Arts and Design

Where is this orgy taking place? The great British art quiz


This quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home for the UK’s public art collections, showing art from over 3,000 venues and by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions.

Today, our questions are set by the Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, the house and museum of the renowned Regency architect Sir John Soane.

You can see art from the museum on Art UK here. Find out more on the Sir John Soane’s Museum website here.

This institution is the UK’s smallest national museum. In which year did it become so?

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When Sir John Soane completed his Picture Room in 1824 it was hung with more paintings than were then owned by the National Gallery. How many were there?

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Which Egyptian deity spans the base of this sarcophagus created for Pharaoh Seti I of the XIXth dynasty, c. 1370 BC?

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Which important member of Sir John Soane’s household is interred in this monumental tomb within the museum?

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Sir John Soane’s son, George (at left in this painting), was lauded for his translation of which great work into English?

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Soane acquired A Rake’s Progress, the famous series of paintings by William Hogarth, from William Beckford in 1802. The scene depicts the misdeeds of the antagonist Rake in real settings – in which London district is the scene set?

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Which good friend of Soane’s gifted him this portrait of his deceased wife?

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The museum’s spaces form the backdrop for a scene in which movie?

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You got…

A pretty good score – but maybe you need to brush up on your Transformers.

Unlike the Rake, you didn’t make much progress on this quiz.

A score as spectacular as one of Sir John’s designs. Congratulations




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