// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var DaVinciCode_quiz = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz.ID = "DaVinciCode_quiz"; DaVinciCode_quiz.ID_WB = 12759351; DaVinciCode_quiz.navsectionID = "" DaVinciCode_quiz.sPubDate = "5/18/2006 12:19:28 AM GMT"; DaVinciCode_quiz.quiztype = 1; DaVinciCode_quiz.appFmt = 0; DaVinciCode_quiz.bDispQNums = 1; DaVinciCode_quiz.appWidth = 460; DaVinciCode_quiz.appDeck = new Array("With approximately 500 billion gajillion copies sold, Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” has become one of the most popular thrillers in literature —- so it was only a matter of time before Hollywood came knocking. Director Ron Howard’s film adaptation comes to theaters May 19, starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou as a professor and police cryptologist on the trail of a vast conspiracy responsible for the murder of renowned curator Jacques Sauniere. Do you know how to crack the “Code”? Test yourself with this trivia quiz.",""); DaVinciCode_quiz.headHeight = 40; DaVinciCode_quiz.copyMargin = 9; DaVinciCode_quiz.copyBorder = 0; DaVinciCode_quiz[1] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[1][0] = new Array("Critics of “The Da Vinci Code” have pointed out numerous factual errors in the novel, although it hasn’t much affected the book’s popularity. Which of the following facts taken from the pages of “Code” is actually correct?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[1].answer = "The correct answer is D. Astrological symbols are not the same everywhere; for example, the Chinese zodiac is completely different than the Western zodiac. Though there is indeed a De la Tour painting in “The Little Mermaid,” it is clearly not “The Penitent Magdalen,” which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but the similar “Magdalen With The Smoking Flame,” part of the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (It’s a small mistake, but a real one.) And English, as any introductory linguistics textbook will tell you, was heavily influenced by Latin, and rather than being “pure,” has borrowed tens of thousands of words from other languages."; DaVinciCode_quiz[1][1] = new Array("A. “Taurus was always the bull. Astrology was a symbolic constant all over the world.”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[1][2] = new Array("B. In the movie “The Little Mermaid,” a painting shown in the main character’s home “was none other than 17th-century artist Georges de la Tour’s ‘The Penitent Magdelene.’”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[1][3] = new Array("C. The English language is “la linga pura,” and was not influenced in its development by Latin.",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[1][4] = new Array("D. A “crux gemmata” is a cross embedded with 13 gems.",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[2] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[2][0] = new Array("The book’s popularity, as well as the controversy swirling around it, are both rooted in the historical claim central to the mystery of the plot. You may have already read what that claim is, given the massive media coverage of the book, but we won’t spoil it here in this quiz. But we can ask you this: Which of the following surprising claims about Leonardo Da Vinci really are made by Dan Brown in “The Da Vinci Code”?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[2].answer = "The correct answer is C. The Priory of Sion, according to numerous sources, was actually founded in 1956, and its “history” was mainly a hoax created by a noted French anti-Semite, Pierre Plantard."; DaVinciCode_quiz[2][1] = new Array("A. Da Vinci’s numerous inventions included chow mein, shoelaces, the slang term “groovy,” income tax, and the use of the horse as a means of transportation.",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[2][2] = new Array("B. Leonardo Da Vinci had an identical twin named Phil, and the two of them were always getting into wacky adventures.",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[2][3] = new Array("C. A secret society called the Priory Of Sion included Da Vinci among its famous members.",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[2][4] = new Array("D. As a parlor trick to entertain his patron Lorenzo de Medici, Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa entirely from memory, while blindfolded and hung upside down in a water tank.",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[3] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[3][0] = new Array("“The Da Vinci Code” begins with the nighttime murder of a scholar in the halls of the Louvre. Which earlier novel also about a centuries-long historical conspiracy, also begins inside a famous Paris museum?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[3].answer = "The correct answer is C. Umberto Eco’s novel begins with the story’s narrator hiding from his enemies in Paris’ Musée des Arts et Métiers, where one of the original pendulums of the title resides."; DaVinciCode_quiz[3][1] = new Array("A. “The Illuminatus Trilogy”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[3][2] = new Array("B. “In Cold Blood”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[3][3] = new Array("C. “Foucault’s Pendulum”",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[3][4] = new Array("D. “The Sign Of Four”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[4] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[4][0] = new Array("Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere, the man whose murder kicks off “The Da Vinci Code,” was a great fan of word games, and once made a disdainful comment on Picasso’s painting “Les Demoiselles D’Avignon” by pointing out that the letters could be rearranged to form “vile meaningless doodles.” In the same way, a literary critic could express an opinion of Dan Brown’s prose style by rearranging the letters in BROWN’S BESTSELLER NOVEL “THE DA VINCI CODE” to form D.B. BELCHES WORST VILE DRIVEL ON TEN OCEANS. What is this simple form of cipher called?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[4].answer = "The correct answer is A, Anagram."; DaVinciCode_quiz[4][1] = new Array("A. Anagram",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[4][2] = new Array("B. Iambic pentameter",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[4][3] = new Array("C. Fibonacci sequence",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[4][4] = new Array("D. Enigma code",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[5] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[5][0] = new Array("Which of the following works was not created by Leonardo Da Vinci?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[5].answer = "The correct answer is D. The Sistine Chapel ceiling was actually painted by another Italian artist, Michelangelo Buonarotti. Readers of “The Da Vinci Code” know that renowned curator Jacques Sauniere, with his last ounce of strength after being fatally shot in the chest, used the last ounce of his strength to pose his body in the shape of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. And to come up with both an anagrammed message and another puzzle containing a clue to solving the anagram, and write it on the floor in invisible ink. And to hide a key on one side of the room, then write a message in code in invisible ink on a painting on the other side of the room. For a guy about to keel over dead from a gunshot wound, he had a lot of energy. Maybe he should have tried dragging himself to a phone to call an ambulance."; DaVinciCode_quiz[5][1] = new Array("A. The Mona Lisa",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[5][2] = new Array("B. The Last Supper",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[5][3] = new Array("C. The Vitruvian Man",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[5][4] = new Array("D. The Sistine Chapel ceiling",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[6] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[6][0] = new Array("One of the great attractions of Brown’s books for millions of readers is that they are full of interesting historical trivia. According to chapter 19 of “The Da Vinci Code,” the Church of Saint Sulpice in Paris hosted the baptisms of which two unlikely individuals?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[6].answer = "The correct answer is B, the Marquis De Sade and Charles Baudelaire. The two writers were famous, each in his own way, for being notorious libertines whom one would never expect had ever been inside a church. "; DaVinciCode_quiz[6][1] = new Array("A. Charles Manson and Madonna Ciccone",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[6][2] = new Array("B. The Marquis De Sade and Charles Baudelaire",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[6][3] = new Array("C. Pope Paul VI and King Louis XIV",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[6][4] = new Array("D. Charles De Gaulle and Benito Mussolini",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[7] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[7][0] = new Array("“Da Vinci Code” character Leigh Teabing is named in honor of two authors, Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent, who co-wrote a book that inspired Brown to create his story. What’s their book called?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[7].answer = "The correct answer is A. “Holy Blood, Holy Grail,” in fact, is discussed by the characters in “The Da Vinci Code,” one of whom expresses surprise that it was a bestseller: “I’ve never heard of it,” she says."; DaVinciCode_quiz[7][1] = new Array("A. “Holy Blood, Holy Grail”",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[7][2] = new Array("B. “The Don Ameche Code”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[7][3] = new Array("C. “Angels & Demons”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[7][4] = new Array("D. “Secrets Of Vatican City”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[8] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[8][0] = new Array("Leigh and Baigent apparently did not find it all that flattering that a character in “Code” was named for them, since they later sued Dan Brown for copyright violation. (Brown won.) What was unusual about the judge’s official ruling in the case?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[8].answer = "The correct answer is B. Justice Peter Smith hid a message in his ruling by bolding and italicizing certain letters, the first ten of which spell “SMITHY CODE,” and the remaining 30 of which are encoded. Although as of this writing the code had not yet been broken, it’s likely that it isn’t a message of Earth-shattering importance, since Smith referred to it as merely \"a bit of fun.\""; DaVinciCode_quiz[8][1] = new Array("A. It was more than 3,000 pages long",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[8][2] = new Array("B. It contains a secret message written in code",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[8][3] = new Array("C. It was written in French",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[8][4] = new Array("D. The judge was a member of the Knights Templar",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[9] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[9][0] = new Array("French actress Audrey Tautou appears in “The Da Vinci Code” as cryptologist Sophie Neveu. She might well be a new face to many American filmgoers, since her English-language filmography is still small, most prominently including the arthouse thriller “Dirty Pretty Things.” But she had a huge international success in the title role of which French-language film?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[9].answer = "The correct answer is B. The charming romantic comedy is better known in the U.S. under the simpler title \"Amelie.\""; DaVinciCode_quiz[9][1] = new Array("A. “A Bout De Souffle”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[9][2] = new Array("B. “Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain”",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[9][3] = new Array("C. “Diabolique”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[9][4] = new Array("D. “Per Qualche Dollaro In Piu”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[10] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[10][0] = new Array("The central mystery of “The Da Vinci Code” involves a supposedly true, but long-hidden secret about the life of Jesus with roots going all the way back to Biblical times. In real life, a long-lost gospel was recently discovered which makes some surprising claims about the last days of Jesus. What apostle’s story is told in this gospel?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[10].answer = "The correct answer is B. The document, written sometime before 180 A.D., claims that when Judas turned Jesus over to the Roman authorities, it was not a betrayal but an action taken at Jesus’ request."; DaVinciCode_quiz[10][1] = new Array("A. Thomas",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[10][2] = new Array("B. Judas",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[10][3] = new Array("C. Kevin",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[10][4] = new Array("D. Peter",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[11] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[11][0] = new Array("The producers of which current television series wanted to base an entire season of their show on the plot of “The Da Vinci Code,” but were rebuffed by Brown?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[11].answer = "The correct answer is C, \"24.\" Reportedly, Brown was not interested in having his book become a TV show, and held out for a film."; DaVinciCode_quiz[11][1] = new Array("A. “Arrested Development”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[11][2] = new Array("B. “Deadwood”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[11][3] = new Array("C. “24”",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[11][4] = new Array("D. “Relic Hunter”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[12] = new Array(); DaVinciCode_quiz[12][0] = new Array("“Da Vinci” director Ron Howard won the 2001 Best Picture Oscar for which film?"); DaVinciCode_quiz[12].answer = "The correct answer is B, \"A Beautiful Mind.\" He was totally robbed for “Splash,” in our opinion."; DaVinciCode_quiz[12][1] = new Array("A. “Apollo 13”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[12][2] = new Array("B. “A Beautiful Mind”",'',1); DaVinciCode_quiz[12][3] = new Array("C. “Gladiator”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz[12][4] = new Array("D. “Splash”",'',0); DaVinciCode_quiz.profiles = new Array();var i=0; DaVinciCode_quiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(93,100,"All correct. Caesar was famous for saying “Veni vidi vinci” --that’s “I came, I saw, I conquered”-- and now you can say “Veni vidi vinci Da Vinci!” "); DaVinciCode_quiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(75,92,"Mostly correct. You’re so smart you can probably figure out what we mean when we tell you “Lbh ner irel fzneg!” "); DaVinciCode_quiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(42,67,"So-so. A little more work and you’ll be ready to crack the Code. "); DaVinciCode_quiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(8,33,"Not Very Good. See if you can find a crack cryptologist to help you unlock this mystery. "); DaVinciCode_quiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(0,7,"Da Vinci was a Renaissance man, but your score is more Dark Ages. "); // END editorial data