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 WeekApril 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 1Question 1

What colour do you get when you mix red and yellow?


Round 1Question 2

What is an artist’s stand called?


Round 1Question 3

What colour is Vermillion? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple


Round 1Question 4

Unscramble these letters: RAVLOSAD to find the first name of the Spanish artist Dali© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 1Question 5

What is the name given to a painting of an artist, painted by the artist?


Round 1Question 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 2Question 1

In what type of building would you find a collection of paintings on display?


Round 2Question 2

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


Round 2Question 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?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 2Question 4

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


Round 2Question 5

What is the name given to a painting of inanimate objects, such as a bowl of fruit?


Round 2Question 6

What do you call a piece of art work painted on a wall?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 1 Answers


Round 1 Answers

Question 1

What colour do you get when you mix red and yellow?

Orange© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 1 Answers

Question 2

What is an artist’s stand called?


Easel

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Question 3

What colour is Vermillion? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple

Red© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 1 Answers

Question 4

Unscramble these letters: RAVLOSAD to find the first name of the Spanish artist Dali

Salvador© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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Question 5

What is the name given to a painting of an artist, painted by the artist?

Self-Portrait© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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 3Question 1

Red, blue and which other colour are known as Primary Colours?


Round 3Question 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 3Question 3

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


Round 3Question 4

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


Round 3Question 5

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


Round 3Question 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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 2 Answers

Question 2

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

Red Green Blue© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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Question 6

What do you call a piece of art work painted on a wall?

Mural


Round 4


Round 4Question 1

What colour would you add to red paint to make pink?


Round 4Question 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 4Question 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?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 4Question 4

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


Round 4Question 5

What is the name given to a substance that is used to change the colour of a piece of material?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 4Question 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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 5


Round 5Question 1

True or false: “Sgraffito” is a style of graffiti art?


Round 5Question 2

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


Round 5Question 3

Which is the largest of these paper sizes: A1, A2, A3, A4?


Round 5Question 4

What colour do you associate with the word “crimson”?


Round 5Question 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?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 5Question 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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 4 Answers

Question 3IMMA 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

What is the name given 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 6Question 1

True or false: a piece of bread can be used as a substitute for an eraser?


Round 6Question 2

What is the name given to this “shadowy” form of art?


Round 6Question 3

Are the tips of the hairs on a paintbrush known as (a) the toe or (b) the head of the brush?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 6Question 4

How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell during his lifetime: 1, 16 or 54?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 6Question 5What 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 6Question 6

The painting of what famous lady is displayed in The Louvre gallery in Paris?


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)© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 5 Answers

Question 2This 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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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Question 4

What colour do you associate with the word “crimson”?

Red© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 5 Answers

Question 6

What flowers is Vincent Van Gogh famous for painting?

Sunflowers© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 7


Round 7Question 1

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


Round 7Question 2

What nationality was the Impressionist artist Claude Monet?


Round 7Question 3

How many colours are there in a rainbow?


Round 7Question 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 7Question 5

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

Round 7Question 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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 6 Answers

Question 2

What is the name given to this “shadowy” form of art?


Silhouette

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Question 3

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

Toe© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 6 Answers

Question 4

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

1© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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Question 5What 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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 8


Round 8Question 1

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


Round 8Question 2

Pablo Picasso became associated with a particular style of art. Was it called (a) Conism (b) Pyramidism (c) Cubism© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 8Question 3

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


Round 8Question 4

Cén Gaeilge atá ar an dath “blue”?


Round 8Question 5

What name is given to a cotton or linen woven cloth used as a surface for painting?© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 8Question 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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 7 Answers

Question 2

What nationality was the Impressionist artist Claude Monet?

French© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 7 Answers

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?

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Round 8 Answers

Question 3

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


Palette

Round 8 Answers

Question 5

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

Canvas© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Tie-Break Round


Tie-Break Round

Question 1

The Irish artist Pauline Bewick lives in what Irish county? (a) Louth (b) Kerry (c) Donegal© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Tie-Break Answers

Question 2The 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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Tie-Break Answers

Question 3

What art material does a Ceramicist work with? (a) clay (b) steel (c) wood

Clay© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Tie-Break Answers

Question 4

What is the name given 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© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

Tie-Break Answers

Question 6

Name the famous artist brother of the Irish poet W.B. Yeats

Jack B. Yeats© Seomra Ranga 2014 www.seomraranga.com

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