying eggs.
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  49. The famous “Dresden Codex”, one of the most precious antique books of the Saxon State and University Library, is actually
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    • A fragment of Philodemus’ manuscript found in Herculanum
    • A French illuminated manuscript from the late Middle Ages
    • A series of rare machine drawings by Leonardo da Vinci
    • A book of the Mayas that survived the Spanish Inquisition
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  50. The famous painting "Cans of Campbell Soup" was brushed by:
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    • Andy Warhol
    • Keith Haring
    • Jackson Pollock
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