From Pantheon to Penicillin

This quiz moves through art, sport, music, science, and general knowledge, linking famous names, timeless works, and defining moments in cultural history. From Renaissance masters and Baroque painters to football icons, heavy metal legends, Italian classics, and world-changing discoveries, each question opens the door to a different field of knowledge. It is a short but varied set designed to test how well you connect well-known clues with the names, ideas, and places behind them.

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Category: Art

Published: 27. 3. 2026.

1. Among the greatest preserved architectural achievements of Antiquity is the Pantheon in Rome. Since 1520, it has housed the tomb of the artist responsible for such celebrated works as The School of Athens, The Transfiguration, and The Three Graces. What was the name of this great Renaissance painter?

Raphael

Category: Sport

Published: 27. 3. 2026.

2. Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid is a former Egyptian footballer who represented clubs such as Ajax, Roma, Tottenham Hotspur, Middlesbrough, Celta Vigo, and West Ham United during his professional career between 2000 and 2013. However, he was far more widely known by the nickname displayed on the back of his shirt throughout much of that period. By what nickname is he best known?

Mido

Category: Art

Published: 27. 3. 2026.

3. A Sevillian-born artist of 1599, later appointed court painter to Philip IV of Spain, is considered one of the greatest portraitists of the Baroque and the creator of numerous historically significant works. Who was he?

Diego Velázquez

Category: Music

Published: 27. 3. 2026.

4. Black Sabbath, pioneers of heavy metal and one of the most influential rock bands of the twentieth century, owed much of their unmistakable sound to their guitarist rather than to their lead singer. Who was this musician?

Tony Iommi

Category: Trivia

Published: 1. 4. 2026.

5. Alongside pasta, pizza is one of the most widespread Italian dishes in the world, and it appears in countless varieties. Yet some kinds are recognisable almost everywhere: Napoletana, Margherita, Quattro Formaggi, and Quattro Stagioni. What was the name of the Italian Baroque composer whose cycle of four violin concertos is popularly known by the same title as the last of these pizzas?

Antonio Vivaldi

Category: Science

Published: 1. 4. 2026.

6. By the middle of the twentieth century, Alexander Fleming had already secured his place in scientific history thanks to the discovery that initiated the antibiotic revolution. Honoured with a knighthood in 1944 and a Nobel Prize in 1945, what exactly had Fleming discovered?

Penicillin

Category: Art

Published: 1. 4. 2026.

7. Among the most celebrated sculptures carved by Michelangelo Buonarroti is the figure of Moses, created for the tomb of Pope Julius II. The whole funerary complex was likewise conceived by Michelangelo, and for a project of this scale he relied on the highest-quality marble that could be obtained in Italy. Near which city was the quarry situated from which this marble came?

Carrara