Q 01/05

Frida Kahlo was born in 1907 in Coyoacán, then a village on the outskirts of where?

A) Mexico City

B) Guadalajara

C) Oaxaca

D) Puebla

Answer · why

A) Mexico City

Mexico City has long since absorbed Coyoacán, and the family house where she grew up and died is now the Frida Kahlo Museum.

Q 02/05

Kahlo's father Guillermo, who emigrated from Germany in 1891, worked as what?

A) A pharmacist

B) A piano teacher

C) A photographer

D) An architect

Answer · why

C) A photographer

A photographer of buildings by trade, he taught Frida to retouch and colour his prints, and she often helped out in his studio.

Q 03/05

Which British band named a 2008 album after words Kahlo painted on a still life of watermelons?

A) Coldplay

B) Radiohead

C) Oasis

D) Muse

Answer · why

A) Coldplay

Coldplay called it Viva la Vida: singer Chris Martin saw the phrase, which means 'long live life', on her painting and loved its boldness from an arti...

Q 04/05

Which illness at age six left Kahlo's right leg shorter and thinner than her left?

A) Rickets

B) Tuberculosis

C) Scarlet fever

D) Polio

Answer · why

D) Polio

Polio left her with a limp, so her father urged her into soccer, swimming and wrestling, sports thought unsuitable for girls at the time.

Q 05/05

Before her accident, Kahlo studied natural sciences at the National Preparatory School, aiming for which career?

A) Doctor

B) Botanist

C) Schoolteacher

D) Engineer

Answer · why

A) Doctor

Doctor was the plan: she was one of just 35 girls among 2,000 students, and the bus crash at 18 ended her hopes of medical school.