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$100 th 14 -century This Florentine is considered the “father” of Humanism in Renaissance Italy. Scoreboard Answer

$100 Who is Petrarch? Petrarch Round 1

$200 This philosopher wrote On the Dignity of Man and believed humans were capable of achieving great things. Scoreboard Answer

$200 Who is Pico Della Mirandola? Mirandola Round 1

$300 This Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII wrote Utopia, a view of an ideal society based on Renaissance ideals. Scoreboard Answer

$300 Who is Thomas More? More Round 1

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$400 The Courtier, written by this diplomat, was the most important work on courtly behavior and the ideal of the quintessential Renaissance man. Scoreboard Answer

$400 Who is Baldassare Castiglione? Castiglione Round 1

$500 This Frenchman’s development of the essay form and his ideas of skepticism made him an important figure in the late Renaissance. Scoreboard Answer

$500 Who is Michel de Montaigne? Montaigne Round 1

$100 This long war between England France resulted in England’s loss of nearly all its French territories. Scoreboard Answer

$100 What is the Hundred Years’ War? War Round 1

$200 This young peasant quasimilitary leader helped the French defeat England in the Hundred Year’s War. Scoreboard Answer

$200 Who is Joan of Arc? Arc Round 1

$300 The mutinous armies of this emperor sacked Rome in 1527. Scoreboard Answer

$300 Who is Charles V? V Round 1

$400 This late-fifteenth century struggle between two noble families led to the rise of the Tudor Dynasty in England. Scoreboard Answer

$400 What is the War of the Roses? Roses Round 1

$500 This policy resulted in the expulsion of Moors and Jews from Spain in th the late-15 century. Scoreboard Answer

$500 What is the reconquista? Round 1

$100 This sculptor created th in the 15 century the first bronze statue since antiquity. Scoreboard Answer

$100 Who is Donatello? Donatello Round 1

$200 Michelangelo built a huge dome atop this basilica for the pope in th the early-16 century. Scoreboard Answer

$200 What is St. Peter’s Basilica? Basilica Round 1

$300 This technique was developed by Giotto to create 3 -D effects. He used contrasts of light and dark colors. Scoreboard Answer

$300 What is chiaroscuro? Round 1

$400 This master of perspective built in Florence then-largest dome in the world, known as Il Duomo. Scoreboard Answer

$400 Who is Brunelleschi? Brunelleschi Round 1

$500 This German was the foremost Northern Renaissance artist, a master of the woodcut. Scoreboard Answer

$500 Who is Albrecht Dürer? Round 1

$100 This “arachnid” monarch in France created a royal army and suppressed the nobility in the latefifteenth century. Scoreboard Answer

$100 Who is Louis XI (the “Spider King”)? Round 1

$200 These two monarchs united Spain in the late th 15 century and established the Reconquista. Scoreboard Answer

$200 Who are Ferdinand Isabella? Round 1

$300 This French ruler instituted the taille and took power of appointing bishops away from the Church in the Concordat of Bologna (1516). Scoreboard Answer

$300 Who is Francis I? Round 1

$400 th late-15 This century Tudor used the Star Chamber to reduce the power of the nobility. Scoreboard Answer

$400 Who is Henry VII? Round 1

$500 This ruler, though not really a “new monarch, ” led both the Spanish and Austrian Hapsburg branches and was the most powerful European ruler of the 16 th century. Scoreboard Answer

$500 Who is Charles V? Round 1

$100 This northern humanist wrote a powerful critique of Catholic Church abuses in In Praise of Folly. Scoreboard Answer

$100 Who is Erasmus? Round 1

$200 th turn-of-the-16 - This century pontiff was the most worldly and corrupt of the Renaissance popes. He was a huge patron of Renaissance Art. Scoreboard Answer

$200 Who is Alexander VI? Round 1

$300 This fourteenth century English theologian believed the Church should only follow scripture. His followers were the Lollards. Scoreboard Answer

$300 Who is John Wyclif? Round 1

$400 This leading French humanist produced five versions of the Psalms that challenged a single authoritative version of the Bible. Scoreboard Answer

$400 Who is Jacques Lefevre d’Etables? Round 1

$500 This popular monk took control of Florence in the 1490 s and created a theocratic republic hoping to clean up immorality and corruption. He was later burned alive! Scoreboard Answer

$500 Who is Girolamo Savonarola? Round 1

$100 This Portuguese explorer was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa. Scoreboard Answer

$100 Who is Bartholomeu Dias? Round 1

$200 This conquistador subdued the Aztecs in 1521. Scoreboard Answer

$200 Who is Hernán Cortés? Round 1

$300 This Portuguese explorer was the first European to find an all-water route to India. Scoreboard Answer

$300 Who is Vasco da Gama? Round 1

$400 This Portuguese royal invested large sums of money in the midfifteenth century to fund expeditions down the western coast of Africa. Scoreboard Answer

$400 Who is Prince Henry the Navigator? Round 1

$500 This edict issued by the Pope in 1494 divided the world between Spain and Portugal by drawing a line down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Scoreboard Answer

$500 What is the Treaty of Tordesillas? Round 2

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Ultimate Question This non-native Spanish painter was the most wellknown of the Mannerists; his masterpiece was The Burial of Count Orgaz. Scoreboard Answer

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