Category: Brain Teasers

The Cave of Swimmers prehistoric art site features in which film?

Out of Africa
The English Patient
Dances With Wolves
The Last of the Mohicans

The Answer: The correct answer is The English Patient.

The oldest evidence of religious belief is a statuette in what shape?

A lion
A tree
A cloud
A man

The Answer: The correct answer is A lion.

The oldest known cave painting of an animal depicts which beast?

Mammoth
Bat
Wild pig
Lion

The Answer: The correct answer is Wild pig.

Which animal appears the most in the Lascaux cave paintings in France?

Deer
Bison
Bear
Horse

The Answer: The correct answer is Horse.

The oldest known figurative art, the Venus of Hohle Fels, is made of what?

Mammoth ivory
Wood
Clay
Deer bone

The Answer: The correct answer is Mammoth ivory.

Which of these pigments was not used in cave paintings?

Ochre
Bat guano
Charcoal
Verdigris

The Answer: The correct answer is Verdigris.

Aboriginal Australian cave art is predominantly found in what color?

Black
Red
White
Yellow

The Answer: The correct answer is Red.

What body part is stenciled all over a cave in Río Pinturas, Patagonia?

Feet
Ears
Hands
Lips

The Answer: The correct answer is Hands.

What term is used to describe prehistoric pictures carved into rock?

Pictographs
Petroglyphs
Petroforms
Fresco

The Answer: The correct answer is Petroglyphs.

Where do Fred and Barney work?

Slate Rock and Gravel Company
Bedrock Bowl
Cobblestone Caterers
Boulder Dan’s

The Answer: The correct answer is Slate Rock and Gravel Company.