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| 771 | 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` | |
| 772 | Who`s play was adapted for the 1951 film `A Streetcar Named Desire`? | Tennessee Williams` | |
| 773 | Who created the Peanuts comic strip? | Charles M. Schultz | |
| 774 | Which London play holds the record for the longest run of any show in the world? | `The Mouse Trap` | |
| 775 | What is the name given to the system for categorising library books? | Dewey Decimal System | |
| 776 | How are the first five books of the bible known collectively? | The Pentateuch | |
| 777 | In which century did William Shakespeare die? | 17th | |
| 778 | In the series of children`s `Noddy` books, what is the name of the policeman? | Mr Plod | |
| 779 | Which famous character was created by Michael Bond in a series of books for children? | Paddington Bear | |
| 780 | Who was Arthur Conan Doyle writing about when he said `He is the Napoleon of crime`? | Professor Moriaty | |
| 781 | Which 1971 novel by William Blatty was later turned into a famous horror film? | `The Exorcist` | |
| 782 | More commonly known for writing detective novels, who wrote romantic novels using the name Mary Westmascott? | Agatha Christie | |
| 783 | Who wrote the book `Watership Down`? | Richard Adams | |
| 784 | Who wrote `Pygmalion` and `Caesar and Cleopatra`? | George Bernard Shaw | |
| 785 | Who wrote the novel `Jurassic Park` on which the Steven Spielberg film of the same name was based? | Michael Crichton | |
| 786 | Which cat would you associate with Dilbert? Pussbert, Catbert or Mogbert? | Catbert | |
| 787 | Which popular novelist died at her home in Newcastle in 1998? | Catherine Cookson | |
| 788 | In which English city was Charles Dickens born? | Portsmouth | |
| 789 | Which 1952 Agatha Christie play ran in London for over 35 years? | The Mousetrap | |
| 790 | 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 | |
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| 791 | Who wrote `Our Mutual Friend`? | Charles Dickens | |
| 792 | Which of the following authors wrote most recently? Jonathon Swift, Rudyard Kipling or Daniel Defoe? | Rudyard Kipling | |
| 793 | How was author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known? | Lewis Carroll | |
| 794 | What nationality was the novelist Marcel Proust? | French | |
| 795 | By what nickname, meaning little barrel, is the artist born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi better known? | Botticelli | |
| 796 | What nationality was Van Gogh? | Dutch | |
| 797 | What nationality was the artist Rembrandt? | Dutch. | |
| 798 | What is special about the novel `The Tale of Genji`? | The world`s first novel | |
| 799 | In which of Shakespeare`s play does the title character die in the first half of the play? | Julius Caesar | |
| 800 | Who wrote the play `Cat on a Hot Tin Roof`? | Tennessee Williams | |
| 801 | What was the name of Thomas Keneally`s book on which the film `Schindler`s List` was based? | `Schindler`s Ark` | |
| 802 | Broadcast in 1983 ,`Goodbye, Farewell and Amen` was the name of the last episode of which American TV series? | `M*A*S*H` | |
| 803 | Which of these styles of painting is most recent? Realism, Surrealism or Impressionism | Surrealism | |
| 804 | Who wrote the book `The Commitments` which was later made into a film? | Roddy Doyle | |
| 805 | In `The Lord Of The Rings`, what type of creature was Legolas? | Elf | |
| 806 | Who wrote the opera `La Traviata`? | Verdi | |
| 807 | The 1949 film `The Third Man` was based on whose novel? | Graham Greene`s | |
| 808 | 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 | |
| 809 | Which famous literary character said he had an older and smarter brother called Mycroft?? | Sherlock Holmes | |
| 810 | Who wrote `The Importance Of Being Earnest`? | Oscar Wilde | |
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| 811 | Who wrote `The Pied Piper Of Hamelin`? | Hans Christian Anderson | |
| 812 | Who wrote a famous diary between 1660 and 1669 which included detailed descriptions of the Plague and the Great Fire of London? | Samuel Pepys | |
| 813 | In the title of an H. G. Wells book, how is Griffin better known? | `The Invisible Man` | |
| 814 | In `A Christmas Carol`, on what date is Scrooge first visited by the ghost of Marley? | 24th December | |
| 815 | Which horse in a story by Anna Sewell, began life called `Darkie` and later changed names as it changed owners? | Black Beauty | |
| 816 | In which book of the Bible is the birth of Moses? | Exodus | |
| 817 | The owl and the pussycat bought their wedding ring from which animal? | A pig | |
| 818 | Which `P` is the book of the Bible comes after Job and before Proverbs? | Psalms | |
| 819 | What was Henry Moore`s `Reclining Figure`? A poem, a play or a sculpture? | A sculpture. | |
| 820 | Which collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling includes the story `How The Leopard Got His Spots`? | `The Just So Stories` | |
| 821 | Room 101 features in which George Orwell novel? | `1984` | |
| 822 | In George Orwell`s `Animal Farm` what type of animal was `Napoleon`? | A pig | |
| 823 | Who was the author of the 1992 book `Diana - Her True Story` about the life of the Princess of Wales? | Andrew Morton | |
| 824 | Who wrote `Briget Jones` Diary`? | Helen Fielding | |
| 825 | Who wrote `Of Mice And Men`? | John Steinbeck | |
| 826 | What is the full title of the Shakespeare play commonly referred to as `Hamlet`? | `Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark` | |
| 827 | Which famous fictional character had step sisters called Anastasia and Drizella? | Cinderella | |
| 828 | Which literary character travelled around the world in 80 days with Pass Partout? | Phileas Fog | |
| 829 | Which famous schoolboy hero was created by author Frank Richards? | Billy Bunter | |
| 830 | What nationality was Pablo Picasso? | Spanish | |
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| 831 | What type of painting is done on wet plaster with pigments suspended in water so that the plaster absorbs the colours and the painting becomes part of the wall? | Fresco | |
| 832 | Which famous novel was written in 1877 by Anna Sewell as a protest against cruelty to horses? | Black Beauty | |
| 833 | Who wrote `A Streetcar Named Desire` in 1947? | Tennesee Williams | |
| 834 | Which famous Jack Kerouac novel featured the characters of Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty? | `On The Road` | |
| 835 | Which of the following Shakespeare plays would not be classed as histories? King John, King Lear or Richard III? | King Lear | |
| 836 | In the first Harry Potter book, which platform does Harry have to go to catch the train to Hogwarts? | Nine and three quarters | |
| 837 | Who wrote the novel `The Three Musketeers`? | Alexander Dumas | |
| 838 | Which children’s author wrote the Malory Towers series? | Enid Blyton | |
| 839 | In J.R.R.Tolkein`s `The Hobbit` is Gandalf a wizard, a dwarf or a goblin? | Wizard | |
| 840 | Which famous painting is also known as `La Gioconda`? | The Mona Lisa. | |
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