87 The Sistine Chapel Trivia Questions with Answers
87 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which scene follows the Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel ceiling’s Genesis sequence?
Answer
Creation of Eve
Which pope ordered the construction of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel?
Answer
Sixtus IV
Which Renaissance artist painted The Journey of Moses on the Sistine Chapel’s south wall?
Answer
Pietro Perugino
Which painter created The Punishment of Korah on the Sistine Chapel’s south wall?
Answer
Sandro Botticelli
Which artist painted the Sistine Chapel fresco The Crossing of the Red Sea?
Answer
Cosimo Rosselli
What color was the Sistine Chapel ceiling painted before Michelangelo decorated it?
Answer
Blue with gold stars
Which artist painted the Sistine Chapel fresco showing the Baptism of Christ?
Answer
Pietro Perugino
What material forms the distinctive geometric pavement of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer
Cosmatesque marble
Which Renaissance painter created The Last Supper scene on the Sistine Chapel’s north wall?
Answer
Cosimo Rosselli
Who painted Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter in the Sistine Chapel?
Answer
Pietro Perugino
Which architect supervised construction of the Sistine Chapel in the 1470s?
Answer
Giovannino de Dolci
On which Christian feast day was the Sistine Chapel first consecrated?
Answer
The Feast of the Assumption
Which artist painted The Tribute Money on the Sistine Chapel’s north wall?
Answer
Pietro Perugino
What is the official choir associated with music in the Sistine Chapel?
Answer
Sistine Chapel Choir
Who painted The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer
Michelangelo
Which female figure on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling is identified as the Delphic Sibyl?
Answer
The Delphic Sibyl
What ceremony is traditionally held in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope?
Answer
The papal conclave
Which Renaissance painter created the Sistine Chapel fresco The Temptation of Christ?
Answer
Sandro Botticelli
What is the approximate length of the Sistine Chapel’s interior?
Answer
41 metres
In which Vatican building is the Sistine Chapel located?
Answer
The Vatican Apostolic Palace
What is the Sistine Chapel’s Latin name?
Answer
Sacellum Sixtinum
Which biblical scene shows God reaching toward Adam on the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Answer
The Creation of Adam
Which pope commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Answer
Pope Julius II