Thinkers and Creators
Name that Work
Scientific Revolution
English Renaissance
Miscellaneous
100
Did Michelangelo like to paint?
No he did not, he liked to sculpt more
100
What statue is this and who sculpted it?
David
by Michelangelo
100
How did Isaac Newton first get thinking about the idea of gravity?
When he was sitting under a tree and an apple fell on his head
100
What is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays?
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
MacBeth
A Midsummer Night's Dream
100
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Florence, Italy
200
What was the theater company that Shakespeare wrote and acted for?
Lord Chamberlain's Men, later renamed to the King's Men
200
What painting is this and who painted it?
Mona Lisa,
Leonardo Da Vinci
200
What is Galileo often wrongly credited for inventing?
He is wrongly credited for inventing the telescope, although he did make great improvements to it
200
Other than his plays and poems, what is Shakespeare's biggest contribution?
He invented and added 1700 words to the English language
200
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
"Rebirth"
300
What started to happen to Michelangelo physically during the process of painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
He started to loose his vision from working under low candlelight
300
What building is this and who painted it?
Sistine Chapel,
Michelangelo
300
Why did many people consider science dangerous in the times of the Renaissance?
Because it could go against what the Bible said
300
How did the English Renaissance differ from that of the Italian Renaissance?
The English were more focused on literature and music and the Italians more on painting and sculpting
300
What is the renaissance a rebirth of?
Arts and literature
400
What does the expression "Renaissance Man" mean?
Someone who has many skills and talents
400
What is this statue and who sculpted it?
La Pieta,
Michelangelo
400
What did Johanns Guttenburg invent and what does it do?
The printing press, can print books much faster than before
400
How many wives did King Henry VIII have in total?
Six wives
Remember:
"King Henry VIII to six wives he was wedded; one died, one survived, two divorced, two beheaded"
400
Who hung the 95 thesis on the church door that started that protestant reformation?
Martin Luther
500
What did Da Vinci do in order to sketch the human body in his medical journals?
He performed dissections on corpses
500
What painting is this and who painted it?
The Last Supper
Leonardo Da Vinci
500
What does the heliocentric model state and who made the belief famous?
That the earth revolves around the sun, instead of the other way around like previously thought,
Idea made famous by Copernicus
500
What did King Henry VIII want to do with his first wife and what did he do when the pope wouldn't let him?
He wanted to divorce her, but since divorce was forbidden in the Catholic Church, he split and formed his own church (the Church of England)
500
Who was Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Hathaway