Digital Art Week 2014 Table Quiz

Digital Art Week
2014
Table Quiz
© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

This Table Quiz is in association with
Digital Art Week
April 28th to May 2nd, 2014
www.digitalartweek.com/2014

Before You Start
• Make sure you have written
your table/group number on
every answer sheet
• Write the number of each
round 1-8 on every answer
sheet
• Try not to shout out
answers
• Good luck and enjoy the quiz

Round 1

Round 1
Question 1
What colour do
you get when
you mix red and
yellow?

Round 1
Question 2
What is
an
artist’s
stand
called?

Round 1
Question 3
What colour is
Vermillion? (a)
orange (b) red
(c) purple

Round 1
Question 4
Unscramble these
letters: RAVLOSAD
to find the first name
of the Spanish artist
Dali

Round 1
Question 5
What is the name
given to a painting
of an artist,
painted by the
artist?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 1
Question 6
This Carravaggio
painting hangs in
the National
Gallery. It is called
“The Taking of:
(a) Christ (b)
Judas (c) John the
Baptist”

Round 2

Round 2
Question 1
In what type of
building would you
find a collection of
paintings on
display?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 2
Question 2
Digital colours are
sometimes known as
“RGB” colours,
because of a mixture
of what three colours?

Round 2
Question 3
“A Lady Writing a
Letter, With Her
Maid” by the
Dutch artist
Johannes Vermeer
hangs in the
National Gallery.
Is it from 15th,
16th or 17th
century?

Round 2
Question 4
Which of these hairs
are not used in
commercial paint
brushes? (a) goat (b)
badger (c) squirrel (d)
human

Round 2
Question 5
What is the name
given to a painting
of inanimate
objects, such as a
bowl of fruit?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 2
Question 6
What do you call
a piece of art
work painted on
a wall?

Round 1
Answers

Round 1 Answers
Question 1
What colour do you
get when you mix
red and yellow?
Orange

Round 1 Answers
Question 2
What is
an artist’s
stand
called?
Easel

Round 1 Answers
Question 3
What colour is
Vermillion? (a)
orange (b) red (c)
purple
Red

Round 1 Answers
Question 4
Unscramble these letters:
RAVLOSAD to find the
first name of the Spanish
artist Dali
Salvador

Round 1 Answers
Question 5
What is the name given
to a painting of an artist,
painted by the artist?
Self-Portrait

Round 1 Answers
Question 6
This Carravaggio
painting hangs in
the National
Gallery. It is called
“The Taking of: (a)
Christ (b) Judas (c)
John the Baptist”
“The Taking of Christ”

Round 3

Round 3
Question 1
Red, blue and
which other colour
are known as
Primary Colours?

Round 3
Question 2
This Jackson
Pollock painting,
“No. 5, 1948”, sold
in 2006 for a then
record price. Was
it: (a) $4m (b)
$14m (c) $140m

Round 3
Question 3
Louis le Brocquy was a
well-known artist who
died in 2012, aged 95.
Was he (a) Irish (b)
French (c) Italian?

Round 3
Question 4
Is Egg Tempera
paint made using
(a) egg white (b)
egg yolk (c) milk?

Round 3
Question 5
What is the
name given to
the art form
where fabric is
decorated using
thread/yarn and
a needle?

Round 3
Question 6
Which famous
Dutch artist is
known for cutting
off his own ear?

Round 2
Answers

Round 2 Answers
Question 1
In what type of building
would you find a
collection of paintings
on display?
Gallery

Round 2 Answers
Question 2
Digital colours are
sometimes known as “RGB”
colours, because of a
mixture of what three
colours?
Red Green Blue

Round 2 Answers
Question 3
“A Lady Writing a
Letter, With Her
Maid” by the Dutch
artist Johannes
Vermeer hangs in the
National Gallery. Is it
from 15th, 16th or
17th century?
17th(painted circa 1670)

Round 2 Answers
Question 4
Which of these hairs are
not used in commercial
paint brushes? (a) goat
(b) badger (c) squirrel (d)
human
Human© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 2 Answers
Question 5
What is the name
given to a painting of
inanimate objects, such
as a bowl of fruit?
Still Life

Round 2 Answers
Question 6
What do you call a
piece of art work
painted on a wall?
Mural

Round 4

Round 4
Question 1
What colour would
you add to red
paint to make
pink?

Round 4
Question 2
Most of this Irish artist’s
paintings are located in
the Hugh Lane Gallery in
Dublin. Is he Francis (a)
Bacon (b) Beef (c) Lamb?

Round 4
Question 3
IMMA is a well-know gallery
in Dublin. What does
“IMMA” stand for? (a) Irish
Museum of Modern Art (b)
Irish Mixed Media Academy
(c) Irish Millennium of
Modern Artists?

Round 4
Question 4
Edvard
Munch
painted “The
Scream”.
What
nationality
was he?

Round 4
Question 5
What is the name
given to a substance
that is used to
change the colour of
a piece of material?

Round 4
Question 6
Which famous film star
(initials MM!) did Pop
Artist Andy Warhol
paint more portraits of
than any other?

Round 3
Answers

Round 3 Answers
Question 1
Red, blue and which
other colour are known
as Primary Colours?
Yellow

Round 3 Answers
Question 2
This Jackson Pollock
painting, “No. 5,
1948”, sold in 2006
for a then record
price. Was it: (a)
$4m (b) $14m (c)
$140m
$140m

Round 3 Answers
Question 3
Louis le Brocquy was a
well-known artist who
died in 2012, aged 95.
Was he (a) Irish (b)
French (c) Italian?
Irish© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 3 Answers
Question 4
Is Egg Tempera paint
made using (a) egg
white (b) egg yolk
(c) milk?
Egg Yolk

Round 3 Answers
Question 5
What is the name
given to the art
form where fabric
is decorated using
thread/yarn and a
needle?
Embroidery

Round 3 Answers
Question 6
Which famous Dutch
artist is known for
cutting off his own ear?
Vincent Van
Gogh

Round 5

Round 5
Question 1
True or false:
“Sgraffito” is a
style of graffiti art?

Round 5
Question 2
This Paul Henry
painting, “A (a)
Wicklow (b)
Dingle (c)
Connemara
Village” hangs in
the National
Gallery. Which is
it? © Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 5
Question 3
Which is the
largest of these
paper sizes: A1,
A2, A3, A4?

Round 5
Question 4
What colour do
you associate with
the word
“crimson”?

Round 5
Question 5
What is the name
given to a form of art
in which pieces of
paper and/or other
materials are glued
onto a surface?

Round 5
Question 6
What flowers is
Vincent Van Gogh
famous for
painting?

Round 4
Answers

Round 4 Answers
Question 1
What colour would
you add to red paint
to make pink?
White

Round 4 Answers
Question 2
Most of this Irish artist’s
paintings are located in the
Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin.
Is he Francis (a) Bacon (b)
Beef (c) Lamb?
Francis Bacon

Round 4 Answers
Question 3
IMMA is a well-know gallery in
Dublin. What does “IMMA”
stand for? (a) Irish Museum of
Modern Art (b) Irish Mixed
Media Academy (c) Irish
Millennium of Modern Artists?
Irish Museum of
Modern Art© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 4 Answers
Question 4
Edvard Munch
painted “The
Scream”. What
nationality was
he?
Norwegian

Round 4 Answers
Question 5
to a substance that is
used to change the
colour of a piece of
material?
Dye© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 4 Answers
Question 6
Which famous film star
(initials MM!) did Pop Artist
Andy Warhol paint more
portraits of than any other?
Marilyn Monroe

Round 6

Round 6
Question 1
True or false: a
piece of bread can
be used as a
substitute for an
eraser?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 6
Question 2
What is the
name given
to this
“shadowy”
form of art?

Round 6
Question 3
Are the tips of the
hairs on a paintbrush
known as (a) the toe
or (b) the head of
the brush?

Round 6
Question 4
How many paintings
did Vincent Van Gogh
sell during his
lifetime: 1, 16 or 54?

Round 6
Question 5
What Irish artist
designed the last
set of Irish bank
notes before the
introduction of the
Euro. Was it Robert
(a) Emmett (b)
Pattinson (c)
Ballagh?

Round 6
Question 6
The painting of
what famous lady
is displayed in The
Louvre gallery in
Paris?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 5
Answers

Round 5 Answers
Question 1
True or false:
“Sgraffito” is a
style of graffiti art?
False (it’s scratches made in
still-wet paint)

Round 5 Answers
Question 2
This Paul Henry
painting, “A (a)
Wicklow (b) Dingle
(c) Connemara
Village” hangs in
the National
Gallery. Which is it?
A Connemara Village

Round 5 Answers
Question 3
Which is the largest
of these paper sizes:
A1, A2, A3, A4?
A1

Round 5 Answers
Question 4
What colour do you
associate with the
word “crimson”?
Red

Round 5 Answers
Question 5
What is the name given to a
form of art in which pieces
of paper and/or other
materials are glued onto a
surface?
Collage

Round 5 Answers
Question 6
What flowers is
Vincent Van Gogh
famous for painting?
Sunflowers

Round 7

Round 7
Question 1
Which of these
pencils has the
hardest lead: B, F,
HB or H?

Round 7
Question 2
What nationality
was the
Impressionist artist
Claude Monet?

Round 7
Question 3
How many colours
are there in a
rainbow?

Round 7
Question 4
What is the name
given to a special type
of oven in which
pottery/clay is baked:
(a) kiln (b) stove (c)
pooter?

Round 7
Question 5
What form of art,
derived from the Greek
“kalle graphe” meaning
“beautiful writing”, is a
stylised form of
writing?

Round 7
Question 6
Who painted the
roof of the Sistine
Chapel in Rome?

Round 6
Answers

Round 6 Answers
Question 1
True or false: a piece
of bread can be used
as a substitute for an
eraser?
True

Round 6 Answers
Question 2
What is the
name given
to this
“shadowy”
form of art?
Silhouette

Round 6 Answers
Question 3
Are the tips of the hairs
on a paintbrush known
as (a) the toe or (b)
the head of the brush?
Toe

Round 6 Answers
Question 4
How many paintings
did Vincent Van Gogh
sell during his
lifetime: 1, 16 or 54?
1

Round 6 Answers
Question 5
What Irish artist
designed the last set
of Irish bank notes
before the introduction
of the Euro. Was it
Robert (a) Emmett (b)
Pattinson (c) Ballagh?
Robert Ballagh

Round 6 Answers
Question 6
The painting of what
famous lady is
displayed in The
Louvre gallery in Paris?
Mona Lisa

Round 8

Round 8
Question 1
What paper would you
sometimes use to paint
on in school: (a) flour
paper (b) sugar paper
(c) tea paper?

Round 8
Question 2
Pablo Picasso became
associated with a
particular style of art.
Was it called (a)
Conism (b) Pyramidism
(c) Cubism

Round 8
Question 3
What is the
name given
to this artist’s
board, used
for mixing
colours?

Round 8
Question 4
Cén Gaeilge atá ar
an dath “blue”?

Round 8
Question 5
What name is given
to a cotton or linen
woven cloth used as
a surface for
painting?

Round 8
Question 6
This type of art uses dots
rather than brush strokes
to make the painting. Is it
called (a) pointillism (b)
giornata (c) repoussoir?

Round 7
Answers

Round 7 Answers
Question 1
Which of these
pencils has the
hardest lead: B, F,
HB or H?
H

Round 7 Answers
Question 2
What nationality was
the Impressionist
artist Claude Monet?
French

Round 7 Answers
Question 3
How many colours
are there in a
rainbow?
7

Round 7 Answers
Question 4
to a special type of oven
in which pottery/clay is
baked: (a) kiln (b) stove
(c) pooter?
Kiln© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 7 Answers
Question 5
What form of art, derived
from the Greek “kalle
graphe” meaning
“beautiful writing”, is a
stylised form of writing?
Calligraphy© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 7 Answers
Question 6
Who painted the
roof of the Sistine
Chapel in Rome?
Michelangelo

Round 8
Answers

Round 8 Answers
Question 1
What paper would you
sometimes use to paint on
in school: (a) flour paper (b)
sugar paper (c) tea paper?
Sugar Paper

Round 8 Answers
Question 2
Pablo Picasso became
associated with a particular
style of art. Was it called (a)
Conism (b) Pyramidism (c)
Cubism
Cubism

Round 8 Answers
Question 3
What is the
name given to
this artist’s
board, used
for mixing
colours?
Palette

Round 8 Answers
Question 4
Cén Gaeilge atá ar
an dath “blue”?
Gorm

Round 8 Answers
Question 5
What name is given to a
cotton or linen woven
cloth used as a surface
for painting?
Canvas

Round 8 Answers
Question 6
This type of art uses dots
rather than brush strokes to
make the painting. Is it
called (a) pointillism (b)
giornata (c) repoussoir?
Pointillism

Tie-Break
Round

Tie-Break Round
Question 1
The Irish artist
Pauline Bewick lives
in what Irish county?
(a) Louth (b) Kerry
(c) Donegal

Tie-Break Round
Question 2
The Irish artist William
Orpen was an official war
painter of World War I.
What did he mainly
paint? (a) portraits (b)
landscapes (c) still lifes?

Tie-Break Round
Question 3
What art material
does a Ceramicist
work with? (a) clay
(b) steel (c) wood

Tie-Break Round
Question 4
What is the name
given to a work of art
made up of three
parts? (a) triptych (b)
triazole (c) triglyph

Tie-Break Round
Question 5
What is the
nearest area of a
painting known
as?

Tie-Break Round
Question 6
Name the famous
artist brother of
the Irish poet W.B.
Yeats

Tie-Break
Answers

Tie-Break Answers
Question 1
The Irish artist Pauline
Bewick lives in what Irish
county? (a) Louth (b)
Kerry (c) Donegal
Kerry

Tie-Break Answers
Question 2
The Irish artist William Orpen
was an official war painter of
World War I. What did he
mainly paint? (a) portraits (b)
landscapes (c) still lifes?
Portraits

Tie-Break Answers
Question 3
What art material does
a Ceramicist work
with? (a) clay (b) steel
(c) wood
Clay

Tie-Break Answers
Question 4
to a work of art made up
of three parts? (a)
triptych (b) triazole (c)
triglyph
Triptych© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Tie-Break Answers
Question 5
What is the nearest
area of a painting
known as?
Foreground

Tie-Break Answers
Question 6
Name the famous
artist brother of the
Irish poet W.B. Yeats
Jack B. Yeats

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