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Renaissance Man Trivia Quiz

15 short questions, a little bit of everything - including a 'Numbers and Patterns' type question at the end.

A multiple-choice quiz by pvk. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
pvk

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
48,820

Updated
Oct 28 23

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
829

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (5/15), Guest 172 (3/15), Guest 72 (5/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Kigali is the capital of which country? Hint

Burundi

Uganda

Malawi

Rwanda

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Question 2 of 15

2. What's the highest point in Europe? Hint

Matterhorn

Mont Blanc

Elbruz

Ben Nevis

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Question 3 of 15

3. Thalassa is a moon of which planet? Hint

Jupiter

Uranus

Saturn

Neptune

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Question 4 of 15

4. Heracles' mother was called? Hint

Hera

Hippolyte

Megara

Alcmene

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which of the following is a tree? Hint

Igu

Itu

Isu

Ifu

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who wrote a symphony 'dedicated to the city of Leningrad'? Hint

Tchaikovsky

Shostakovich

Rimsky-Korsakov

Mussorgsky

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Question 7 of 15

7. What language gave us the word 'yoga'? Hint

Sanskrit

Urdu

Hindi

Tamil

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which Shakespeare play is based on Thomas Lodge's 'Rosalynde'? Hint

Much ado about nothing

Twelfth Night

As you like it

Macbeth

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Question 9 of 15

9. A 'neophyte' is what kind of person?
Hint

Nuisance

Newly wed

Newcomer

Nudist

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Question 10 of 15

10. Where in Italy were the seeds sown for the separation between spiritual and temporal power in Western Europe? Hint

Canossa

Genoa

Rome

Brescia

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Question 11 of 15

11. The temple of Artemis was located where? Hint

Babylon

Halicarnassus

Ephesis

Olympia

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which noun often follows the adjective 'Euclidian'? Hint

space

mass

time

light

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which of these is most famous as a surrealist painter? Hint

Monet

Mondriaan

Manet

Magritte

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Question 14 of 15

14. Napoleon was born in which city? Hint

Marseille

Paris

Ajaccio

Cagliari

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Question 15 of 15

15. Given the first letters of the answers so far, what would Leonardo da Vinci think the answer to this question is? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Kigali is the capital of which country?

Answer: Rwanda

Burundi's capital is Bujumbura, Malawi - Lilongwe, Uganda - Kampala.

2. What's the highest point in Europe?

Answer: Elbruz

Lying in the Caucasus, between the Black Sea and the Caspian sea, at 5642 m it is the highest point in Europe.

3. Thalassa is a moon of which planet?

Answer: Neptune

Thalassa is Greek for sea, of which Neptune was king according to the Romans (the Greeks called him Poseidon).

4. Heracles' mother was called?

Answer: Alcmene

Zeus took the guise of Alcmene's husband, {Amphytrion;} suffice it to say she bore him the hero that would ultimately save the gods. Although Heracles was hardly to blame for that, Zeus' wife Hera did whatever she could to make his life miserable, e.g. making him kill his wife Megara (and their kids) in a bout of madness. One of the Twelve Works he ended up doing as punishment for this crime was to take the belt of Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons.

5. Which of the following is a tree?

Answer: Isu

The others I made up. Isu trees are found in Southeast and East Asia and Central America.

6. Who wrote a symphony 'dedicated to the city of Leningrad'?

Answer: Shostakovich

His 7th symphony.

7. What language gave us the word 'yoga'?

Answer: Sanskrit

Literature in Sanskrit goes back 5000 years.

8. Which Shakespeare play is based on Thomas Lodge's 'Rosalynde'?

Answer: As you like it

Bill changed the emphasis of the story quite a bit, but the main protagonists are still called Rosalind and Orlando.

9. A 'neophyte' is what kind of person?

Answer: Newcomer

10. Where in Italy were the seeds sown for the separation between spiritual and temporal power in Western Europe?

Answer: Canossa

Pope Gregory VII excommunicated Henry IV, Emperor of Germany, for simony. As his people turned against him, he sought absolution from the pope, which he got at Canossa, after standing barefoot outside the gates of the castle for four days - hence Bismarck's famous words 'Nach Canossa gehen wir nicht', we're not going to Canossa = we won't eat humble pie.

In reality, it was a victory for Henry IV, since when Henry relapsed years later, pope Gregory VII again excommunicated him to which he responded by besieging the pope's entourage and forcing him to flee.

11. The temple of Artemis was located where?

Answer: Ephesis

Four of the Wonders of the World: Halicarnassus - mausoleum, Olympia - statue of Zeus, Babylon - hanging gardens.

12. Which noun often follows the adjective 'Euclidian'?

Answer: space

Euclidian or flat space, where parallel lines follow Euclid's axioms, as opposed to curved or Riemannian spaces.

13. Which of these is most famous as a surrealist painter?

Answer: Magritte

Monet and Manet are impressionists, Mondriaan has been called a neo-plasticist which is such a nice word that I've included it here.

14. Napoleon was born in which city?

Answer: Ajaccio

On Corsica.

15. Given the first letters of the answers so far, what would Leonardo da Vinci think the answer to this question is?

Answer: N

The first letters of the correct answers form the words 'Renaissance man'. The answer to question twelve was 'space'!

Source: Author pvk

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