What Do You Know About Leonardo da Vinci?

Leonardo da Vinci is considered by many to be among the biggest geniuses in all of history. That's no mean feat! He was proficient in so many things, and we are still discovering incredible things about him to this day. Do you know a little about this great mind? Let's find out!
 
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Hint
At the age of 14 Leonardo became an apprentice for which artist?
Verrocchio
Michelangelo
Donatello
Raphael
 
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Where in Italy was da Vinci born?
Rome
Vinci
Naples
Venice
 
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What was the theme of most of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings?
City Life
Pastoral
Religious
Man vs. Nature
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Which of these paintings was NOT painted by Leonardo da Vinci?
The Last Supper
The Baptism of Christ
The School of Athens
Virgin of the Rocks
 
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True or False: Leonardo da Vinci was married three times.
True
False
 
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Italian artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci lived during what period?
Renaissance
Middle Ages
Industrial Revolution
Enlightenment
 
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True or False: Leonardo da Vinci was a vegetarian
True
False
 
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Hint
Leonardo da Vinci was called the "Homo Universalis", which is Latin for what type of man?
Uncompromising
Wise
Artistic
Skilled in numerous fields
 
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Hint
Which century was Leonardo da Vinci born in?
15th
16th
14th
13th
 
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Da Vinci drew a famous anatomical drawing of a man. What was it called?
The Perfect Man
The Vitruvian Man
Man in God's Proportions
The Engineering of Man
 
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Which of these things was Leonardo da Vinci NOT skilled at?
Art
Politics
Math
Architecture
Music
Science
 
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Leonardo da Vinci guarded his writings by inventing his own shorthand. What else did he do when writing?
Wrote the words upside down
Wrote backwards from right to left
Mix words with the words before and after them
Wrote the words phonetically in Greek
 
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