Humanities trivia questions
924 multiple-choice Humanities trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which of the International Ballroom dances is possibly named after a 1930s Mickey Mouse cartoon?
- The classical tutu, worn by ballerinas, is featured in this French artists ballet paintings.
- What dance style, that evolved in the 1970s in New York City, involves moves known as Toprock and Downrock?
- In the time line of art history impressionism was part of which period?
- Impressionism took its name from a painting by this artist called Impression, Sunrise.
- Who was known as the Father of Impressionism?
- Who of the following was not an impressionist?
- Who was the British artist, born in 1839 in France, who painted Street in Moret and Sand Heaps?
- This French impressionist, whose most famous works were The Pink Dress and Family Reunion, died in the Franco-Prussian War when he was only 29 years old.
- Which of these works was not painted by Claude Monet?
- In the late 19th century a group of impressionists, writers and art lovers centered around Edouard Manet, gathered at this site in Paris for discussions.
- This artist, who hated the term impressionist and insisted on being called realist, was famous for painting ballet dancers.
- What American impressionist painted the works Tea, The Boating Party, and Summertime?
- Which of the following is not one of the siblings of Helen of Troy?
- Which one of these is the name of Helen of Troys daughter from Menelaus?
- Some legends state that Helen of Troy’s mother was Nemesis and she threw the egg from which Helen was born. Who did Helen share this egg with?
- The most common hardcore move two step was taken from which dance?
- Ska music was born in Jamaica in the 1960s. Which of these names appears very often in ska lyrics?
- Which New York hardcore punk band did parody hardcore dancing in their music video Step Down?
- What is the name of the act of getting on the stage during a concert and then jumping in the crowd below?
- At the 2000 Roskilde festival nine people died while crowd-surfing at the concert of which band?
- Which hardcore dance involves people jumping around and pushing each other in a circle in front of the stage?
- What is the name of the act of pretending to play the guitar with your hands and moving your body as if you are following the rhythm of the music?
- Which is the American metal band, whose frontman Mark Hunter is often called Metal Moses, because on concerts, he often parted the crowd in two parts, just like Moses did at the Red Sea?
- In which of these countries does the Judaeo-Spanish, or Ladino language, have an official status?
- What major language is one of the official languages in New Zealand?
- In what country is the Slavey language spoken?
- On what continent is the Urdu language spoken?
- What other name is used for the language known as Siksika and Pikanii, which is spoken in North America?
- What is the official language in Egypt?