Humanities trivia questions
924 multiple-choice Humanities trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- When evoked to cure an illness, this spirit could take the form of either a woman or a man, depending on the gender of the patient.
- This military practice was widespread among American Indian tribes well before the European colonists came to the New World. It provided warriors with proof of his courage and a war trophy.
- These items, taken from birds, were usually accepted as marks of honor or sources of ideas. They were also symbols of the Creative Force.
- This animal was considered an important spirit among most of the Northern tribes. It was responsible for sorrow and death, and was an omen of impending evil.
- According to the Iroquois, this woman fell from a hole in the sky and brought light to the world.
- According to the Iroquois these demon gods flew during storms and ate people as humans were very delicious to them.
- This bird is considered to be the master of the sky. It is the carrier of prayers, venerated for its courage and wisdom.
- According to the Pawnees this star was evil, since it had driven the Sun out of the sky.
- Which one of these Renaissance artists was at first apprenticed to a goldsmith?
- The Birth of Venus, The Annunciation, Medusa, and Flora are four artworks that all have this in common.
- Michelangelos marble sculpture, Moses, was originally intended for the tomb of Pope Julius II in St. Peters Basilica, but after the popes death the sculpture was placed in a church on this hill -- one of the famous seven hills in Rome.
- Which Medici family member commissioned the great Florentine architect Brunelleschi to reconstruct the Church of San Lorenzo in 1419?
- This one of Donatellos bronze statues was notable as the first unsupported standing work in bronze cast, since classical times.
- Caravaggio was a Baroque painter, and this was the main subject in most of his artwork.
- Only one of these sculptures is not a work of Antonio Canova, famous for his ability to delicately render nude flesh in his statues.
- Typical of the baroque architecture, this was the paradigm of the basilica, mainly in Italy and France.
- Which of these words means to be transitory or perishable?
- Which of these words is defined as indifferent or nonchalant?
- What word defines a person who lives in seclusion for religious reasons?
- What noun refers to a bald-headed man or a man that is looked at with humor or mock pity?
- What word means either cheerful and optimistic or having good digestion?
- What is a privet?
- Which of these words means loose hemp or jute fiber, occasionally treated with pitch or tar?
- Can you define the word nimbus?
- Milch is an adjective that can be put before which of the following words?
- What word refers to an emperor of Japan?
- Which one of these words denotes a type of shade tree?
- What is a killdeer?
- Where would you find a jalousie?
- What color is the Iridium?