Isolation Quiz for FOW
Isolation Quiz for FOW
Sunday 31 May 2020
Isolation Quiz for FOW
Isolation Quiz for FOW
Sunday 31 May 2020
A Quiz for the Whitworth Friends
Tricia has asked me to set a quiz for the Friends during our period of self-isolation. It is mainly but not entirely composed of Art History questions. I hope it will amuse and test your knowledge during this difficult period. Answers can obviously be looked up online but see how many you can do without the internet Joan Jones 23rd March 2020
SECTION ONE: How many Wonders of the Ancient World can you name in 3 minutes?
SECTION TWO: Cats in Art, History and Literature
1. Which artist said, “The smallest feline is a masterpiece”.
2. Which poet said, “The naming of cats is a serious matter”.
3. In Manet’s famous female nude painting Olympia which shocked Parisian society what sort of cat is on the bed with her?
4. Complete the title of David Hockney’s painting Mr and Mrs Clark and ____. What colour is the cat?
5. Last month Tracy Emin said a sad farewell to her cat whom she described as the love of her life. She did many drawings of the cat. What was its name and colour?
6. What did Holly Golightly played by Audrey Hepburn call her cat in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
7. What 18th century literary figure had a cat called Hodge whom he fed with oysters when it was ill? He said it “was a very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed ".
8. Who wrote about a cat who disappeared until there was nothing left but its smile and in what book? What was the cat called?
9. Which great French 17th century statesman loved cats, had a cattery in his residence and always worked with one on his lap? He left provision for them in his will.
10. Which American President had 2 cats called Tabby and Dixie in the White House. He fed Tabby from a golden fork at the formal White House dinner much to his wife’s horror. He said “Dixie is smarter than all my cabinet”
11. Which 20th century Prime Minister was a lifelong cat lover. His cat Nelson is believed to have attended cabinet meetings. His last cat Jock is remembered at the Prime Minister’s stately home now in the care of the National Trust. The Trust ensures a Jock lookalike is always in residence.
12. Which famous art gallery has long been home to large group of cats which were originally granted the status of official rat catchers? The staff includes special workers to care for the cats.
SECTION THREE: Paintings in the National Gallery, London. Name the artist.
1. The Arnolfini Portrait.
2. The Ambassadors.
3. The Equestrian Portrait of Charles I.
4. The Rokeby Venus.
5. Mr and Mrs Robert Andrews.
6. The Fighting Temeraire.
7. An Experiment on a Bird in an Airpump.
8. Whistlejacket.
9. Snow at Argenteuil.
10. Bathers at Asnieres.
SECTION FOUR: In which gallery and city or other site would you find the following sculptures?
1. Donatello’s David?
2. Michelangelo’s David?
3. Rodin’s The Kiss?
4. Barbara Hepworth’s bronze sculpture Single Form?
5. A sculpture by Barbara Hepworth is mounted on a department store in Oxford Street, London. What is the store and what is the sculpture called?
SECTION FIVE: In what galleries, in which cities would you find the following paintings?
1. Raphael’s Sistine Madonna
2. Velasquez’s Balthasar Carlos on a Prancing Pony?
3. Vermeer’s View of Delft?
4. Cezanne’s Lake Annecy?
5. Picasso’s Guernica?
SECTION SIX: How?
1. How were the bronze reliefs sculpted by Ghiberti on the doors of the baptistery in Florence referred to by Michelangelo?
2. Albert, The Prince Consort, was not an admirer of the artist JMW Turner. How did he describe Turner and his art?
3. Turner and his contemporary John Constable were great rivals. At the 1832 Summer Exhibition their entries hung side by side and Constable’s was much admired. How did Turner upstage it? The episode was depicted in the recent Turner biopic.
4. How did John Ruskin refer to Whistler’s painting Nocturne in Black and Gold? It led to a famous court case. What damages was Whistler granted?
5. How did the present Prince of Wales describe the Sainsbury wing extension to the National Gallery?
Further Details:
This is a free event
Booking has now closed for this event.
Solitary QUIZ
Answers will be published at the end of April
A Quiz for the Whitworth Friends
Tricia has asked me to set a quiz for the Friends during our period of self-isolation. It is mainly but not entirely composed of Art History questions. I hope it will amuse and test your knowledge during this difficult period. Answers can obviously be looked up online but see how many you can do without the internet Joan Jones 23rd March 2020
SECTION ONE: How many Wonders of the Ancient World can you name in 3 minutes?
SECTION TWO: Cats in Art, History and Literature
1. Which artist said, “The smallest feline is a masterpiece”.
2. Which poet said, “The naming of cats is a serious matter”.
3. In Manet’s famous female nude painting Olympia which shocked Parisian society what sort of cat is on the bed with her?
4. Complete the title of David Hockney’s painting Mr and Mrs Clark and ____. What colour is the cat?
5. Last month Tracy Emin said a sad farewell to her cat whom she described as the love of her life. She did many drawings of the cat. What was its name and colour?
6. What did Holly Golightly played by Audrey Hepburn call her cat in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
7. What 18th century literary figure had a cat called Hodge whom he fed with oysters when it was ill? He said it “was a very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed ".
8. Who wrote about a cat who disappeared until there was nothing left but its smile and in what book? What was the cat called?
9. Which great French 17th century statesman loved cats, had a cattery in his residence and always worked with one on his lap? He left provision for them in his will.
10. Which American President had 2 cats called Tabby and Dixie in the White House. He fed Tabby from a golden fork at the formal White House dinner much to his wife’s horror. He said “Dixie is smarter than all my cabinet”
11. Which 20th century Prime Minister was a lifelong cat lover. His cat Nelson is believed to have attended cabinet meetings. His last cat Jock is remembered at the Prime Minister’s stately home now in the care of the National Trust. The Trust ensures a Jock lookalike is always in residence.
12. Which famous art gallery has long been home to large group of cats which were originally granted the status of official rat catchers? The staff includes special workers to care for the cats.
SECTION THREE: Paintings in the National Gallery, London. Name the artist.
1. The Arnolfini Portrait.
2. The Ambassadors.
3. The Equestrian Portrait of Charles I.
4. The Rokeby Venus.
5. Mr and Mrs Robert Andrews.
6. The Fighting Temeraire.
7. An Experiment on a Bird in an Airpump.
8. Whistlejacket.
9. Snow at Argenteuil.
10. Bathers at Asnieres.
SECTION FOUR: In which gallery and city or other site would you find the following sculptures?
1. Donatello’s David?
2. Michelangelo’s David?
3. Rodin’s The Kiss?
4. Barbara Hepworth’s bronze sculpture Single Form?
5. A sculpture by Barbara Hepworth is mounted on a department store in Oxford Street, London. What is the store and what is the sculpture called?
SECTION FIVE: In what galleries, in which cities would you find the following paintings?
1. Raphael’s Sistine Madonna
2. Velasquez’s Balthasar Carlos on a Prancing Pony?
3. Vermeer’s View of Delft?
4. Cezanne’s Lake Annecy?
5. Picasso’s Guernica?
SECTION SIX: How?
1. How were the bronze reliefs sculpted by Ghiberti on the doors of the baptistery in Florence referred to by Michelangelo?
2. Albert, The Prince Consort, was not an admirer of the artist JMW Turner. How did he describe Turner and his art?
3. Turner and his contemporary John Constable were great rivals. At the 1832 Summer Exhibition their entries hung side by side and Constable’s was much admired. How did Turner upstage it? The episode was depicted in the recent Turner biopic.
4. How did John Ruskin refer to Whistler’s painting Nocturne in Black and Gold? It led to a famous court case. What damages was Whistler granted?
5. How did the present Prince of Wales describe the Sainsbury wing extension to the National Gallery?
Further Details:
This is a free event
Booking has now closed for this event.
Solitary QUIZ
Answers will be published at the end of April
EVENT DATE
MAY 31, 2020
COST
FREE
POSTAL BOOKINGS
Booking Closed
NUMBER OF PLACES
Not specified/unlimited
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