Prehistoric Artists and Rock Art

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1. Pictographs, engravings, petroglyphs, and sculptures are all kinds of rock art, true or false? Answer: (True or false)

2. When were the engravings in the cave near Cussac, France discovered? Dec. 15, 1943 Oct. 2, 1889 Sept. 20, 2000 Jan. 26, 1774

3. Where is the world's largest collection of geogylphs found? Bhimbetka, India Atacama Desert in northern Chile southwestern France Altxerri, Spain

4. How long is the world's longest geoglyph, the 'Giant of the Atacama'? about 750 feet about 400 feet about 345 feet about 280 feet

5. Where is North America's largest rock art found? St.Victor, Saskatchewan Blythe, California Mexico's Baja California on Texas' Lower Pecos River

6. What was found on the cave walls at Lascaux, France? geometric shapes of all kinds horses and cattle woolly mammoths and prehistoric hunters shooting stars

7. What year did Marcel Ravidat discover the cave art at Lascaux? 1885 1940 1962 1910

8. How long ago were the pictographs at Lascaux thought to have been painted? 45,000 years ago 63,000 years ago 12,000 years ago 17,000 years ago

9. Where in the South Pacific are hundreds of Maoi, ancestor statues, found? Answer: (Two Words)

10. Finally, let's finish with a fun question, after such a difficult quiz. What is a spelunker? a mentally challenged individual a Brainiac who makes trivia quizzes cave explorer someone rude and ill-mannered