Humanities trivia questions
924 multiple-choice Humanities trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What is the missing part of the saying Make a silk purse out of a ...?
- What is the missing word of the proverb: A loaded ... makes no noise?
- What is the missing word from the popular saying A burnt child dreads the ...?
- Complete the following proverb: Learn to walk before you ...
- Which word refers to the ancient Greek songs, performed by a chorus in honor of the Greek god, Dionysus?
- Within the Olympian tradition, Dionysos was said to be the son of Zeus and which mortal woman?
- In both Greek and Roman mythology Dionysus is known by what other name?
- Which word refers to the ecstatic female worshippers of god Dionysos?
- Which word refers to the eating of raw flesh, a common practice in Dionysian worship?
- These mythological half-man and half-goat creatures, which roamed the woods and mountains, were companions of Dionysus.
- Worshippers of god Dionysus often wore what type of attire over their shoulders?
- Which one of these goddesses is NOT similar to Aphrodite in some way?
- Which one of these animals was NOT sacred for Aphrodite?
- Which one of these names is not one of goddess Aphrodites surnames?
- According to Greek mythology, who was Adonia?
- Born in Barrow, Suffolk she studied to become one of the most important portrait painters in the 17th century.
- In her twenties, this Dutch painter became the only female member of the Haarlem painters guild and quickly adopted students of her own.
- She is the only Flemish woman to have specialized in still-life painting as early as the beginning of the 17th century.
- She was arguably the most educated and most famous woman of the 17th century. She spoke Latin, modern European languages, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, and Ethiopian. She also excelled in art, music and literature.
- This Swiss Neoclassicist painter was chosen to paint the portrait of Monsignor Nevroni, bishop of Como, before she turned 12. Later, she became a distinguished portrait painter.
- Born in London, she became the most important woman in the silver trade. She and her husband made their reputation with silver in the popular French rococo style.
- This woman is referred to as the the most outstanding woman goldsmith of her generation . But this was not by chance - she was the daughter of the famous English silversmith Simon Pantin.
- She was the predecessor of Madame Tussaud. She modelled wax figures of famous people.
- Although she was very young in 1876, she had great success painting the portrait of Sarah Bernhardt.
- The themes of this artist are feminist and political, depicting literary-historical figure groups and decorative female heads.
- Why did Phaethon take Apollos chariot and ride off across the sky?
- What was the name of the mythological statue in which Pygmalion fell in love and eventually the statue became a woman?
- What was the name of the Lithuanian god of the sky, earth, sea and all living creatures who decided to punish mankind and sent to the Earth the Spirit of water and the Spirit of wind?
- What was the name of the Lithuanian god that can be compared to the Creek god of underworld, Hades?
- According to Greek myths, this was the first robot which was made by Hephaestus to protect Crete.