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A Cryptic Brushstroke Trivia Quiz

Use your cryptic know how to brush aside the verbiage and unmask the names of ten artists. Have fun. Not recommended for beginners.

A multiple-choice quiz by fiachra. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
fiachra

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
176,869

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
320

Question 1 of 10

1. Yoga upset this master.

Answer: (One Word 4 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Sounds like a woodworker.

Answer: (One Word 6 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Interpol locked up foundling to find Jackson's other half.

Answer: (One Word 7 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. A thousand neat people turned out.

Answer: (One Word 5 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. UK policeman found masquerading as an artist.

Answer: (One Word 9 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Did this man 'put his lips together and blow' while painting his mother?

Answer: (One word 8 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Agitate aspicos.

Answer: (One word 7 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Elger & Co. produce brushes for this foreigner.

Answer: (Two Words 2 letters and 5 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'Oh! what a dreadful pun', says Anne.

Answer: (One Word 7 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Little Elizabeth was beheaded for this English painter.

Answer: (One Word 4 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Yoga upset this master.

Answer: Goya

Yoga an anagram for Goya.

2. Sounds like a woodworker.

Answer: Turner

A turner works with wood and it is also the name of an English artist, after whom the Turner prize is named.

3. Interpol locked up foundling to find Jackson's other half.

Answer: Pollock

InterPOL LOCK ed etc. a hidden word to join with Jackson for this American artist.

4. A thousand neat people turned out.

Answer: Manet

A thousand = m and the letters n+e+a+t = an anagram for Manet.

5. UK policeman found masquerading as an artist.

Answer: Constable

They share the same name.

6. Did this man 'put his lips together and blow' while painting his mother?

Answer: Whistler

A famous definition of whistle from Lauren Bacall and 'Whistler's Mother' a very famous painting.

7. Agitate aspicos.

Answer: Picasso

To agitate is to stir about. Mix aspicos and you get Picasso.

8. Elger & Co. produce brushes for this foreigner.

Answer: El Greco

Elger & co is an anagram for El Greco, a foreign painter in Spain. His name could not be pronounced easily so he was called El Greco, the Greek.

9. 'Oh! what a dreadful pun', says Anne.

Answer: Cezanne

Says Anne sounds like Cezanne. I warned you a shocking pun.

10. Little Elizabeth was beheaded for this English painter.

Answer: Etty

Little Elizabeth = Betty. When 'b' is removed or beheaded then you get Etty, an English painter who lived from 1787-1849.

Source: Author fiachra

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