A passive quiz written by 4th ESO students

2. 1
Who was penicillin discovered by?
a. Alexander Fleming
a. Marie Curie

3. 2
Who were modern digital computers
developed?
a. John Atanasoff
b. Graham Bell
c. René Leduc

4. 3
Who was a kind of submarine invented by?
a. Isaac Peral
b. Christiaan Huygens
c. Roger Bacon

5. 4
Who were x-rays discovered by?
a. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
b. King Camp Gillette
c. Louis and August Lumière

6. 5
Who was the vacuum cleaner invented by?
a. Valdemar Poulsen
b. Wilbur and Orville Wright
c. Hubert Cecil Booth

7. 6
Who was the first modern air-
conditioning system invented by?
a. Elmer Ambrose Sperry
b. W. H. Carrier
c. Jacques Edwin Brandenberger

8. 7
Who was ‘The Birth of Venus’ painted by?
a. Munch
b. Picasso
c. Botticelli

9. 8
When was ‘The Mona Lisa’ finished?
a. 1517
b. 1620
c. 1765

10. 9
When was the first photograph taken?
a. 1826
b. 1850
c. 1900

11. 10
Where was the first photograph taken?
a. Germany
b. The United States
c. France

12. 11
When was ‘La Sagrada Familia’ started?
a. 1882
b. 1895
c. 1913

13. 12
Who is portrayed in Picasso’s painting
‘The Actor’?
a. A waiter
b. An acrobat
c. A dancer

14. 13
When was ‘The Actor’ painted by Picasso?
a. 1904
b. 1912
c. 1924

15. 14
Which of these men is not considered a
Renaissance artist?
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Vincent van Gogh
c. Michelangelo

16. 15
When was the Human Camera born?
a. 1974
b. 1975
c. 1976

17. 16
What can be seen in the woman portrayed
in ‘The Mona Lisa’?
a. Eyebrows
b. Eyelashes
c. Both a and b

18. 17
When was ‘The Mona Lisa’ stolen?
a. 1901
b. 1911
c. 1921

19. 18
Who was the mop invented by?
a. Iván Cervantes
b. Manuel Jalón
c. Miguel Loredo

20. 19
Who was ‘The Kiss’ painted by?
a. Van Gogh
b. Picasso
c. Gustav Klimt
d. Diego Velázquez

21. 20
Who was photography invented by?
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Archimedes
c. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

22. 21
Where is ‘La Sagrada Familia’ located?
a. Madrid
b. Murcia
c. Barcelona

23. 22
Who was ‘La Sagrada Familia’ started by?
a. Gaudí
b. Calatrava
c. Leonardo da Vinci

24. 23
What material was used by Picasso to
paint ‘The Actor’?
a. Watercolour
b. Oil
c. Charcoal

25. 24
Who is considered one of the best
Renaissance artists?
a. Nuremberg
b. Raphael
c. Alfonso d’Este

26. 25
Who was ‘The Mona Lisa’ painted by?
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Vincent van Gogh
c. Picasso

27. 26
Is a national photography award given in
Spain?
a. Yes
b. No

28. 27
Is a Donatello considered a Renaissance
artist?
a. Yes
b. No

29. 28
Where was Stephen Wiltshire (known as
the Human Camera) born?
a. New York
b. Dublin
c. London