 - 1. Which artist painted Saint George and the Dragon in 1620?
A) Gustave Moreau
B) Peter Paul Rubens
C) Salvator Rosa
D) Edward Burne-Jones
- 2. Where is Mattia Preti's 1678 painting, Saint George Triumphant over the Dragon, located?
A) St George's Basilica, Victoria
B) The National Gallery, London
C) Palace of Westminster
D) State Library of Victoria
- 3. Which artist created the Saint George and the Dragon oil on canvas housed in The National Gallery, London?
A) Gustave Moreau
B) Uroš Predić
C) Giorgio de Chirico
D) Briton Rivière
- 4. In what year did Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm create his bronze Saint George and the Dragon sculpture?
A) 1952
B) 1889
C) 1920
D) 1947
- 5. Where is the sculpture of Saint George and the Dragon by Salvador Dalí located?
A) Regent Street, London
B) Open Air Museum in Cosenza
C) Victory Park, Moscow
D) Tbilisi
- 6. What is the title of the abstract sculpture by Marcus Canning and Christian de Vietri in Perth?
A) Saint George for England
B) St George Killing the Dragon
C) Saint George Triumphant
D) Ascalon
- 7. Edward Poynter's mosaic 'Saint George for England' is located in which building?
A) The National Gallery, London
B) Church of St. George in Staraya Ladoga
C) Palace of Westminster
D) St George's Cathedral, Perth
- 8. Which artist created the silver automobile mascot of Saint George and the Dragon for the British monarch in 1952?
A) Benedetto Pistrucci
B) Zurab Tsereteli
C) Edward Seago
D) Alexander Fisher
- 9. What did Benedetto Pistrucci engrave in 1817?
A) Banknotes
B) Coin dies
C) Maiolica panels
D) Automobile mascots
- 10. Which bank issues banknotes that have featured the image of Saint George?
A) Bank of England
B) Liberty's store
C) Central Bank of Russia
D) State Library of Victoria
- 11. What subject matter appears on the kopecks issued by the Central Bank of Russia?
A) Britannia
B) Saint George
C) George V
D) Elizabeth II
- 12. Where is the sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli created in 2005 located?
A) Stanway
B) London
C) Tbilisi
D) Moscow
- 13. The iconography of Saint George as a horseman is a continuation of which Roman-era type?
A) Thracian horseman
B) Byzantine centurion
C) Persian archer
D) Gallic knight
- 14. Which other military saints are grouped with George in the Thracian horseman iconography?
A) Theodore and Demetrius
B) Michael and Gabriel
C) Anthony and Sebastian
D) Peter and Paul
- 15. What animals were commonly depicted being speared by horsemen in Roman-era stelae?
A) Serpents and boars
B) Stags and bulls
C) Lions and bears
D) Wolves and eagles
- 16. In the Krupac carving, which figures are shown as Thracian horsemen besides a serpent-entwined tree?
A) Mars and Jupiter
B) Castor and Pollux
C) Apollo and Asclepius
D) Hercules and Perseus
- 17. Which figures are depicted on a stele killing a boar with spears alongside a serpent-entwined tree?
A) The Titans
B) The Dioscuri
C) The Centaurs
D) The Romans
- 18. Who edited the Coptic version of the Saint George legend in 1888?
A) Dadianus
B) E. A. Wallis Budge
C) The Louvre
D) The Krupac researchers
- 19. In the Coptic version of the legend, who is referred to as 'the dragon of the abyss'?
A) Governor Dadianus
B) Saint George
C) The Horus figure
D) The serpent of the tree
- 20. Which Greek myth is cited as having similar elements to the Saint George legend?
A) Jason and the Golden Fleece
B) Bellerophon and the Chimera
C) Perseus and Medusa
D) Hercules and the Hydra
- 21. According to E. A. Wallis Budge, the story of Saint George is a version of the conflict between what?
A) God and Man
B) Life and Death
C) Light and Darkness
D) Good and Evil
- 22. Which pair is mentioned as an example of the Light and Darkness conflict?
A) Odin and Thor
B) Apollo and Artemis
C) Ra and Apepi
D) Zeus and Cronus
- 23. Which ancient Mesopotamian deities are compared to the Saint George conflict?
A) Gilgamesh and Enkidu
B) Ishtar and Tammuz
C) Enlil and Anu
D) Marduk and Tiamat
- 24. How were Governor Dadianus and his governors destroyed?
A) By a great flood
B) By the sword of Saint George
C) By the wrath of the dragon
D) By fire called down from heaven
- 25. In the Coptic stone fenestrella, what is the mounted hawk-headed figure fighting?
A) A boar
B) A dragon
C) A serpent
D) A crocodile
- 26. How does the Louvre interpret the hawk-headed figure in the Coptic fenestrella?
A) Saint George killing the dragon
B) Apollo killing the serpent
C) Horus killing a metamorphosed Setekh
D) Ra defeating Apepi
- 27. What is Saint George's occupation in the legend?
A) Monk
B) King
C) Farmer
D) Soldier
- 28. Besides Christianity, in which other group is Saint George venerated?
A) Hindus
B) Shintoists
C) Druze
D) Buddhists
- 29. How many children were given to the dragon per day as human tribute?
A) Three
B) Five
C) One
D) Two
- 30. Who was selected as the final human offering to the dragon?
A) The mayor's daughter
B) The queen
C) A village elder
D) The princess
- 31. Where was the narrative of the legend first set in early sources?
A) Cappadocia
B) Jerusalem
C) Libya
D) Rome
- 32. In which century was the legend transferred to Libya?
A) 13th century
B) 14th century
C) 11th century
D) 12th century
- 33. What is the name of the 13th-century text that relocated the legend to Libya?
A) Speculum Historiale
B) Chronicles of Cappadocia
C) Lives of the Saints
D) Golden Legend
- 34. Where is the oldest known record of Saint George slaying a dragon found?
A) A Greek scroll
B) A Byzantine wall painting
C) A Georgian text
D) A Latin manuscript
- 35. When did the legend reach Western Christian tradition?
A) 13th century
B) 12th century
C) 11th century
D) 14th century
- 36. What event helped spread the legend to Western Christian tradition?
A) The Crusades
B) The fall of Rome
C) The Viking voyages
D) The Silk Road
- 37. Which work helped popularize the legend in the 13th century along with the Golden Legend?
A) Speculum Historiale
B) Canterbury Tales
C) Beowulf
D) The Divine Comedy
- 38. What did the princess ask Saint George to do when he first met her?
A) Flee
B) Pray for her
C) Bring her water
D) Kill her
- 39. What is the oldest certain depiction of Saint Theodore killing a dragon?
A) Göreme
B) Vinica
C) Aghtamar
D) Palermo
- 40. In the 10th century, what was Saint George depicted as killing?
A) A dragon
B) A horse
C) A boar
D) A human figure
- 41. Where is the earliest image of Saint Theodore as a horseman (named in Latin) located?
A) Vinica, North Macedonia
B) Maastricht
C) Euchaita
D) Cappadocia
- 42. What is the physical characteristic of the snakes being trodden upon by George and Christopher in the Vinica icon?
A) They are headless
B) They have human heads
C) They have three heads
D) They have no eyes
- 43. In which city is the 17th-century drawing of the lost Maastricht depiction now held?
A) Rome
B) Maastricht
C) Paris
D) Palermo
- 44. What animal were the 'sacred riders' traditionally thought to be attacking in pre-Christian iconography?
A) A dragon
B) A wolf
C) A boar
D) A lion
- 45. What is the English name of the 'Yılanlı Kilise'?
A) Snake Church
B) Horseman Church
C) Dragon Chapel
D) Saint George Church
- 46. Where is the Zoodochos Pigi chapel located?
A) Palermo, Italy
B) Maastricht, Netherlands
C) Central Macedonia, Greece
D) Cappadocia, Turkey
- 47. Where is the 12th-century depiction of the mounted dragon-slayer found?
A) Yılanlı Kilise, Cappadocia
B) Cappella Palatina, Palermo
C) Aghtamar Cathedral, Armenia
D) Basilica of Saint Servatius, Maastricht
- 48. Who wrote the 'Legenda aurea' or 'The Golden Legend'?
A) Jacobus de Voragine
B) Edmund Spenser
C) Richard Johnson
D) Guy of Warwick
- 49. What is the name of the city plagued by the dragon in the Golden Legend?
A) Silene
B) Metz
C) Cappadocia
D) Ascalon
- 50. What was Saint George's military rank according to the Golden Legend?
A) Tribune
B) Centurion
C) General
D) Knight
- 51. What object did the princess use to lead the dragon like a beast on a leash?
A) A chain
B) Her girdle
C) A bridle
D) A rope
- 52. How many men converted to Christianity after Saint George promised to kill the dragon?
A) Five thousand
B) Twenty thousand
C) Ten thousand
D) Fifteen thousand
- 53. What was the final weapon used by Saint George to kill the dragon?
A) Spear
B) Lance
C) Sword
D) Dagger
- 54. What flowed from the altar of the church built on the site of the dragon's death?
A) Milk
B) Wine
C) Holy oil
D) A curative spring
- 55. Who supplied the name 'Sabra' for the princess?
A) Guy of Warwick
B) Edmund Spenser
C) Jacobus de Voragine
D) Richard Johnson
- 56. In which literary work is Saint George represented as the 'Red Cross Knight'?
A) The Faerie Queene
B) Seven Champions of Christendom
C) Legenda aurea
D) The Golden Legend
- 57. Which motif is mentioned as similar to the Saint George legend, originating from Metz, France?
A) Graoully
B) Ascalon
C) Silene
D) Dioskuroi
- 58. Where is the skull of the dragon kept?
A) St. Vitus Cathedral
B) Prague Castle
C) The Louvre
D) Karlštejn Castle
- 59. In what year was the dragon skull first identified as such?
A) 1515
B) 1450
C) 1700
D) 1355
- 60. In Eastern iconography, how is Saint George traditionally depicted?
A) As a monk
B) As a peasant
C) As a foot soldier
D) As a Roman cavalryman
- 61. What is the city associated with the 'detailed' iconographic form?
A) Cappadocia
B) Staraya Ladoga
C) Rome
D) Lacia
- 62. What is the name of the oldest Russian icon of the miracle of George?
A) Thracian Heros
B) Pesaro altarpiece
C) Чудо Георгия о змие
D) St. George of Ladoga
- 63. In Russian tradition, what color is the horse Saint George is mostly shown on?
A) Red
B) Brown
C) Black
D) White
- 64. Who created the Saint George terracotta piece c. 1490?
A) Andrea della Robbia
B) Donatello
C) Raphael
D) Paolo Uccello
- 65. Which artist painted Saint George and the Dragon in 1555?
A) Albrecht Dürer
B) Giovanni Bellini
C) Bernt Notke
D) Tintoretto
- 66. Where is Raphael's 1504 oil on wood painting of Saint George located?
A) National Gallery of Art, Washington
B) National Gallery, London
C) The Louvre
D) Bargello, Florence
- 67. Which work by Edmund Spenser features the Redcross Knight as an expansion of the Saint George story?
A) Beowulf
B) The Fairy Queen
C) Paradise Lost
D) The Canterbury Tales
- 68. In which Shakespearean play does Saint George appear in the lines, 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'?
A) Richard III
B) King Lear
C) Henry V
D) Hamlet
- 69. Who wrote the words for Edward Elgar's 'The Banner of St George'?
A) Shapcott Wensley
B) Edmund Spenser
C) Kenneth Grahame
D) William Shakespeare
- 70. What happens in Kenneth Grahame's 'The Reluctant Dragon'?
A) A heroic battle to the death occurs
B) Saint George refuses to fight the dragon
C) The dragon destroys the town
D) A mock battle is staged to help the dragon enter society
- 71. Which company produced a film based on 'The Reluctant Dragon'?
A) Universal Pictures
B) Warner Bros.
C) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
D) Walt Disney Productions
- 72. What kind of musical adaptation did John Rutter create based on 'The Reluctant Dragon'?
A) A children's operetta
B) A jazz suite
C) A rock musical
D) A grand symphony
- 73. What is unique about the 1950s 'St. George and the Dragon-Net' recording?
A) It was banned from radio play
B) It was the first comedy album to sell over a million copies
C) It was the first to use synthesized music
D) It won an Academy Award
- 74. Who provided the illustrations for Margaret Hodges' 1984 book?
A) John Rutter
B) Trina Schart Hyman
C) Kenneth Grahame
D) Edmund Spenser
- 75. In 'Ben 10: Ultimate Alien', what is the name of the extradimensional entity fought by Sir George?
A) The Martyr
B) The Redcross Knight
C) Dagon
D) The Reluctant Dragon
- 76. How does Samantha Shannon describe her 2019 novel 'The Priory of the Orange Tree'?
A) A historical biography
B) A feminist retelling
C) A children's fable
D) A scientific analysis
- 77. Since at least what year has Reggio Calabria used Saint George and the dragon in its coat of arms?
A) 1757
B) 1775
C) 1801
D) 1999
- 78. In what year was the current coat of arms of Georgia, featuring Saint George and the dragon, introduced?
A) 1991
B) 1757
C) 1801
D) 2005
- 79. Which Ukrainian Oblast uses Saint George and the dragon in its coat of arms?
A) Volodymyr
B) Nizhyn
C) Kyiv Oblast
D) Zbarazh
- 80. Which Russian Oblast uses Saint George and the dragon in its coat of arms?
A) Volga Oblast
B) Saint Petersburg Oblast
C) Siberian Oblast
D) Moscow Oblast
- 81. What is the Australian municipality mentioned as using Saint George and the dragon on its coat of arms?
A) Sydney
B) Melbourne
C) Brisbane
D) Hurstville
- 82. Which of these is a country where a municipality named 'Sankt Georgen' uses the Saint George and the dragon motif?
A) Romania
B) Austria
C) Lithuania
D) Spain
- 83. Which of these French locations features Saint George and the dragon on its coat of arms?
A) Sospel
B) Marseille
C) Lyon
D) Paris
- 84. In which country is the municipality of Marijampolė located?
A) Poland
B) Estonia
C) Latvia
D) Lithuania
- 85. When were the regimental flags of the Hellenic Army featuring Saint George and the dragon introduced?
A) 2014
B) 1968
C) 1757
D) 1864
- 86. The Russian Orthodox Army flag featuring Saint George and the dragon dates to which year?
A) 2005
B) 1801
C) 2014
D) 1999
- 87. Which of these Hungarian towns uses the Saint George and the dragon motif in its coat of arms?
A) Debrecen
B) Szeged
C) Pécsvárad
D) Budapest
- 88. In which country can you find the municipality of Brzeg Dolny, which uses the Saint George motif?
A) Poland
B) Hungary
C) Slovakia
D) Czech Republic
- 89. Which Swiss municipality is noted for using Saint George and the dragon in its coat of arms?
A) Zurich
B) Stein am Rhein
C) Geneva
D) Bern
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