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2,442 questions • Page 12 of 35
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| 771 | Which book, written in 1962 by Anthony Burgess, was later turned into a film directed by Stanley Kubrick? | A Clockwork Orange |
| 772 | Which British comedian wrote the novel `Time For Bed`? | David Baddiel |
| 773 | True or False: Shakespeare`s Macbeth was a real person? | True |
| 774 | Which London art gallery is famous for it`s five Turner galleries? | The Tate Gallery. |
| 775 | Which Spanish painter said `I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them`? | Pablo Picasso |
| 776 | Which D. D. wrote the book `Moll Flanders` in 1722? | Daniel Defoe |
| 777 | Which famous artist painted the `Water Lilies`? | Monet |
| 778 | According to Oscar Wilde, what is `the name everyone gives to his mistakes? | Experience |
| 779 | Which famous British poet`s first names were Percy Bysshe? | Shelley |
| 780 | In which famous novel was the official language of society called `Newspeak`? | `1984` (by George Orwell) |
| 781 | Who wrote the Christmas story, `The Snowman`? | Raymond Briggs |
| 782 | Who wrote `Anna Karenina`? | Leo Tolstoy |
| 783 | Adapted to become a successful film, which James Ellroy novel was the third in a series which also included `The Black Dahlia`, `The Big Nowhere` and `White Jazz`? | `L.A. Confidential` |
| 784 | Who`s play was adapted for the 1951 film `A Streetcar Named Desire`? | Tennessee Williams` |
| 785 | Who created the Peanuts comic strip? | Charles M. Schultz |
| 786 | Which London play holds the record for the longest run of any show in the world? | `The Mouse Trap` |
| 787 | What is the name given to the system for categorising library books? | Dewey Decimal System |
| 788 | How are the first five books of the bible known collectively? | The Pentateuch |
| 789 | In which century did William Shakespeare die? | 17th |
| 790 | In the series of children`s `Noddy` books, what is the name of the policeman? | Mr Plod |
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| 791 | Which famous character was created by Michael Bond in a series of books for children? | Paddington Bear |
| 792 | Who was Arthur Conan Doyle writing about when he said `He is the Napoleon of crime`? | Professor Moriaty |
| 793 | Which 1971 novel by William Blatty was later turned into a famous horror film? | `The Exorcist` |
| 794 | More commonly known for writing detective novels, who wrote romantic novels using the name Mary Westmascott? | Agatha Christie |
| 795 | Who wrote the book `Watership Down`? | Richard Adams |
| 796 | Who wrote `Pygmalion` and `Caesar and Cleopatra`? | George Bernard Shaw |
| 797 | Who wrote the novel `Jurassic Park` on which the Steven Spielberg film of the same name was based? | Michael Crichton |
| 798 | Which cat would you associate with Dilbert? Pussbert, Catbert or Mogbert? | Catbert |
| 799 | Which popular novelist died at her home in Newcastle in 1998? | Catherine Cookson |
| 800 | In which English city was Charles Dickens born? | Portsmouth |
| 801 | Which 1952 Agatha Christie play ran in London for over 35 years? | The Mousetrap |
| 802 | In `Charlie and the Chocolate Factory`, what was the name of the little people who worked for Willy Wonka and loved to sing? | Oompa Loompas |
| 803 | Who wrote `Our Mutual Friend`? | Charles Dickens |
| 804 | Which of the following authors wrote most recently? Jonathon Swift, Rudyard Kipling or Daniel Defoe? | Rudyard Kipling |
| 805 | How was author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known? | Lewis Carroll |
| 806 | What nationality was the novelist Marcel Proust? | French |
| 807 | By what nickname, meaning little barrel, is the artist born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi better known? | Botticelli |
| 808 | What nationality was Van Gogh? | Dutch |
| 809 | What nationality was the artist Rembrandt? | Dutch. |
| 810 | What is special about the novel `The Tale of Genji`? | The world`s first novel |
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| 811 | In which of Shakespeare`s play does the title character die in the first half of the play? | Julius Caesar |
| 812 | Who wrote the play `Cat on a Hot Tin Roof`? | Tennessee Williams |
| 813 | What was the name of Thomas Keneally`s book on which the film `Schindler`s List` was based? | `Schindler`s Ark` |
| 814 | Broadcast in 1983 ,`Goodbye, Farewell and Amen` was the name of the last episode of which American TV series? | `M*A*S*H` |
| 815 | Which of these styles of painting is most recent? Realism, Surrealism or Impressionism | Surrealism |
| 816 | Who wrote the book `The Commitments` which was later made into a film? | Roddy Doyle |
| 817 | In `The Lord Of The Rings`, what type of creature was Legolas? | Elf |
| 818 | Who wrote the opera `La Traviata`? | Verdi |
| 819 | The 1949 film `The Third Man` was based on whose novel? | Graham Greene`s |
| 820 | Shakespeare`s `The Tempest`, Milton`s `Paradise Lost` and Pope`s `The Rape Of The Lock` all feature a character of the same name. What is this name? | Ariel |
| 821 | Which famous literary character said he had an older and smarter brother called Mycroft?? | Sherlock Holmes |
| 822 | Who wrote a famous diary between 1660 and 1669 which included detailed descriptions of the Plague and the Great Fire of London? | Samuel Pepys |
| 823 | Who wrote `The Importance Of Being Earnest`? | Oscar Wilde |
| 824 | The film `10 things I hate about you` is based on which Shakespeare play? | The Taming Of The Shrew |
| 825 | Who wrote `The Pied Piper Of Hamelin`? | Hans Christian Anderson |
| 826 | Who wrote a famous diary between 1660 and 1669 which included detailed descriptions of the Plague and the Great Fire of London? | Samuel Pepys |
| 827 | In the title of an H. G. Wells book, how is Griffin better known? | `The Invisible Man` |
| 828 | In `A Christmas Carol`, on what date is Scrooge first visited by the ghost of Marley? | 24th December |
| 829 | Which horse in a story by Anna Sewell, began life called `Darkie` and later changed names as it changed owners? | Black Beauty |
| 830 | In which book of the Bible is the birth of Moses? | Exodus |
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| 831 | The owl and the pussycat bought their wedding ring from which animal? | A pig |
| 832 | Which `P` is the book of the Bible comes after Job and before Proverbs? | Psalms |
| 833 | What was Henry Moore`s `Reclining Figure`? A poem, a play or a sculpture? | A sculpture. |
| 834 | Which collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling includes the story `How The Leopard Got His Spots`? | `The Just So Stories` |
| 835 | Room 101 features in which George Orwell novel? | `1984` |
| 836 | In George Orwell`s `Animal Farm` what type of animal was `Napoleon`? | A pig |
| 837 | Who was the author of the 1992 book `Diana - Her True Story` about the life of the Princess of Wales? | Andrew Morton |
| 838 | Who wrote `Briget Jones` Diary`? | Helen Fielding |
| 839 | Who wrote `Of Mice And Men`? | John Steinbeck |
| 840 | What is the full title of the Shakespeare play commonly referred to as `Hamlet`? | `Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark` |
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