From Shakespeare’s lost plays to the world’s oldest horse: the bumper Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024 quiz

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1.Which sitter has the most portraits in the National Portrait Gallery collection? Inside the National Portrait Gallery Queen Elizabeth II Winston Churchill Lord Nelson Queen Victoria Reveal 2.During the first world war, the National Portrait Gallery’s archive served as a what? View of The National Portrait Gallery c1912 Nightclub Radio station Hospital Photography studio Reveal 3.How many women are featured in the National Portrait Gallery’s mural Work in Progress by Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake? Work in Progress by Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake, 2021-2022 60 100 130 200 Reveal 4.Which 60s pop icon displayed their personal photography in an exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery last year? Music fans from the 1960s scream Dusty Springfield Cilla Black David Bowie Paul McCartney Reveal 5.Self by Marc Quinn is an artwork on display in Room 32 of the National Portrait Gallery – what is it made of? A visitor looks at Self by Marc Quinn in the National Portrait Gallery Wood Blood Silicone Compost Reveal 6.The Young V&A displays The Little Nobody children"s chair, designed by Komplot Design in 2008 and manufactured by Hay. This smaller version has proven very popular with children and families, but why was the full size adult version originally designed? Little Nobody children"s chair To provide safe seating for Danish prisons that couldn"t be used as a weapon To be light enough to be carried with one hand To not make marks when dragged along the floor To be biodegradable Reveal 7.Also on display at the Young V&A is this Joey puppet, designed by Handspring Puppet Company for the National Theatre production of War Horse in 2009. How many puppeteers did it take to bring Joey to life? Joey puppet, designed by Handspring Puppet Company 1 2 3 4 Reveal 8.The Cozy Coupe – on display at the Young V&A – is one of the most popular and iconic children"s toy designs of the last 50 years. But what inspired Jim Marjol to make a foot-powered car? Cozy Coupe children"s car Scooting around on his office chair He was unable to bend his knees He left his bike helmet at home A love of the Wacky Races cartoon Reveal 9.What inspired Joel Glickman to design the K"Nex construction system, on display at the Young V&A? K"Nex construction toy created in 1995 A desire to colour code everything A love of wireframe models in videogames Dropping an armful of pencils into a pile of Blu-Tack Fiddling with straws while at a wedding Reveal 10.This 17th-century doll"s house from Germany is in the Young V&A. It opens up to reveal a small wooden unicorn head hanging over the door. What profession does this suggest the owner of the doll"s house was? The Nuremberg House dolls’ house A butcher A bookbinder A lawyer An apothecary Reveal 11.Manchester Museum is well known for the Japanese Spider Crab in its front window. What do Japanese spider crabs usually eat? The museum"s famous Japanese Spider Crab Deep sea fish Decaying sea creatures Smaller crabs Mancunians Reveal 12.Manchester Museum works to conserve critically endangered species such as the variable harlequin frog in its Vivarium. They live alongside noisy waterfalls, and need to use more than their voices to communicate. What do they use? Harlequin Frog in its Vivarium Blinking Jumping Waving Changing colour Reveal 13.Manchester Museum also works to conserve the strawberry poison-dart frog in its Vivarium. What does its Latin name Oophaga pumilio mean? Strawberry Poison Dart Frog in its Vivarium Little egg eater Little egg carrier Little egg layer Little egg monster Reveal 14.Manchester Museum displays the skull of a horse named Old Billy, reputedly the oldest horse that ever lived. He was born in 1760, how old was he when he died? Skull of a horse named Old Billy 47 50 58 62 Reveal 15.Manchester Museum holds the fourth largest collection of molluscs in the UK. How many individual shells are in the collection? Manchester Museum"s collection of molluscs 150,000 300,000 750,000 900,000 Reveal 16.Dundee Contemporary Art"s cinema shows films on a range of formats, from digital to physical film, including 35mm, 16mm and even 8mm. These physical film ‘prints’ consist of many metres of individual film frames, often on multiple reels. The 35mm print of the new Yorgos Lanthimos film Kinds of Kindness, which DCA is showing in July, contains how many miles of film? DCA Projection Room 1.1 miles  2.8 miles  4 miles  6.2 miles Reveal 17.Barbadian-Scottish artist Alberta Whittle’s exhibition, How Flexible Can We Make the Mouth, filled Dundee Contemporary Art"s galleries in 2019. The exhibition featured a suite of laser-engraved woodblock prints, Secreting Myths, created in DCA Print Studio and available to purchase as limited editions. Which creatures did Whittle collaborate with to create these prints?  Alberta Whittle"s Secreting Myths (magenta), 2019 Green lizards  Sea turtles  Snails  Whistling frogs Reveal 18.Dundee Contemporary Art’s current exhibition, Turn Me Into a Flower, features the work of Iraq-born, Toronto-based artist Sukaina Kubba. The first work the visitor encounters in the exhibition is a large piece of tracing paper with a drawing on it. The drawing is a tracing of a Senneh rug produced in Iran, which Kubba encountered by chance during a residency in the Atacama Desert in Chile after being fascinated with these rugs for years. This tracing was the starting point for the series Corners of Your Sky, which replicates the original design in different materials, including latex, rubber and PLA filament. How long did it take Kubba to create the first tracing? Sukaina Kubba, detail of Corners of Your Sky, Alula, 2022 Three days Five days Ten days Two weeks Reveal 19.Dundee Contemporary Art"s Print Studio teaches many different courses, from traditional techniques like letterpress and wood engraving to how to use new technology such as MiScreen Digital Screen Makers and laser cutters. Mokulito, one of the newer courses on offer, is a form of printmaking developed in Japan in the 1970s. What does the name translate to? Mokulito workshop in DCA Print Studio Wood Printing Wood Art Wood Etching Wood Lithography Reveal 20.Dundee Contemporary Art"s Print Studio houses a wide range of equipment, from traditional printing presses and vintage letterpress sets to laser cutters and 3D printers. One of the oldest pieces of kit in the studio, still in use today, is the Britannia Press. These presses were first manufactured by B Porter of Leeds, and DCA has one of the earliest models (model No 491). Fellow Museum of the Year nominee Craven Museum, Skipton also hold one in their collection. What decade was the press made in? Britannia Press in DCA Print Studio 1800s 1830s 1880s 1900s Reveal 21.One of Craven Museum"s star objects is a copy of Shakespeare"s First Folio. Which of these plays would have been lost if not for the production of the First Folio? Copy of Shakespeare"s First Folio Macbeth Romeo and Juliet Hamlet The Merry Wives of Windsor Reveal 22.Craven Museum is based in Skipton, Yorkshire. Being close to the border with Lancashire, the market town was famous for its cotton production, but which Skipton company produced the popular Sylko brand? Sylko cotton J&P Coats Dewhurst"s Bagley & Wright"s Ermen & Roby Reveal 23.Another highlight of the Craven Museum collection is a Roman intaglio jewel made from amethyst. It is thought to depict a scene from The Odyssey, but to whom is Odysseus offering his cup of wine? Roman intaglio jewel made from amethyst Penelope"s suitors Circe The cyclops Telemachus Reveal 24.The Calendar Girls were all members of the Women"s Institute in which Craven village? Calendar Girls Rylstone Kettlewell Burnsall Grassington Reveal 25.Craven Museum’s herbarium collection holds many notable specimens, but what is the name of this rare species? An item from Craven Museum"s herbarium ... but what is it? Frog Orchid Lady"s Slipper Orchid Spider Orchid Monkey Orchid

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