| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What house ruled Florence, during this time? | House of Medici | 72%
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| When was he born? | 15 April 1452 | 67%
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| Who was above's master, who died at this time? (hint: purple turtle) | Donatello | 67%
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| What armoured vehicle did Leonardo da Vinci sketch in 1487 despite it being invented in 1915 (during WW1)? | tank | 50%
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| What famous painting did da Vinci finish painting in 1495-1498? | The Last Supper | 44%
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| At age 14, who was his teacher in Florence? | Andrea del Verrocchio | 39%
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| What flying aircraft did Leonardo da Vinci sketch in his Codex on the Flight of Birds in 1505, it was later invented in 1907? | helicopter | 39%
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| What relic is missing from the painting? | Holy Grail | 39%
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| What famous Italian painter painted the companion piece of da Vinci's mural of The Battle of Anghiari, The Battle of Cascina? (hint: orange turtle) | Michelangelo | 39%
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| As well as orange turtle, da Vinci lived in Apostolic Palace in 1516, with what other famous painter? (hint: red turtle) | Raphael | 39%
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| What was da Vinci's drawing in c.1490 that is regarded as a cultural icon of the high renaissance? (hint: ideal body proportions) | Vitruvian Man | 39%
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| When did Leonardo die? | 2 May 1519 | 33%
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| In early 1503, who was the model for da Vinci's Mona Lisa - the most famous painting in history? | Lisa del Giocondo | 28%
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| Who was the father of Cesare Borgia, who in 1502 da Vinci acted as a military architect and engineer for? | Pope Alexander VI | 28%
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| When Sforza was overthrown by France in 1499, where did da Vinci flee to? | Republic of Venice | 28%
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| What year was da Vinci sent as an ambassador by Lorenzo de 'Medici to the Ludovico il Moro, Duke of Milan? | 1482 | 22%
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| What machine did da Vinci sketch and possibly invent in c.1488? | a flying machine | 22%
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| What did he possibly die of? | a stroke | 22%
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| What French King did da Vinci befriend in his last few years of his life and legend has it was holding da Vinci's hand on his deathbed? | Francis I | 22%
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| At the age of 20, what did he get a master in? | Guild of Saint Luke | 22%
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| What painting did da Vinci paint in 1599-1510, that was sold at a public auction 2017 for a recor- breaking fee of $450.3 million? | Salvator Mundi | 22%
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| What early unfinished painting was da Vinci commissioned to paint by the monks of San Donato in Scopeto? | The Adoration of the Magi | 22%
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| What Kingdom did da Vinci travel to on behalf of Sforza, in Spring 1485? | Hungary | 17%
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| What two paintings that were near identical to one other did da Vinci paint in 1483-6? | Virgin of the Rocks | 17%
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| In 1506, who did da Vinci take on as a pupil - considered his favourite student? | Count Francesco Melzi | 11%
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| What is da Vinci's first known work? | Landscape of the Arno Valley | 11%
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| What mechanical animal did di Vinci make, that walked towards the King and – upon being struck by a wand – opened its chest to reveal a cluster of lilies? | lion | 11%
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| After returning to Florence in 1500, what cartoon did da Vinci create that "men [and] women, young and old" flocked to see it "as if they were going to a solemn festival."? | The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist | 11%
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