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Vincent van Gogh Quiz: Arles, Theo, Auvers and Paintings
Test your knowledge of Vincent van Gogh: his brother Theo, his stay in Arles, his best-known paintings, his time in an asylum and his death in Auvers-sur-Oise.
Culture & Media quizzes
Cinema, music, literature, art
Culture & Media brings together the works and the channels that shape what we all talk about: cinema from the Lumière brothers to today's streaming series, pop and classical music, novels and poetry, painting and architecture, video games and comics, as well as the press, radio and television that carry them to the public. Each sub-theme covers its own corner of this shared culture, with famous works, creators and turning points.
The Culture & Media quizzes let you check what you know about cult films, landmark albums, literary prizes or major art movements. They are free, offered at five levels from very easy to expert, with a short explanation after every answer so you leave knowing a little more than you came with.
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MediumLiterature
Alexandre Dumas Quiz: Musketeers, Monte Cristo
Test your knowledge of Alexandre Dumas: his birth, his heroes, the Château d'If, his collaborator, his son, also a writer, and the end of his life.
EasyGastronomy
Hummus Quiz: Chickpeas, Tahini and Pita Bread
Test what you know about hummus: its ingredients, the meaning of its name in Arabic, tahini, falafel and how it is served in the Levant.
EasyGastronomy
Paella Quiz: Rice, Saffron and the Valencian Recipe
Test your knowledge of paella: its Valencian origins, traditional ingredients, the pan that gives it its name, the socarrat and bomba rice.
MediumGastronomy
Michelin Guide Quiz: Stars, Bibendum and Origins
Stars, Bib Gourmand, Bibendum, red cover: test your knowledge of the Michelin Guide, its history, its awards and its great chefs.
ExpertGastronomy
Expert gastronomy quiz: Michelin Guide origins, elBulli and Noma
The first Michelin Guide's year, elBulli's location, Noma's co-founder, Osteria Francescana's city and the cuisine of ají amarillo. Expert, free.
HardGastronomy
Hard gastronomy quiz: béchamel, umami, kaiseki, mole and injera
Classic sauces, the chemist who named umami, Japanese kaiseki, a surprising ingredient in mole poblano and Ethiopia's injera. Hard, 10 questions.
MediumGastronomy
Intermediate food quiz: risotto, miso, Paul Bocuse and Michelin stars
Risotto rice, Japan's soup paste, Paul Bocuse's city, bouillabaisse's home and the Michelin Guide's top rating. Intermediate gastronomy quiz, free.
EasyGastronomy
Easy food quiz: paella, curry, ramen, hummus and Greek salad
Paella's homeland, the spice behind curry's colour, ramen's cuisine, hummus's base and the cheese in a Greek salad. Easy, free, 10 questions.
Very easyGastronomy
Very easy food quiz: pizza, sushi, guacamole and baguette origins
Where pizza, sushi and the baguette come from, what goes into guacamole and which cheese tops a Margherita. A very easy, free food quiz, 10 questions.
ExpertFashion & Design
Expert fashion and design quiz: LC4, E-1027, Balmain and De Stijl
The LC4 chaise longue's co-designer, the E-1027 villa's creator, Balmain's founder, Rietveld's art movement and Denmark's PH lamps. Expert, free.
HardFashion & Design
Hard fashion and design quiz: Vionnet, haute couture and Bauhaus
The father of haute couture in 1858, who freed women from the corset, Vionnet's cut, the 1926 Bauhaus city and the Wassily chair. Hard, 10 questions.
MediumFashion & Design
Intermediate fashion and design quiz: Chanel No. 5, Balenciaga, Gaudí
Audrey Hepburn's couturier, the Barcelona chair's architect, Chanel No. 5's launch year, Balenciaga's birthplace and Gaudí's Casa Batlló. Intermediate.
EasyFashion & Design
Easy fashion and design quiz: Dior's New Look, Bauhaus, trench coats
The year of Dior's New Look, the 1965 Mondrian dress, the Bauhaus founder, a polo-player emblem and a British trench coat. Easy, free, 10 questions.
Very easyFashion & Design
Very easy fashion and design quiz: Chanel, jeans and famous logos
Who founded Chanel, which Italian city rules Fashion Week, jeans fabric and brands with a crocodile or a swoosh. Very easy, free, 10 questions.
ExpertComics & Graphic Novels
Expert comics quiz: Fantastic Four, Batman's debut and Petit Nicolas
Debut years of the Fantastic Four and Tintin, Batman's first comic in 1939, Le Petit Nicolas's illustrator and a 1978 graphic novel. Expert level.
Hard comics quiz: Dark Knight Returns, Akira, Maus and Persepolis
Asterix's 1959 magazine, the year of The Dark Knight Returns and the authors of Akira, Maus and Persepolis: a hard graphic novel quiz, free.
MediumComics & Graphic Novels
Intermediate comics quiz: Marvel and DC creators and manga classics
Who created Spider-Man in 1962 and Superman, when the Man of Steel debuted in Action Comics, plus a deadly-notebook manga and the god of manga.
Easy comics and manga quiz: Tintin, Asterix, Marvel and Dragon Ball
Who drew Asterix with Goscinny, who created Tintin, which publisher is behind the Avengers and who wrote Dragon Ball? Easy, free, 10 questions.
Very easyComics & Graphic Novels
Very easy comics quiz: Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Tintin, Asterix
Secret identities of Spider-Man and Batman, Superman's home planet, a quiffed reporter and a menhir-carrying Gaul. Very easy, free, 10 questions.
ExpertVideo Games
Expert video games quiz: Nintendo origins, Pac-Man and first consoles
A fairy from Ocarina of Time, Nintendo's playing card roots, Pac-Man's designer, the first home console and Final Fantasy's composer. Expert, free.
HardVideo Games
Hard video games quiz: Dark Souls, Zelda, Final Fantasy and Sonic
Dark Souls' studio, Super Mario Bros.' Japanese launch, Breath of the Wild's release year and the minds behind Final Fantasy and Sonic. Hard, free.
MediumVideo Games
Video game creators quiz: Mario, Portal, Metal Gear (intermediate)
Which studios built Portal and Street Fighter? Who created Mario and Metal Gear Solid? Plus the PlayStation's Japan launch year. Intermediate, free.
EasyVideo Games
Easy video games quiz: Minecraft, The Witcher 3, GTA and Master Chief
Minecraft's release year, the villain who kidnaps Princess Peach, The Witcher 3's studio, GTA's publisher and Master Chief's series. Easy, free.
Very easyVideo Games
Very easy video games quiz: iconic mascots, consoles and open worlds
Famous game mascots, a blue speedster, building in an open world and the makers of PlayStation and Xbox: a very easy, free 10-question quiz.
ExpertMythology
Expert mythology quiz: Dionysus, the Fates, Ragnarök and Heracles
Dionysus's mother, the Fate who cuts life's thread, Odin's end at Ragnarök, Egypt's divine scribe and Heracles' first labour. Expert, 10 questions.
HardMythology
Hard mythology quiz: Hermes, Athena, Odin's horse and Orpheus
Hermes's mother, Athena's unusual birth, Odin's eight-legged horse, an Egyptian goddess of love and Orpheus in the Underworld. Hard, 10 questions.
MediumMythology
Intermediate mythology quiz: Medusa, Minotaur, Valhalla and Argo
Who beat Medusa and the Minotaur, what Valhalla was, Jason's ship and the Titan who gave fire to humans. An intermediate, free mythology quiz.
EasyMythology
Easy mythology quiz: Greek underworld, Norse All-Father, Egyptian sun
Who rules the dead, who is the Norse All-Father, which god embodies the Egyptian sun, and who is the goddess of love or the Roman war god? Easy, free.
Very easyMythology
Very easy mythology quiz: Greek, Roman, Norse and Egyptian gods
The king of the Greek gods, the ruler of the sea, a Roman counterpart, a Norse hammer-wielder and an Egyptian god of embalming. Very easy, free.
ExpertArt
Expert Art Quiz: Suprematism, Mannerism and Quattrocento Painters
Expert art quiz: a Flemish master's workshop, Malevich's Black Square, Mannerist elongation, a Swiss sculptor of thin figures and The Battle of San Romano.
HardArt
Hard Art Quiz: Chiaroscuro, Las Meninas and Liberty Leading the People
A hard art quiz on Baroque chiaroscuro, Judith Beheading Holofernes, Las Meninas, Neoclassicism's Oath of the Horatii and Romantic painting of 1830.
MediumArt
Art Quiz: Starry Night, Guernica and the Sistine Chapel (Intermediate)
Intermediate art quiz: The Starry Night, Florence's David, Guernica, the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the early 20th-century movement of Picasso and Braque.
EasyArt
Art Quiz: Impressionism, Surrealism and the MoMA (Easy)
Easy art quiz on Impression, Sunrise, The Thinker and The Kiss, melting clocks, The Birth of Venus and New York's Museum of Modern Art. 10 questions.
Very easyArt
Art Quiz: Girl with a Pearl Earring, Louvre and Fresco (Very Easy)
A very easy art quiz: Girl with a Pearl Earring, sculpting techniques, the Parisian museum in a royal palace, The Night Watch and painting on wet plaster.
ExpertLiterature
Expert Literature Quiz: Formalism, Theory and Postmodern Novels
Expert literature quiz on Russian Formalism, The Man Without Qualities, the death of the author, Gravity's Rainbow and the Morphology of the Folktale.
HardLiterature
Hard Literature Quiz: Ulysses, Faust and Stream of Consciousness
A hard literature quiz on Ulysses in Dublin, Faust, The Sound and the Fury, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and a poet published after her death.
MediumLiterature
Literature Quiz: Nobel Prize, Modernism and Theater (Intermediate)
Intermediate literature quiz: a 1982 Nobel winner, The Red and the Black, Waiting for Godot, a man turned into an insect and Mrs Dalloway. 10 questions.
EasyLiterature
Literature Quiz: Crime and Punishment, Poirot and Tartuffe (Easy)
Easy literature quiz: Crime and Punishment, the playwright of Tartuffe, Poirot's creator, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Flowers of Evil.
Very easyLiterature
Literature Quiz: Les Misérables, Sherlock Holmes, Fables (Very Easy)
A very easy literature quiz: the author of Les Misérables, poems told in verse, the Crow and the Fox fable, Sherlock Holmes's creator and biographies.
ExpertMusic
Expert Music Quiz: Twelve-Tone, Goldberg Variations, Bebop
Expert music quiz: twelve-tone technique, the Goldberg Variations, a Romani jazz guitarist, musique concrète and the pianist behind Round Midnight.
HardMusic
Hard Music Quiz: Clair de lune, Rite of Spring, Ring Cycle
A hard music quiz on French impressionism, an electric guitar pioneer, the scandalous 1913 Rite of Spring, A Love Supreme and the four-opera Ring cycle.
MediumMusic
Music Quiz: Magic Flute, Swan Lake and Hard Rock (Intermediate)
Intermediate music quiz: the composer of The Magic Flute, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page's band, the Godfather of Soul, Swan Lake and West Coast hip-hop.
EasyMusic
Music Quiz: Pop, Classical, Grunge and Electro (Easy)
Easy music quiz: the King of Pop, a deaf 18th-century composer, Kurt Cobain's grunge, club electronic music and the singer of I Will Always Love You.
Very easyMusic
Music Quiz: Instruments, Rock Bands and Jazz (Very Easy)
A very easy music quiz: the bowed instrument held under the chin, the band fronted by Freddie Mercury, a side-blown flute, jazz and the drums.
ExpertCinema & TV
Expert Cinema & TV Quiz: Auteur Theory, Nosferatu, Welles' 1941 Film
Expert cinema quiz on the auteur theory, the director of Nosferatu, Orson Welles' 1941 landmark, a Cannes-winning role for Haneke and German Expressionism.
HardCinema & TV
Hard Cinema & TV Quiz: Montage, French New Wave and Black Mirror
Hard cinema and TV quiz: Battleship Potemkin and montage, Godard's 1960 discontinuous editing, Persona, Italian neorealism and Charlie Brooker's anthology.
MediumCinema & TV
Cinema & TV Quiz: Oscar Winners, Zemeckis and Mob TV (Intermediate)
Intermediate cinema and TV quiz on a 1994 Zemeckis film, an Oscar for playing Édith Piaf, a New Jersey mob boss in therapy, The Shape of Water and Joker.
EasyCinema & TV
Cinema & TV Quiz: Bond, Ghibli and Pulp Fiction (Easy)
Easy cinema and TV quiz: the Bond actor of 2006 to 2021, a chemistry teacher turned drug maker, Pulp Fiction's director, Totoro's studio and Hermione.
Very easyCinema & TV
Cinema & TV Quiz: Marvel, Disney and Harry Potter (Very Easy)
Very easy cinema and TV quiz: a Marvel armored hero, the director of E.T., a dragon series, a Disney mermaid and the young wizard of the film saga.
Frequently asked questions about Culture & Media
Who invented movable-type printing in Europe?
Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith from Mainz, developed printing with movable metal type around 1450. His 42-line Bible, printed around 1455, is one of the first major books produced this way in Europe, and the technique helped books circulate far more widely.
When was the first paid public screening of the Lumière brothers' cinematograph?
It took place on 28 December 1895 in the Salon Indien of the Grand Café on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris. Auguste and Louis Lumière showed a programme of short films, including Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory in Lyon and The Waterer Watered.
Who painted the Mona Lisa and where is it displayed today?
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early sixteenth century. It is held at the Louvre Museum in Paris and remains one of the most famous paintings in the world.