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Famous Paintings trivia quiz

How well do you really know Famous Paintings? Find out in a live duel. QuizDown has over 120 Famous Paintings questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

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What the Famous Paintings questions cover

  • American Realism
  • Northern Renaissance
  • Surrealism
  • Romanticism
  • Dutch Golden Age
  • Impressionism
  • Post-Impressionism
  • Spanish Baroque
  • Abstract Expressionism
  • Cubism
  • English Landscape
  • French Romanticism

Try three Famous Paintings questions

Question 1

Who painted the portrait of a woman with an enigmatic smile displayed in the Louvre?

  1. Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Raphael
  3. Michelangelo
  4. Sandro Botticelli
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Leonardo da Vinci

Question 2

Which Dutch artist painted the swirling nighttime scene with a bright crescent moon and cypress tree?

  1. Paul Cézanne
  2. Vincent van Gogh
  3. Paul Gauguin
  4. Claude Monet
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Vincent van Gogh

Question 3

Which painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch shows a distressed figure against a vivid sky?

  1. The Kiss
  2. The Son of Man
  3. The Scream
  4. Nighthawks
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The Scream

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Famous Paintings match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Famous Paintings questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

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