Humanities trivia questions
924 multiple-choice Humanities trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- The paintings of Italian painter Giorgio Morandi, who was born in Bologna in 1890, were featured in which film by Federico Fellini?
- The movement Pittura Metafisica (metaphysical painting), that presents an alternative and illogical reality, was founded in 1917 by which Italian artists?
- Leonardo da Vinci was hired to paint one of the walls of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Who was his rival that painted the opposite wall?
- Which Italian artist made the sculpture Neptune and Triton, displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London?
- It is widely believed that the foxtrot dance got its name from which of the following?
- In what country did the Bachata dance originate?
- What dance does Al Pacinos character perform in the 1992 movie Scent of a Woman, when he gets enchanted by the perfume of his dancing partner?
- What is the popular dance style Charleston named after?
- Toprock, footwork, power moves, freezes, and suicides are techniques used in this popular dance style.
- In which country did the Mambo music and dance originate in the 1930s?
- Which is the oldest of the so-called ballroom dances?
- In what country did the Cha-cha-cha dance originate?
- Cali, Rueda and Casino are different styles of this popular Latin dance.
- What is the Tagalog word for tree?
- What does the Tagalog word pera mean in English?
- What does the Tagalog phrase Saan ka nakatira? mean in English?
- Beautiful is to the Tagalog word maganda, as fat is to this word.
- One is to the Tagalog word isa as two is to this Tagalog word.
- What Tagalog word means Monday?
- What does the Tagalog word Sabado mean in English?
- What is the lyrical dance a mix of?
- In dancing, what is Triple Threat?
- Of what origin was painter and etcher Rembrandt?
- Rembrandt initially achieved success as a painter of what type of paintings?
- What personal tragedy did Rembrandt experience after he got married?
- Why did Rembrandt nearly go bankrupt at a certain point of his life?
- What common name was given to Rembrandts famous painting, The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch?
- Rembrandt is believed to have suffered from this medical condition.
- Who is the man whose corpse is depicted in Rembrandts famous painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp?
- During what century did painter Rembrandt live and work?