Leonardo da Vinci quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which armored war vehicle did Leonardo design?

   Answer: Tank

   Why: The angled wooden shell of the tank was designed to make enemy cannon fire glance harmlessly off.

2. 2 Medium

   What animal is the subject holding in Leonardo's Lady with an Ermine?

   Answer: A white weasel

   Why: The panel hangs in Krakow: Poland bought it with the whole Czartoryski collection in 2016 for 100 million euros.

3. 3 Hard

   Who was Leonardo's primary patron for seventeen years?

   Answer: Ludovico Sforza

   Why: Leonardo's job letter to the duke ran nine points on bridges, tunnels and artillery, and only reached painting in the tenth.

4. 4 Easy

   In which small Tuscan hill town was Leonardo born in 1452?

   Answer: Vinci

   Why: He never had a surname: the name simply announced him as Leonardo, son of ser Piero, from Vinci.

5. 5 Medium

   In which Italian city is Leonardo's mural The Last Supper located?

   Answer: Milan

   Why: An Allied bomb wrecked the refectory in August 1943, but sandbags and scaffolding piled against the wall kept the mural standing.

6. 6 Hard

   Which figure did Leonardo paint in Verrocchio's Baptism of Christ?

   Answer: An angel

   Why: Vasari wrote that the young Leonardo's angel so outshone the rest of the panel that Verrocchio put down his brush for good.