Quick Quiz - Art
By Barry Prince. Published on 24/11/2021
The quizmaster, Barry Prince (83) is aware of the irony of asking quiz questions of the AD community, when many of them suffer from memory problems, but explains: “My family member suffering from AD has wonderful memories about life in the 20th century, but struggles to recall what happened in the big netball tournament last week. Accordingly, I have selected quick quizzes from the archive that are focused on people and events before the new millennium.”
Each of the Quick Quizzes is confined to 10 questions a single subject – pop music, films, celebrities, history, and geography, for example. There aren’t any questions about politics or science – Barry says anyone who missed Chemistry and Physics at college won’t be handicapped! Most of the questions are about things that happened in the 20th century.
THE QUICK QUIZ – about ten of Banksy’s forerunners
Name the artist who created each of these famous paintings
(Example: Depicting a rural scene by the River Stour on the Essex–Suffolk border, The Hay Wain (1821) is by … John Constable
Imagine a client who wants a ceiling painted, and three years of laying on your back. Your time starts NOW!)
1. (1495) – The Last Supper
2. (1624) – The Laughing Cavalier
3. (1642) The Night Watch
4. (1665) Girl With A Pearl Earring
5. (1770) The Blue Boy
6. (1838) The Fighting Temeraire
7. (1889) The Starry Night
8. (1928) Going To The Match
9. (1930) American Gothic
10. (1937) Guernica
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Answers
1. (1495) – The Last Supper – Leonardo da Vinci
2. (1624) – The Laughing Cavalier – Franz Hals
3. (1642) The Night Watch – Rembrandt van Rijn
4. (1665) Girl With A Pearl Earring – Johannes Vermeer
5. (1770) The Blue Boy – Thomas Gainsborough
6. (1838) The Fighting Temeraire – J. M. W. Turner
7. (1889) The Starry Night – Vincent van Gogh
8. (1928) Going To The Match – L.S. Lowry
9. (1930) American Gothic – Grant Wood
10. (1937) Guernica – Pablo Picasso
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