Frida Kahlo Quiz: The Blue House, Self-Portraits and Diego
This Frida Kahlo quiz explores the Mexican painter's life in Coyoacán, Mexico City, and her Blue House, from childhood polio and a terrible bus accident to her stormy marriage to Diego Rivera, self-portraits such as The Two Fridas, a painting bought by the Louvre, her friendship with Leon Trotsky and her place on Mexico's 500-peso note. Fifteen questions.
Start Frida Kahlo Quiz
🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 15 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds
Home
What is the name of Frida Kahlo's family home in Coyoacán, now a museum?
Marriage
Which famous Mexican muralist did Frida Kahlo marry?
Accident
At about age 18, Frida Kahlo was badly injured in what kind of accident?
Painting
How did Frida Kahlo begin painting while recovering from her accident?
Health
Which illness did Frida Kahlo have as a child, leaving one leg thinner than the other?
Works
Which 1939 painting shows two versions of Frida sitting side by side, holding hands?
Museums
Frida Kahlo was the first 20th-century Mexican artist to have a work bought by which famous museum?
Style
Frida Kahlo often wore the traditional dress of women from which region of Mexico?
Self-portraits
Roughly how many of Frida Kahlo's paintings are self-portraits?
Last work
Which phrase did Frida Kahlo paint onto watermelons in one of her final works?
Film
Which actress played Frida Kahlo in the 2002 film Frida?
Money
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera appear together on which Mexican banknote?
Guests
Which Russian revolutionary lived at the Blue House as a guest in 1937?
Surrealism
Frida Kahlo was often linked with Surrealism. What did she say about her paintings?
Exhibition
How did Frida Kahlo arrive at her 1953 solo exhibition in Mexico City, when she was too ill to walk?
Your score
0/15
Scroll down to see the explanation for each question.
Explanations: answer key for all 15 questions
- Q1: What is the name of Frida Kahlo's family home in Coyoacán, now a museum?
Answer: The Blue House
La Casa Azul, the Blue House, is where Frida was born and died. It opened as the Frida Kahlo Museum in 1958.
- Q2: Which famous Mexican muralist did Frida Kahlo marry?
Answer: Diego Rivera
Frida and Diego married in 1929, divorced in 1939 and remarried in 1940. Their relationship was passionate and often difficult.
- Q3: At about age 18, Frida Kahlo was badly injured in what kind of accident?
Answer: A bus crash
In 1925 the bus she was riding collided with a streetcar, and a metal handrail pierced her body. She suffered pain and many operations for the rest of her life.
- Q4: How did Frida Kahlo begin painting while recovering from her accident?
Answer: Using a mirror fixed above her bed
Her mother had a special easel made, and a mirror let Frida see herself. This is one reason she painted so many self-portraits.
- Q5: Which illness did Frida Kahlo have as a child, leaving one leg thinner than the other?
Answer: Polio
She caught polio at about age six. She often wore long skirts, partly to hide the difference between her legs.
- Q6: Which 1939 painting shows two versions of Frida sitting side by side, holding hands?
Answer: The Two Fridas
One Frida wears a European dress and the other wears Tehuana clothing. The painting was made around the time of her divorce from Diego Rivera.
- Q7: Frida Kahlo was the first 20th-century Mexican artist to have a work bought by which famous museum?
Answer: The Louvre
The Louvre bought her painting The Frame in 1939, during her exhibition in Paris. It is now held by the Centre Pompidou.
- Q8: Frida Kahlo often wore the traditional dress of women from which region of Mexico?
Answer: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec
The Tehuana dress, with its embroidered blouse and long skirt, celebrated Mexican and indigenous culture. It became part of her iconic image.
- Q9: Roughly how many of Frida Kahlo's paintings are self-portraits?
Answer: About 55
Of the roughly 140 to 150 paintings she made, about 55 are self-portraits. She said she painted herself because she was so often alone.
- Q10: Which phrase did Frida Kahlo paint onto watermelons in one of her final works?
Answer: Viva la vida
Viva la vida means long live life. She painted it in 1954, the year she died, despite great pain and poor health.
- Q11: Which actress played Frida Kahlo in the 2002 film Frida?
Answer: Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress. The film won two Oscars, for its makeup and its music.
- Q12: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera appear together on which Mexican banknote?
Answer: The 500-peso note
Diego appears on one side and Frida on the other, in a series issued from 2010. The note later received a new design.
- Q13: Which Russian revolutionary lived at the Blue House as a guest in 1937?
Answer: Leon Trotsky
Trotsky was given asylum in Mexico after being exiled by Stalin. He later moved to a nearby house, where he was murdered in 1940.
- Q14: Frida Kahlo was often linked with Surrealism. What did she say about her paintings?
Answer: That she painted her own reality
She famously said she never painted dreams, only her own reality. Her art draws on Mexican folk traditions and her personal experiences.
- Q15: How did Frida Kahlo arrive at her 1953 solo exhibition in Mexico City, when she was too ill to walk?
Answer: In an ambulance, then carried to her four-poster bed
Her doctors told her not to attend, so her bed was moved into the gallery. She arrived by ambulance and greeted guests from it.
Frida Kahlo Quiz – Pain, Color and Mexican Pride
Frida Kahlo is one of the most recognizable artists of the 20th century. Born in 1907 in Coyoacán, now part of Mexico City, she grew up in the Blue House, which is today one of Mexico's most visited museums. Polio at age six and a serious bus accident at 18 shaped both her life and her art.
While recovering from the accident, Frida began painting in bed using a mirror. Self-portraits became her main subject, and about 55 of her paintings show her own face. Works such as The Two Fridas and The Broken Column explore pain, identity and love with striking honesty.
In 1929 she married the muralist Diego Rivera, one of the most famous artists in Mexico. Their relationship was full of passion, betrayal and loyalty. They divorced in 1939 and remarried a year later. Together they welcomed artists and political figures, including Leon Trotsky, to their home.
Frida proudly celebrated Mexican culture. She wore Tehuana dresses, braided her hair with flowers and filled her art with folk symbols, monkeys and plants. Although the Surrealists praised her work, she insisted she painted her own reality, not dreams. In 1939 the Louvre bought her painting The Frame.
She died in 1954, shortly after her only solo exhibition in Mexico. Today her image appears on clothing, posters and Mexico's 500-peso note, and her paintings sell for record prices.
Visitors to the Blue House can still see her studio, her wheelchair, her easel and the colorful kitchen where she and Diego entertained friends. In 2004 a sealed bathroom revealed hundreds of her dresses, corsets and personal objects, which have since been shown in exhibitions around the world.
This quiz covers her life, art, marriage and legacy, with explanations after every answer.
What This Quiz Teaches
This quiz is perfect for art lovers, history fans and visitors to Mexico City.
- Her childhood in Coyoacán
- The bus accident and her recovery
- Self-portraits such as The Two Fridas
- Her marriage to Diego Rivera
- Her style and Tehuana dress
- Her fame and legacy today
Quick Facts About Frida Kahlo
- Born July 6, 1907, in Coyoacán.
- She once planned to study medicine.
- Her father, Guillermo Kahlo, was a photographer.
- She kept pet monkeys, parrots and dogs at the Blue House.
- Her diary was published in 1995.
- She died on July 13, 1954, at the Blue House.
Related Quizzes
Ready for another round?
Jump to a random quiz from the archive.