Humanities trivia questions
924 multiple-choice Humanities trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which of these therapies did Sigmund Freud start using to resolve psychological problems?
- How did Sigmund Freud choose to die, with the assistance of his doctor and friend Max Schur?
- What name was used to refer to Leonardos famous painting before it was known as Mona Lisa?
- What was the Mona Lisa painting called when it was in the collection at the palace at Fontainebleau?
- Which of these is not among the theories about who is portrayed in the Mona Lisa painting?
- Which of these artists is known to have become fascinated with the Mona Lisa painting?
- Who gave the Mona Lisa painting its name?
- Which King hated the Mona Lisa painting so much, that he had it removed from his palace?
- What sentence was Vincenzo Perugia given for stealing the Mona Lisa painting in 1911?
- How long did it take Leonardo Da Vinci to finish the Mona Lisa painting?
- What does the German word Bibliothek mean when translated into English?
- What does the Spanish Word lechuga mean in English?
- What does the Hebrew word זהב (za-hav) translate to in English?
- What does the Danish word fødselsdag mean in English? (foudgshlsdag)
- What does the Czech phrase Dobrý den mean in English?
- What is the English equivalent of the Russian phrase Добро пожаловать (Dobro požalovat)?
- What does the Greek word Βοήθεια (Voíthia) mean in English?
- What does the Latin phrase Ave Maria mean in English?
- What does the Farsi phrase شب بخير (shab bekheyr) mean in English?
- What does the Hebrew phrase להתראות (le-hei-tra-ot) mean in English?
- Which ancient author wrote Ten Books of Architecture, a work that contained the principles followed by Renaissance architects?
- Who wrote Divina Proportione which explored the use of the golden ratio in the Renaissance architecture?
- Who was the first architect since antiquity to use the classical orders Doric, Ionic and Corinthian in an appropriate manner?
- This Renaissance architect, famous as chief architect of the Venetian Republic, wrote the treatise Four Books on Architecture.
- In which year was the term photography first used?
- In 1945 this man was given the Pulitzer Prize in News Photography for his famous photo of the raising the American flag on the Japanese island Iwo Jima.
- When was the first aerial photograph taken?
- When was the first underwater photograph taken?
- This famous photojournalist specialized in war photographs. He covered the Spanish Civil War, The Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II (He landed on Omaha Beach!) ,The Israeli War for Independence, and The French-Indochina War. What was his name?
- When was the first permanently colored photograph taken?