Art and Architecture Quiz: 18 Questions With Answers

Art questions reward looking rather than reading. Most people can place a painting they have never studied, because the famous ones are genuinely everywhere — on mugs, in adverts, behind news anchors.

Easy art questions

1. Who painted the Mona Lisa? — Leonardo da Vinci
2. In which city is the Eiffel Tower? — Paris
3. Who painted The Starry Night? — Vincent van Gogh
4. What are the three primary colours in paint? — Red, yellow and blue
5. In which country is the Taj Mahal? — India
6. Which museum houses the Mona Lisa? — The Louvre

Medium art questions

1. Who sculpted David? — Michelangelo
2. Which art movement is Salvador Dalí associated with? — Surrealism
3. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? — Michelangelo
4. Which architect designed the Sagrada Família? — Antoni Gaudí
5. What nationality was Pablo Picasso? — Spanish
6. Which movement did Claude Monet help found? — Impressionism

Hard art questions

1. Which painting was stolen from the Louvre in 1911? — The Mona Lisa
2. Who painted Guernica? — Pablo Picasso
3. What is the term for painting on wet plaster? — Fresco
4. Which ancient wonder still stands today? — The Great Pyramid of Giza
5. Who designed the dome of Florence Cathedral? — Filippo Brunelleschi
6. Which artist cut off part of his own ear? — Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh and Michelangelo appear in almost every art round ever written — if you learn two artists properly, make it those two.