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Joshua Reynolds Quiz

May 222013

Sir Joshua Reynolds was an influential English painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the “Grand Style” in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect.

Joshua Reynolds Quiz Questions

1. When was Joshua Reynolds born?
a) 5 March 1728
b) 12 April 1726
c) 16 July 1723
d) 7 November 1721

2. Where was Joshua Reynolds born?
a) Brussels
b) Amsterdam
c) Rotterdam
d) Plympton

3. Which school did Joshua Reynolds attend?
a) Temple School
b) Plympton Grammar School
c) Westminster School
d) St. Mary’s School

4. Who of the following was Joshua Reynolds’s teacher?
a) Thomas Hudson
b) Jonathan Richardson
c) Jan Rubens
d) Vincenzo Gonzaga

5. When did Joshua Reynolds paint Captain the Honourable John Hamilton?
a) 1756
b) 1746
c) 1740
d) 1736

6. Of which academy was Joshua Reynolds first president?
a) Academy of Arcadia
b) American Academy of Arts and Sciences
c) Cranbrook Academy of Art
d) Royal Academy of Arts

7. Who said about Joshua Reynolds, “Damn him, how various he is!”?
a) Samuel Johnson
b) Augustus Keppel
c) Thomas Gainsborough
d) Oliver Goldsmith

8. Which of the following paintings did Joshua Reynolds paint in 1786?
a) Duchess of Devonshire and Her Daughter
b) Ugolino
c) Nelly O’Brien
d) Lord Ludlow

9. When did Joshua Reynolds die?
a) 23 February 1792
b) 3 June 1796
c) 4 August 1806
d) 31 December 1808

10. Where did Joshua Reynolds die?
a) Venice
b) London
c) Florence
d) Minorca

Joshua Reynolds Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Joshua Reynolds born?
c) 16 July 1723

2. Where was Joshua Reynolds born?
d) Plympton

3. Which school did Joshua Reynolds attend?
b) Plympton Grammar School

4. Who of the following was Joshua Reynolds’s teacher?
a) Thomas Hudson

5. When did Joshua Reynolds paint Captain the Honourable John Hamilton?
b) 1746

6. Of which academy was Joshua Reynolds first president?
d) Royal Academy of Arts

7. Who said about Joshua Reynolds, “Damn him, how various he is!”?
c) Thomas Gainsborough

8. Which of the following paintings did Joshua Reynolds paint in 1786?
a) Duchess of Devonshire and Her Daughter

9. When did Joshua Reynolds die?
a) 23 February 1792

10. Where did Joshua Reynolds die?
b) London

Spain Quiz

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May 212013

Flag of Spain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Spain Quiz Questions

1) How many martyrs who died during Spanish Civil War were beatified on 28 October 2007?
a) 202
b) 197
c) 498
d) 306

2) Who became the King of Spain in 1975?
a) Juan Carlos
b) Philip II
c) Ferdinand IV
d) Louis XVIII

3) When did Spain win Davis Cup for the first time?
a) 1998
b) 1999
c) 2000
d) 2002

Flag of the Popular Front of Spain. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

4) Which of the following is not a co-official language in Spain?
a) Basque
b) Catalan
c) Frisian
d) Galician

5) Which of the following countries was not a colony of Spain?
a) Mexico
b) Peru
c) Canada
d) Bolivia

6) Which British colony is claimed by Spain?
a) Bermuda
b) Sandwich Islands
c) Gibraltar
d) Bahamas

7) Mainland Spain is part of which peninsula?
a) Balkan
b) Iberian
c) Scandinavian
d) Italian

8) Where was Olympics 1992 (Summer) held?
a) Barcelona
b) Athens
c) Madrid
d) Valencia

9) Which organization wants independence for Basque region?
a) EU
b) ETA
c) NATO
d) OPEC

10) Who left Spain for India and reached America?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) John Cabral
c) Amerigo Vespucci
d) Francis Drake

Spain Quiz Questions with Answers

Monument to Christopher Columbus, Barcelona, Spain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) How many martyrs who died during Spanish Civil War were beatified on 28 October 2007?
c) 498

2) Who became the King of Spain in 1975?
a) Juan Carlos

3) When did Spain win Davis Cup for the first time?
c) 2000

4) Which of the following is not a co-official language in Spain?
c) Frisian

5) Which of the following countries was not a colony of Spain?
c) Canada

6) Which British colony is claimed by Spain?
c) Gibraltar

7) Mainland Spain is part of which peninsula?
b) Iberian

8) Where was Olympics 1992 (Summer) held?
a) Barcelona

9) Which organization wants independence for Basque region?
b) ETA

10) Who left Spain for India and reached America?
a) Christopher Columbus

James Boswell Quiz

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May 202013

James Boswell Quiz Questions

James Boswell (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When was James Boswell born?
a) 14 February 1744
b) 15 June 1742
c) 11 August 1736
d) 29 October 1740

2. Where was James Boswell born?
a) Glasgow
b) Edinburgh
c) Colonsay
d) Tiree

3. Whom did James Boswell interview in Corsica?
a) Pasquale de Paoli
b) Napoleon Bonaparte
c) Jean Jacques Rousseau
d) Isabelle de Charriere

4. Where did James Boswell tour with Samuel Johnson?
a) Switzerland
b) Naples
c) Amsterdam
d) Hebrides

Cover of The Life of Samuel Johnson

5. What was the title of James Boswell’s essays published in The London Magazine?
a) The Tourist
b) Alpha of the Plough
c) The Hypochondriack
d) Troubadour

6. When was The Life of Samuel Johnson published?
a) 1802
b) 1791
c) 1797
d) 1804

7. When did James Boswell die?
a) 22 January 1815
b) 19 May 1795
c) 31 July 1840
d) 12 November 1799

8. Where did James Boswell die?
a) London
b) Lausanne
c) Utrecht
d) Berlin

9. Who sold private papers of James Boswell found at Malahide Castle near Dublin to Ralph Isham?
a) Joshua Reynolds
b) Frederick Albert Pottle
c) Margaret Montgomerie
d) Talbot de Malahide

10. Which university published Boswell’s London Journal?
a) Yale
b) Harvard
c) Princeton
d) Regent

James Boswell Quiz Questions and Answers

Portrait of James Boswell (1740-1795) at twenty-five (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When was James Boswell born?
d) 29 October 1740

2. Where was James Boswell born?
b) Edinburgh

3. Whom did James Boswell interview in Corsica?
a) Pasquale de Paoli

4. Where did James Boswell tour with Samuel Johnson?
d) Hebrides

5. What was the title of James Boswell’s essays published in The London Magazine?
c) The Hypochondriack

6. When was The Life of Samuel Johnson published?
b) 1791

7. When did James Boswell die?
b) 19 May 1795

8. Where did James Boswell die?
a) London

9. Who sold private papers of James Boswell found at Malahide Castle near Dublin to Ralph Isham?
d) Talbot de Malahide

10. Which university published Boswell’s London Journal?
a) Yale

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