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Quiz about Art Museums Around the World
Quiz about Art Museums Around the World

Art Museums Around the World Trivia Quiz


This quiz is about some of the many great art museums around the world and the treasures in them.

A multiple-choice quiz by bullymom. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
bullymom
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
80,749
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
7 / 15
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2058
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Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 15
1. In what city would you find the Bridgestone Museum of Art? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. The art museum in Albi, France, is devoted to works of what artist? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. The Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, has the world's largest collection of works by what artist? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. St. Stephen's Church in Mainz, Germany, features stained glass windows by what artist? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. This famous art museum's Cason del Buen Retiro building is the architectural remains of the Buen Retiro Palace, built by King Philip IV in the seventeenth century.

Answer: (Two Words- first word "The")
Question 6 of 15
6. In what city could you see Da Vinci's "The Last Supper"? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. The Secretaria de Educacion and the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, both in Mexico City, have murals by what famous artist? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. In what US state would you find the Frederic Remington Art Museum, which has one of the world's largest collections of his work? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. The Musee Marmottan in Paris is devoted to the works of what artist? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. In what city would you find the largest collection of Inuit art in North America? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. At the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, you can see "Young Women Picking Fruit" (1891) by what famous Impressionist? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. At which museum could you see Van Gogh's "Starry Night"? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has both "A Street in Delft" and "The Letter" by who? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. In the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC, USA, you can see "Peacock Room, Harmony in Blue and Gold" by which artist? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. The Hermitage Museum in Russia has one of the largest art collections in the world (over 3 million items!) Among these is a gold oktadrachms of Ptolemaic Egypt. Exactly what is this item? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In what city would you find the Bridgestone Museum of Art?

Answer: Tokyo

This museum features the works of French Impressionists, as well as contemporary Western art.
2. The art museum in Albi, France, is devoted to works of what artist?

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec

The museum is called, fittingly enough, Musee Toulouse-Lautrec. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) was a French postimpressionist painter who is best known for his posters and lithographs.
3. The Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, has the world's largest collection of works by what artist?

Answer: Klee

Paul Klee (1879-1940) was a Swiss painter who specialized in watercolors and etchings. He is considered one of the original masters of modern art.
4. St. Stephen's Church in Mainz, Germany, features stained glass windows by what artist?

Answer: Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was a Russian who spent most of his life in Paris. He is perhaps best known for his Russian-Jewish folk art.
5. This famous art museum's Cason del Buen Retiro building is the architectural remains of the Buen Retiro Palace, built by King Philip IV in the seventeenth century.

Answer: The Prado

The Prado, in Madrid, Spain, is definitely one of the world's top art museums.
6. In what city could you see Da Vinci's "The Last Supper"?

Answer: Milan

This painting, one of the world's most famous, is located at Milan's Santa Maria delle Grazie. Painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1498, it's an artistic representation of the Eucharist, the most important event in the Christian doctrine of salvation.
7. The Secretaria de Educacion and the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, both in Mexico City, have murals by what famous artist?

Answer: Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera (1886-1957) was a Mexican painter best known for his murals. His "History Mexico" adorns the walls of the National Palace in Mexico City.
8. In what US state would you find the Frederic Remington Art Museum, which has one of the world's largest collections of his work?

Answer: New York

Although you would expect a museum devoted to one of the great Western artists to be in the West, it's in Ogdensburg, New York. Remington began illustrating Western and military items for magazines and eventually became noted for his sculptures, made of clay cast in bronze.
9. The Musee Marmottan in Paris is devoted to the works of what artist?

Answer: Monet

Claude Monet (1840-1926) was one of the most important painters of the Impressionist school. His most famous work may be "Water Lilies", which you can see at New York City's Museum of Modern Art.
10. In what city would you find the largest collection of Inuit art in North America?

Answer: Winnipeg

The Winnipeg Art Gallery, in Manitoba, Canada, features the world's largest collection of art by the native Inuit people.
11. At the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, you can see "Young Women Picking Fruit" (1891) by what famous Impressionist?

Answer: Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt (1845-1926) was the daughter of a rich Pittsburgh businessman, but she spent most of her life in Paris.
12. At which museum could you see Van Gogh's "Starry Night"?

Answer: Museum of Modern Art

This painting, one of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous, was painted in 1889.
13. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has both "A Street in Delft" and "The Letter" by who?

Answer: Jan Vermeer

Jan (or Johann) Vermeer was one of the masters of the Dutch Golden Age, specializing in paintings of everyday life in the town of Delft.
14. In the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC, USA, you can see "Peacock Room, Harmony in Blue and Gold" by which artist?

Answer: James Whistler

James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American artist who worked in England. His most famous painting is "Arrangement in Gray and Black, No. 1: The Artist's Mother" (aka Whistler's Mother), which hangs in the Louvre.
15. The Hermitage Museum in Russia has one of the largest art collections in the world (over 3 million items!) Among these is a gold oktadrachms of Ptolemaic Egypt. Exactly what is this item?

Answer: A coin

This is one of the largest gold pieces of the ancient world. Over one third of the Hermitage's total collection is numismatic items, such as coins and medals.
Source: Author bullymom

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