Trivia Review

Round 1: The Renaissance

Round 1: Question 1 QUESTION: Define the term Renaissance in regards to the years 1350 – 1600 ANSWER: A rebirth in the interest of the classical world (ancient Greece & Rome)

Round 1: Question 2 QUESTION: List two reasons for which the Renaissance began & was able to flourish in Italy ANSWER: Ruins of the ancient world; location of Italy; trade competition between city-states

Round 1: Question 3 QUESTION: This was an intellectual movement that focused on individuality, human potential and achievement ANSWER: Humanism

Round 1: Question 4 QUESTION: Define the term patron BONUS: name the most famous patron family ANSWER: One who provided financial support for the arts; Medici family

Round 1: Question 5 QUESTION: Name one way thinking changed from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance ANSWER: Focused on humans/achievements; Focused on present, not future/afterlife; Interested in learning of classical world; Art was more secular; etc

Round 2: Renaissance Art

Round 2: Question 1 QUESTION: Artist who was known for his painting of Madonna (Mary) & child (baby Jesus) ANSWER: Raphael

Round 2: Question 2 QUESTION: Artist who was known for these works: ANSWER: Michelangelo

Round 2: Question 3 QUESTION: Identify characteristics of Renaissance art (hint…remember the acronym?) ANSWER: Perspective, Emotion, Lifelike (realistic), Individualism, Classicism, Sometimes Secular

Round 2: Question 4 QUESTION: Artist who was known for these works: ANSWER: Botticelli

Round 2: Question 5 QUESTION: What is one thing Leonardo Da Vinci did OTHER THAN paint? ANSWER: Sketched designs for inventions/weapons, studied (geology, anatomy), climbed mountains, wrote in mirror image, etc

Round 3: Protestant Reformation

Round 3: Question 1 QUESTION: This man broke with the Catholic Church because he could not get a divorce, and eventually became the head of the Church of England ANSWER: Henry VIII

Round 3: Question 2 QUESTION: Explain the concept of Justification by Faith as explained by Martin Luther ANSWER: One can reach salvation by simply having faith in God’s grace

Round 3: Question 3 QUESTION: Explain the doctrine of Predestination as explained by John Calvin ANSWER: God knows one’s fate before he or she is born

Round 3: Question 4 QUESTION: A certificate that was sold by the Catholic Church; was said to reduce or cancel one’s sins ANSWER: Indulgence

Round 3: Question 5 QUESTION: This event marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation (in 1517) ANSWER: Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Church

BONUS ROUND QUESTION: Name all 3 aspects of the Counter Reformation ANSWER: Society of Jesus Inquisition Council of Trent

Round 4: Random

Round 4: Question 1 QUESTION: This act provided Henry VIII with the right to preside over the Church of England ANSWER: The Act of Supremacy

Round 4: Question 2 QUESTION: This man is considered the Father of Presbyterianism ANSWER: John Knox

Round 4: Question 3 QUESTION: This man’s purpose in writing Utopia was to critique the wrongs in English society ANSWER: Sir Thomas More

Round 4: Question 4 QUESTION: This man aided in the spread of Renaissance ideas by inventing the printing press ANSWER: Johannes Gutenberg

Round 4: Question 5 QUESTION: Who advised rulers and believed the “ends justify the means…” ANSWER: Machiavelli

Round 4: Scientific Revolution

Round 4: Question 1 QUESTION: Prior to the Scientific Revolution these were considered the “established authorities in regards to truth” ANSWER: Bible/Catholic Church; Greek and Roman scholars; Common Sense

Round 4: Question 2 QUESTION: This is the scientific theory that states that the sun is the center of the universe ANSWER: Heliocentricity

Round 4: Question 3 QUESTION: This man discovered that the planets move in oval-shaped paths (ellipses) ANSWER: Johannes Kepler

Round 4: Question 4 QUESTION: Polish astronomer who first believed in the heliocentric theory ANSWER: Copernicus

Round 4: Question 5 QUESTION: This man was brought before the Inquisition as a heretic *Bonus point – what year did the Vatican clear him ANSWER: Galileo Galilee