The Renaissance
Musical Terms
Cocktails
Chemistry
State Nicknames
100

Cosimo, Piero, and Lorenzo were the first names of three generations of this famous family.

a) the Borgia's

b) the Medici's

c) the Visconti's

b) the Medici's

100

Which word means "a gradual increase in volume"?

a) Accelerando

b) Sforzando

c) Crescendo

c) Crescendo

100

Naturally, absinthe is what color?

a) light blue

b) light brown

c) green

c) green

100

An atom or molecule that has gained or lost electrons and is thus charged is known by this word.

a) Particle

b) Composite

c) Ion

c) Ion

100

Keystone State

a) New Jersey

b) Maryland

c) Pennsylvania

c) Pennsylvania

200

Which school of thought coincided with the Renaissance?

a) Existentialism

b) Humanism

c) Positivism

b) Humanism

200

Which word means "a musical composition in honor of the dead"?

a) Requiem

b) Fugue

c) Canticle

a) Requiem

200

During prohibition, this spirit was produced more often that whiskey because it didn't require aging.

a) gin

b) rum

c) tequila

a) gin

200

An organic compound must contain this element.

a) Carbon

b) Oxygen

c) Nitrogen

a) Carbon

200

Bluegrass State

a) Arkansas

b) Kentucky

c) Tennessee

b) Kentucky

300

Art historians also describe a second 'Northern' 16th-century renaissance. In which modern-day country did it occur?

a) Netherlands

b) Germany

c) Denmark

a) Netherlands

300

Which of the following is the lowest vocal range?

a) Countertenor

b) Bass

c) Baritone

b) Bass

300

In 2004, the Museum of the American Cocktail was founded in which city?

a) New Orleans

b) New York City

c) Los Angeles

a) New Orleans

300

Copper and tin mix to create which alloy? 

a) Steel

b) Bronze

c) Aluminum

b) Bronze

300

Sooner State

a) Texas

b) Oklahoma

c) Kansas

b) Oklahoma

400

Which artist or architect is credited with mastering the design and construction of the dome?

a) Lorenzo Ghiberti

b) Donatello

c) Filippo Brunelleschi

c) Filippo Brunelleschi

400

In musical notation, which would be the quietest?

a) Pianissimo

b) Piano

c) Mezzo-piano

a) Pianissimo

400

Which of these drinks did granddad of mixology Jerry Thomas NOT include in his 1862 The Bartender's Guide?

a) a Sazerac

b) a screwdriver

c) an old-fashioned

b) a screwdriver

400

What is the second most abundant element in the Universe? 

a) Helium

b) Hydrogen

c) Oxygen

a) Helium

400

Palmetto State

a) Florida

b) South Carolina

c) Alabama

b) South Carolina

500

Where did Michelangelo’s statue of David stand after its creation?

a) the roof space of Opera del Duomo

b) outside the Palazzo Vecchio

c) in the Accademia di Belle Arti

b) outside the Palazzo Vecchio

500

Which of the following is the slowest?

a) Allegro

b) Adagio

c) Andante

b) Adagio

500

Which of these people who inspired drink names never existed?

a) Giovanni Bellini

b) Roy Rodgers

c) Tom Collins

c) Tom Collins

500

What is the heaviest noble gas?

a) Argon

b) Neon

c) Radon

c) Radon

500

Centennial State

a) Nevada

b) New Jersey

c) Colorado

c) Colorado