Stone (and Bronze) Age Quiz

True or False: The people who painted in the caves were alive many millions of years ago, and therefore, because evolution is true, that means they were primitive, grunting, loin-cloth-wearing, club swinging, empty-headed beasts.

• True

• False

How many years from Jesus’ birth to creation?

• 4,004 years

• 40,004 years

• 400,004 years

According to history from a biblical perspective, what was going on around the time these cave paintings were completed? I'll give you a hint, it was around the year 2,000 BC.

• Creation

• The flood

• The tower of Babel

What part of the world do we see the most cave paintings?

• Antarctica

• Asia

• Europe

The paint these artists used was made with natural pigments plus ____

• Animal fat

• Tree bark

• Sand

• Vinegar

The cave Lascaux is famous for an extinct creature painted on the walls. What was that creature?

• The Smilodon, a saber-toothed tiger

• The Auroch, a wild bull

• The Moa, a large flightless bird

How did they see in the deep dark caves?

• Fires on the floor of caves

• Little “lamps” they would pour oil into to burn

• Flashlights

The cave paintings were very childlike, with no concept of proportion, value, space, or line.

• True

• False

When and where did the auroch go extinct?

• 1762, Greece

• 1672, Japan

• 1627, Poland