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2,442 questions • Page 10 of 35
| # | Question | Answer |
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| 631 | Which Shakespearian character has the largest speaking part? | Hamlet |
| 632 | In the Bible, how many fishes did Jesus need to feed five thousand? | Two |
| 633 | What nationality was Hans Christian Anderson? | Danish |
| 634 | Which of the following books of the Bible comes in the New Testament? Judges, Colossians or Proverbs? | Colossians |
| 635 | In the Bible, what was the name of Moses` older brother? | Aaron |
| 636 | At the beginning of the novel `Les Miserables` Jean Valjean had just been released from prison after serving 19 years for what crime? | Stealing a loaf of bread |
| 637 | Who wrote `Lord Of The Flies`? | William Golding |
| 638 | What are the first three words in the Bible? | `In the beginning` |
| 639 | The TV series `Sex and the City` is based on a book by which author? | Candace Bushnell |
| 640 | Who wrote `The old man of Lochnagar`? | Prince Charles |
| 641 | Which of Shakespeare`s characters has a daughter called Jessica? | Shylock`s |
| 642 | Which American author created the character Rip Van Winkle? | Washington Irving |
| 643 | With which famous book would you associate the characters of Magwitch and Estella? | `Great Expectations` |
| 644 | To which famous author was archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan married? | Agatha Christie |
| 645 | In which city is `The Phantom of the Opera` set? | Paris |
| 646 | Which cricketer wrote a novel called `Deep Cover`? | Ian Botham |
| 647 | In what story by Hugh Lofting do we find the characters Jib, Dab Dab and Pushmi Pullyu? | Dr Doolittle |
| 648 | Which Shakespeare play features the character of Sebastian? | `Twelfth Night` |
| 649 | According to Shakespeare, who was the King of the Fairies? | Oberon |
| 650 | What was Roald Dahl`s follow up to his book `Charlie And The Chocolate Factory` called? | Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator |
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| 651 | What is Shakespeare`s shortest play? | Macbeth |
| 652 | What nationality was the existentialist writer Albert Camus? | French |
| 653 | Who released the autobiography `Honest` in 2002? | Ulrika Jonsson |
| 654 | What name is given to the artistic style invented by Picasso and Braque in which the subject is reduced to basic geometric shapes? | Cubism |
| 655 | In the Bible, which type of bird was the first to leave the ark? | Raven |
| 656 | Which author created the private detective Philip Marlowe? | Raymond Chandler |
| 657 | In which book do you meet the characters Holly, Dandelion, Fiver and Hazel? | `Watership Down` |
| 658 | Which artist described some of his best works as `hand-painted dream photographs`? | Salvador Dali |
| 659 | Which sculptor created `The Thinker`? | Rodin |
| 660 | By what name was American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known? | Mark Twain. |
| 661 | The novelist Mary Ann Evans wrote her books using what male name? | George Eliot |
| 662 | Where in London is Charles Dickens buried? | Westminster Abbey |
| 663 | What famouse novel was Mark Chapman carrying when he shot John Lennon? | `Catcher In The Rye` (by J. D. Salinger) |
| 664 | Who wrote `Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verse`? | Rudyard Kipling |
| 665 | According to the Bible, how long was Jonah said to have spent in the belly of the whale? | 3 days and nights. |
| 666 | On whose novels is the TV series `Inspector Morse` based? | Colin Dextor |
| 667 | Shakespeare`s `A Midsummer Night`s Dream` is set on the outskirts of which city? | Athens |
| 668 | Who scultped `The Thinker`? | Rodin |
| 669 | What is the third book in the `Lord Of The Rings` trilogy called? | `The Return Of The King` |
| 670 | In July 2000, what became the fastest selling book in history? | `Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire` |
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| 671 | Who wrote `20,000 Leagues Under The Sea`? | Jules Verne |
| 672 | Which architect was responsible for the rebuilding of many of London`s churches following the Great Fire of London? | Sir Christopher Wren |
| 673 | Which American author wrote `A Farewell To Arms` in 1929? | Ernest Hemingway |
| 674 | What were the full names of the two books written by Lewis Carroll which featured Alice as their main character? | `Alice`s Adventures In Wonderland` and `Through The Looking-Glass` |
| 675 | In the Bible, what kind of trees grew in the Garden of Gethsemane, the scene of Christ`s agony and betrayal? | Olive trees |
| 676 | Whose paintings include `Man With A Clarinet`, `Still Life With Biscuits` and `Woman With A Book`? | Pablo Picasso |
| 677 | Which of the following was not one of Roger Hargreaves` Mr Men? Mr Daydream, Mr Noisy or Mr Trouble? | Mr Trouble |
| 678 | Which Charles Dickens novel features the character of Pip? | `Great Expectations` |
| 679 | Who painted `The Birth Of Venus` and `Mars And Venus`? | Sandro Botticelli |
| 680 | Which `T` was the surname of the subject of the first of the Mr Men books? | Tickle |
| 681 | Which author, born in Boston in 1809, wrote the poem called `The Raven`? | Edgar Allen Poe |
| 682 | What was Arthur Conan Doyle`s profession before becoming a writer? | A doctor. |
| 683 | Who was British poet laureate between 1972 and 1984? | John Betjeman |
| 684 | How many suicides are recorded in the Bible? 0, 1 or 7? | 7 |
| 685 | Who wrote the novel `Brighton Rock`? | Graham Greene |
| 686 | Who created the character of Tarzan? | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| 687 | What novel by Ray Bradbury was named for the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns? | `Fahrenheit 451` |
| 688 | Sir Mulberry Hawk appears in what Charles Dickens novel? | Nicholas Nickleby |
| 689 | What was Ian Fleming`s first James Bond novel? | Casino Royale |
| 690 | Which of the following of Shakespeare`s plays was written first? `Twelfth Night`, `Romeo And Juliet` or `Anthony And Cleopatra`? | `Romeo And Juliet` |
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| 691 | In what year did George Orwell write 1984? | 1948 (The title of the book switched the last two digits round). |
| 692 | Which British poet wrote `The Charge Of The Light Brigade` and `Maud`? Tennyson, Shelley or Byron? | Tennyson |
| 693 | What is the name of Bill Sikes` dog in Charles Dickens` `Oliver Twist`? | Bulls-eye |
| 694 | Which author sometimes used the pseudonym Acton Bell? Ann Bronte, Mary Shelley or Evelyn Waugh? | Ann Bronte |
| 695 | The name Wendy was first made up in which famous book? | Peter Pan |
| 696 | Who wrote the book `Howard`s End`? | E. M. Forster |
| 697 | Which of the following was not one of Roger Hargreaves` Mr Men? Mr Sleepy, Mr Busy or Mr Uppity? | Mr Sleepy |
| 698 | What was Giovanni Bellini best known for? Painting, Scuplting or Writing? | Painting. |
| 699 | What are the names of the three musketeers? | Aramis, Porthos and Athos |
| 700 | Who wrote `The Catcher In The Rye`? | J. D. Salinger |
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