Q 01/05

Moving a Soviet war memorial called the Bronze Soldier triggered riots in 2007 in which country?

A) Latvia

B) Estonia

C) Lithuania

D) Poland

Answer · why

B) Estonia

Estonia's move of the statue set off riots in Tallinn, followed by weeks of cyberattacks on government, bank and newspaper websites.

Q 02/05

Which storybook boy's bronze statue in London's Kensington Gardens was commissioned by the author who created him?

A) Peter Pan

B) Oliver Twist

C) Christopher Robin

D) Harry Potter

Answer · why

A) Peter Pan

Peter Pan: J. M. Barrie had the statue put up in secret overnight in 1912, as a May Day surprise for children visiting the park.

Q 03/05

Which creature does Louise Bourgeois's giant sculpture Maman, cast in bronze, depict?

A) A spider

B) A crab

C) A scorpion

D) An octopus

Answer · why

A) A spider

A spider: Bourgeois meant her giant spiders as a tribute to her mother, who worked with woven tapestries.

Q 04/05

Which harder material, learned by blacksmiths working iron, eventually out-competed bronze for blades?

A) Pewter

B) Steel

C) Brass

D) Cast iron

Answer · why

B) Steel

Bronze is actually harder than wrought iron, but steel holds a sharper edge longer.

Q 05/05

What does Non-Violence, the bronze sculpture at the United Nations in New York, depict?

A) A knotted revolver

B) A broken sword

C) A dove of peace

D) A cracked globe

Answer · why

A) A knotted revolver

A knotted revolver: Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd made it after his friend John Lennon was shot dead in New York in 1980.