Which biscuit takes its name from this person? The great British art quiz

Which well-known biscuit is named after the sitter in this 1864 portrait by an unknown artist? Photograph: The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum

This quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home for the UK’s public art collections, showing art from more than 3,000 venues and by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions.

Today, our questions are set by the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum. The museum was founded in 1874 with the bequest and collection of the artist Thomas Stuart Smith. Today, its collection contains more than 40,000 objects, artworks and photographs spanning thousands of years, from local archaeological finds to 19th-century European art.

You can see art from the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum on Art UK here. Find out more about the museum on its website.

1. 

   This view of Cambuskenneth is by the renowned landscape painter, Alexander Nasmyth. Nasmyth had many pupils, including one individual who would grow up to become a famous scientist. Who was this pupil?

   1. William Aiton

   2. Ada Lovelace

   3. Charles Darwin

   4. Mary Somerville

2. 

   This portrait of Queen Caroline of Ansbach was produced as a copy of the state portrait by Godfrey Kneller. Which king was Caroline married to?

   1. George I

   2. George II

   3. George III

   4. George IV

3. 

   What well-known biscuit is named after the sitter in this oil-on-glass portrait?

   1. Choco Leibniz

   2. Amaretti

   3. Garibaldi

   4. Biscotti

4. 

   The Pipe of Freedom by Thomas Stuart Smith was submitted to the Royal Academy in 1869. The painting was rejected, but for what reason?

   1. Political grounds

   2. It wasn’t framed

   3. Plagiarism

   4. It had been displayed before

5. 

   Amelia Robertson Hill was a prominent Victorian sculptor. She was also the main female contributor to the statues on what Scottish landmark?

   1. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery

   2. Scott Monument

   3. The National Wallace Monument

   4. Glasgow City Chambers

6. 

   This is the earliest surviving painting of Stirling and the castle from the time of Charles II. This castle was once home to a very special sporting object, which is now the oldest in the world and predates this painting by more than 100 years. What was the object?

   1. World’s oldest football

   2. World’s oldest tennis racket

   3. World’s oldest curling stone

   4. World’s oldest rugby ball

7. 

   The wolf has been a symbol of Stirling since the ninth century after a howling wolf saved the town from what event?

   1. Fire

   2. Viking invasion

   3. Pirates

   4. English invasion

8. 

   What group of painters was William Kennedy associated with?

   1. The Scottish Colourists

   2. The Edinburgh School

   3. The Glasgow Boys

   4. The Camden Town Group

Solutions

1:D - Nasmyth tutored the mathematician and astronomer Mary Somerville at his art academy for ladies in Edinburgh. He also introduced her to many of leading intellectuals in Edinburgh at the time. Somerville’s work bears a strong resemblance to her tutor’s landscapes, which can also be seen on Art UK. Image: Cambuskenneth, 1810-1840, Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840), the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum, 2:B - Caroline married George II in 1705, and the two had a loving marriage. Copies of their state portraits such as this one were distributed widely, and particularly to places that had Jacobite leanings, as Stirling did during George II and Caroline’s reign. Image: Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, (copy after an original of 1716), 1730, Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) (copy after), the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum, 3:C - Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian general and took a leading role in the unification of Italy, drawing many comparisons to Scotland’s William Wallace, who led the first war of Scottish Independence. The biscuit was named after Garibaldi following his visit to South Shields in 1854. Image: Garibaldi, 1864, unknown artist, the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum, 4:A - This painting shows a former enslaved man in the southern United States, and portrays him as independent and free. In the background is a poster of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which declared the freedom of enslaved persons. The painting was rejected from the Royal Academy exhibition on "political grounds". Instead, it was hung in the supplementary exhibition curated by rejected artists as a salon des refusés. Image: The Pipe of Freedom, 1869, Thomas Stuart Smith (1813-1869), the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum, 5:B - Amelia Robertson Hill sculpted three of the statues on the monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. Katherine Anne Fraser-Tytler is the only other known woman to contribute to this landmark. Hill’s most notable public commissions are a statue of David Livingstone in Princes Street Gardens and Robert Burns in Dumfries. She exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy until 1902, at the age of 82. Image: Sir George Harvey, 1867, Amelia Robertson Hill (1820-1904), the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum, 6:A - The world’s oldest football dates to the 1540s and was discovered behind the paneling of the Queen’s Chamber in Stirling Castle. The Stirling Smith is now home to this football, along with the world’s oldest curling stone which dates to 1511 and was found in a local bog. Image: Stirling in the Time of the Stuarts, 1673-74, Johannes Vorstermans (c1643-99), the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum, 7:B - Legend has it that a howling wolf saved the town from Vikings in the ninth century. A pack of wolves were disturbed by the invaders, which led to them howling and alerting the townspeople to the attack. Everyone awoke to see the Vikings fleeing, and the wolf has remained a symbol of the town to this day. Image: The Stirling Wolf, unknown artist, the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum, 8:C - William Kennedy was a prominent member of the group of artists know as the Glasgow Boys. Kennedy was born in Glasgow and later established a studio in Stirling. He was best known for his rural landscapes and depictions of soldiers at Stirling Castle. Image: Harvest Moon, William J Kennedy (1859-1918), the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum

Scores

1. 8 and above.

   A performance made of the finest Stirling silver

2. 6 and above.

   A Stirling effort

3. 5 and above.

   A Stirling effort

4. 2 and above.

   Hardly a Stirling effort

5. 3 and above.

   Hardly a Stirling effort

6. 1 and above.

   Hardly a Stirling effort

7. 7 and above.

   A performance made of the finest Stirling silver

8. 4 and above.

   A Stirling effort

9. 0 and above.

   Hardly a Stirling effort