The Church The Sistine Chapel Location Location Some

The Church The Sistine Chapel

Location, Location Some History The Artist The Walls The Ceiling 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500

Question 1 - 100 The Sistine Chapel is located in this city.

Answer 1 – 100 Vatican City

Question 1 - 200 The Sistine Chapel is located in this country.

Answer 1 – 200 Vatican City

Question 1 - 300 If you travel one mile north, south, east, or west of the Sistine Chapel, you would be in this city.

Answer 1 – 300 Rome

Question 1 - 400 If you travel one mile north, south, east, or west of the Sistine Chapel, you would be in this country.

Answer 1 – 400 Italy

Question 1 - 500 This Sistine Chapel is nestled against this basilica.

Answer 1 – 500 St. Peter’s

Question 2 - 100 This was the name of the original chapel which once stood where the Sistine Chapel is now.

Answer 2 – 100 “Capella Magna”

Question 2 - 200 This is the year that reconstruction of the Sistine Chapel began (during the th 15 Century).

Answer 2 – 200 1477

Question 2 - 300 This is the name of the Pope who began reconstruction on the Sistine Chapel.

Answer 2 – 300 Pope Sixtus IV

Question 2 - 400 This is the saint who was crucified in the first century and buried directly beneath the Vatican.

Answer 2 – 400 St. Peter

Question 2 - 500 This was the original decoration of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Answer 2 – 500 Gold Stars, Blue Sky

Question 3 - 100 This is the name of the artist who painted the frescos on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Answer 3 – 100 Michelangelo

Question 3 - 200 This is the name of the Pope who asked for a new painting project on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Answer 3 – 200 Pope Julius II

Question 3 - 300 This was when (give or take 5 years) the Pope first asked for a new painting project on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Answer 3 – 300 1504

Question 3 - 400 This is the year that repainting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel commenced.

Answer 3 – 400 1508

Question 3 - 500 This was the year that repainting of the Sistine Chapel was completed.

Answer 3 – 500 1512

Question 4 - 100 This is what are painted on the first layer of the Sistine Chapel walls, immediately above the floor; they look like hanging carpets.

Answer 4 – 100 Tapestries

Question 4 - 200 Paintings on the Sistine Chapel walls, the second level up, depict the life of this Old Testament figure.

Answer 4 – 200 Moses

Question 4 - 300 Paintings on the Sistine Chapel walls, the second level up, depict the life of this New Testament figure.

Answer 4 – 300 Christ

Question 4 - 400 Before we reach the ceiling, we find depictions of these Old Testament figures (who line the top of the outside walls).

Answer 4 – 400 Prophets

Question 4 - 500 Before we reach the ceiling, we find depictions of these Greek mythological figures (who line the top of the outside walls).

Answer 4 – 500 Sybils

Question 5 - 100 This was the original proposal which the Pope made for the subject matter of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Answer 5 – 100 The Twelve Apostles

Question 5 - 200 On the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist painted scenes from this book of the Bible.

Answer 5 – 200 Genesis

Question 5 - 300 The Paintings of Creation are closest to this piece of chapel furniture.

Answer 5 – 300 The Altar

Question 5 - 400 In the Creation of Adam, God’s “encasement” or surrounding looks an awful lot like this.

Answer 5 – 400 A human brain

Question 5 - 500 God is depicted as having this physical feature, which would suggest age and ancient wisdom.

Answer 5 – 500 A white beard