Historical Figures
Plotted the murder of Julius Caesar
Who is Marcus Junius Brutas?
The God of the Seas in Greek Mythology. *BONUS FOR EC* What was his Roman name?
Who is Poseidon; Neptune?
Author of Art of War and Tao Te Ching respectively.
Who were Sun Tzu and Lao Tzu?
What was different between the Medieval and Renaissance paintings of Religious figures?
Medieval figures were clothed and had halos behind their heads. Renaissance figures had more depth and were not always clothed.
Founder of the Theory of Human Evolution?
Who was Charles Darwin?
The testament about Jesus' life.
What is the New Testament?
The full name of Buddha.
What is Siddharta Gautama or Gautama Buddha?
The author of Illiad and Odyssey.
Who was Homer?
Name the periods of music and art from Prehistoric to Contemporary.
Prehistoric, Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, and Contemporary.
Discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Who was Galileo Galilei?
This woman was originally a consort of Emperor Taizong, who was banished to a Buddhist monastery to become a nun. *BONUS FOR EC* True or False: She was Taizong's favorite consort.
Who was Wu Zetian? False.
Name two of the Three Sources for Immortality in Chinese mythology.
Celestial Peaches, Heavenly Wines, and Lao Tzu's Pills of Immortality.
The most iconic character from Journey to the West. *BONUS FOR EC*: The Author of Journey to the West.
Who is Sun Wukong (Monkey King); Who was Wu Cheng'en?
True or False: Boccherini was an Austrian composer of the Classical era.
False; He was Italian.
Made numerous discoveries about anatomy and blood circulation during the Renaissance.
Who was William Harvey?
Name the members of the Socratic Lineage in order:
Who were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle (Alexander the great for Extra 100)?
One of the names of the Hindu God Shiva, which you definitely know!
What is Niranjan?
The Latin epic poem which was the first account of pizza in a work of literature.
What was The Aenid?
What did Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture celebrate?
A Russian victory against Napoleon and his French forces.
Who discovered what we now call The Pythagorean Theorem?
Ancient Babylonian mathematicians.
The man who led the Red Turben rebellion in the Yuan Dynasty and became the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Who was Zhu Yuanzhang?
The main deity in Taoism (not Lao Tzu).
Who is the Jade Emperor?
Two works of literature written during the Renaissance that spurred controversy in the Catholic Church.
What were The Divine Comedy and the 95 Theses?
Mozart's infamous rival from the Classical era.
Who was Salieri?
The famous theory that Georges Lemaître founded?
What was the Big Bang Theory?