October 2026 edition

Italian Renaissance quiz

Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
ARaphael
BBotticelli
CMichelangelo
DDonatello
104 pts+10

How much do you really know about the Italian Renaissance? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from Leonardo and Michelangelo to Florence's banking families.

Renaissance · October 2026 edition

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Q6 / 50Opener
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
AMichelangelo
BRaphael
CTitian
DLeonardo da Vinci

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerFlorence, Venice and famous painters
2EasyMedici money, popes and Rome's rebuilding
3TrickyMachiavelli, Ariosto and Venetian printing
4HardBrunelleschi, Palladio and Renaissance music
5BrutalPeace of Lodi, Pico and Tartaglia
Renaissance titlesout of 500
Masterpiece50 / 50
Polymath350+
Court artist275+
Master painter200+
Journeyman100+
Apprentice1+
Blank canvas0

44 of 50 right · six short of Masterpiece

You vs Katie BRenaissance · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Who wrote The Prince?
Niccolò Machiavelli✓GBKB
Dante Alighieri
Petrarch
Baldassare Castiglione

Speed scores

Quick on the draw.

Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Who painted the Mona Lisa? No time to sketch it out.

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From sketch to fresco.

Five rounds of ten. The brushstrokes get trickier.

Titles

Rise through the workshop.

When you finish, your score earns a title: Blank canvas if you score nothing, Masterpiece if you get every question right.

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