Turner Quiz: The Fighting Temeraire and Rain, Steam and Speed

This Turner quiz stands before the glowing canvases of the British painter of light. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on The Fighting Temeraire, its 2005 vote, the 20 pound note, Rain, Steam and Speed, the Great Western Railway, the hidden hare, Dido Building Carthage beside Claude, the Turner Bequest and the Turner Prize.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Artist
Who painted The Fighting Temeraire?
Ship
What is happening to the Temeraire in the painting?
Vote
What did a 2005 BBC poll name The Fighting Temeraire?
Note
Which banknote features Turner?
Train
Which painting shows a train racing across a bridge?
Hare
Which animal runs ahead of the train in that painting?
Claude
Beside which artist did Turner ask to hang Dido Building Carthage?
Bequest
What was the Turner Bequest?
Nickname
What is Turner often called?
Prize
Which modern art prize is named after him?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who painted The Fighting Temeraire?
Answer: J.M.W. Turner
He lived from 1775 to 1851.
Q2: What is happening to the Temeraire in the painting?
Answer: It is towed to be broken up
A small steam tug pulls it.
Q3: What did a 2005 BBC poll name The Fighting Temeraire?
Answer: Britain's greatest painting
Thousands of people voted.
Q4: Which banknote features Turner?
Answer: The 20 pound note
It entered circulation in 2020.
Q5: Which painting shows a train racing across a bridge?
Answer: Rain, Steam and Speed
It shows the Great Western Railway.
Q6: Which animal runs ahead of the train in that painting?
Answer: A hare
Some see a race of nature and machine.
Q7: Beside which artist did Turner ask to hang Dido Building Carthage?
Answer: Claude Lorrain
He admired Claude's light.
Q8: What was the Turner Bequest?
Answer: His works left to the nation
Most are at Tate Britain.
Q9: What is Turner often called?
Answer: The painter of light
He loved glowing skies.
Q10: Which modern art prize is named after him?
Answer: The Turner Prize
It began in 1984.

Turner Quiz – The Fighting Temeraire and Rain, Steam and Speed

J.M.W. Turner, who lived from 1775 to 1851, painted light, storms and steam with daring freedom. The National Gallery in London holds some of his most famous works.

The Fighting Temeraire shows an old warship towed by a steam tug to be broken up, under a blazing sunset. In 2005 it was voted Britain's greatest painting, and Turner appears on the 20 pound note.

Rain, Steam and Speed shows a train on the Great Western Railway with a hare racing ahead. Turner asked that Dido Building Carthage hang beside Claude Lorrain, he left his works to the nation, and the Turner Prize bears his name.

What This Quiz Teaches

Art fans will enjoy these questions.

Who Turner was
Which works are famous
What they show
How he is honored
Where his works are

Did You Know?

Turner is said to have been tied to a ship's mast to watch a storm.
Most of his works are at Tate Britain.
He traveled often to Venice and the Alps.
He kept thousands of sketches.
He was elected to the Royal Academy young.