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1Vinci is a village near what city?

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2Verrochio was most talented as what kind of artist?

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3What was the name of Leonardo's father?

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4What was the profession of Leonardo's father?

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5Leonardo was accused of what crime?

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6Leonardo explains his obsession with flight by talking about an experience he had with a bird as a young boy What kind of bird was it?

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7Which family ruled Florence during Leonardo's lifetime?

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8Ludovico Sforza was duke of what city?

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9Who was Lorenzo de Medici's favorite artist?

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10What kind of tree is prominent in Ginevra de Benci, serving as a visual pun?

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11What is the name for a painting which portrays an angel telling Mary about the Virgin birth?

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12Which of the following Leonardo paintings famously lacks halos?

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13The Lady with an Ermine was most likely a portrait of a mistress of which man?

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14What did Pacioli teach to Leonardo?

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15What does the nickname "Salai" mean?

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16According to Vasari, for whom did Leonardo make a mechanical Lion?

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17Which of the following inventions did Leonardo not in some way predict?

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18How many of Leonardo's designs for war machines seem to have been put into production?

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19Who was Leonardo's second-to-last patron?

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20Leonardo probably met Machiavelli when he was in whose service?

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21What was the name of Leonardo's mother?

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22Which of the following paintings was completed?

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23Which pope was in power when Leonardo came to live in the Vatican?

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24Which Medici was referred to as "the magnificent"?

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25What did Leonardo do to study anatomy?

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26In a convent, what is a refectory?

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27For his Last Supper, Leonardo chose what moment of the biblical Last Supper?

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28Which painting did Leonardo do two versions of?

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29In which of the following paintings did Leonardo include unusually realistic wings?

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30In which painting of Verrocchio's did Leonardo paint the leftmost angel?

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31In what region of Italy is Milan found?

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32Which of the following disgusted Leonardo?

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33Leonardo's attempts at flight were based on what?

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34The model for the giant statue of a horse was destroyed by what?

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35Leonardo said that he wanted "to write down what the soul was." This impulse led to which of his studies?

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36Leonardo's inventions tended to follow what principle?

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37When he was preparing to enter the service of Ludovico Sforza, Leonardo wrote a letter detailing his skills at what?

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38About what age was Leonardo when he began his apprenticeship?

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39Which of the following paintings did Leonardo take with him to France?

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40What is the Mona Lisa called in Italian?

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41How many years after Leonardo's death did Vasari write?

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42Whom was Leonardo's bronze horse meant to honor?

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43Which of the following probably helped tempt Leonardo to Milan?

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44Which of the following paintings is the most deteriorated?

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45Who was Leonardo's final patron?

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46Leonardo returned to Florence to fight for his share of whose inheritance?

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47In what year did Leonardo die?

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