Simonetta Vespucci
Caterina Sforza and the Experimenti
Hair Care
Witchcraft and Poisons
Miscellaneous
100

The color of Simonetta Vespucci's long luscious hair

What is blonde?

100

Caterina had to try extremely hard to maintain her power, and to try to keep power she was wed _ times over her lifetime

What is 3?

100

The preferred hair color in the Renaissance era

What is Blond?

100

Spooky scary skeletons are scarier than the torture that occurs when a woman is accused of being...

What is a witch?

100

Contrast to today's standards, women wanted to be less skinny and instead _____ because it was thought that being _____ would produce more children; synonym for sinuous

What is curvy?

200

Vespucci modeled in this timeless painting; one that depicts a beautiful god rising from the sea

What is The Birth Of Venus

200

Over her marriages, Caterina had this number of children, and still said she could have more

What is 11?

200

The preferred hair texture in the Renaissance Era

What is Curly?

200

Once used in hats (coining the term "Mad Hatter"), Hg is the only metal liquid at room temperature

What is mercury?

200

The renaissance spans from the 14th century to the ___ century

What is the 17th?

300

Simonetta was wed at 15/16 to this member of the powerful Vespucci family

Who is Marco Vespucci?

300

The language that the Experimenti is originally written in

What is Renaissance Italian?
300

This plant is in the family Araliaceae (with ginseng), and was often used in haircare during the Renaissance era

What is ivy?

300

Another whitening element, this material is found often in white paint in old houses, and can cause brain damage when ingested

What is lead?
300

The first cosmetics in the world were made in 6000 BCE by people living in this country

What is Egypt

400

The age that Simonetta Vespucci perished, which saddened many

What is 22?

400

Caterina Sforza accomplished a lot in her life, but she only lived to be

What is 46
400

Men were believed to bald earlier because of their excessive ____ compared to women

What is heat?

400

As, which is short for this element, was used for skin whitening. It often results in burns and death of red blood cells.

What is arsenic?

400

This plant family was commonly used in Renaissance recipes. One member of this family is the strawberry.

What is Rosaceae, or the rose family?

500

Ironically making her more beautiful, this disease caused her death in 1476

What is tuberculosis/pulmonary tuberculosis?

500

The Experimenti contained this number of recipes in total

What is 454

500

This (some could call funny) concept connected to what hair color you would have; an inbalance determines the hue

What are the Four Humours?

500

This essence of this toxic plant was dropped in the eyes to achieve a big, doe-like look

What is belladonna?

500

Jill Burke, a cosmetic scientist, runs this project focused on Renaissance cosmetics 

What is Renaissance Goo?