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