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| 491 | What nationality was Edvard Munch, the expressionist painter? | Norwegian | |
| 492 | Which fictional character lives at Apartment 3D, 344, ClintonStreet? | Clark Kent | |
| 493 | What is Michelangelo`s last name? | Buonarrotti | |
| 494 | In which year was Shakespeare born? | 1564 | |
| 495 | From which book in the Bible does the line `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self` come? | Matthew | |
| 496 | Which of the following Mr. Men are red in colour? Mr Nonsense, Mr Greedy or Mr Bump? | Mr Greedy | |
| 497 | In Texas in 1996, half a million dollars was paid for a two-page letter written over a hundred years ago by who? | Vincent Van Gogh | |
| 498 | `The Dancing Class` is one of many paintings about ballet dancers created by which artist? | Edgar Degas | |
| 499 | The 1989 film `The Lair Of The White Worm` was based on a story by which author? | Bram Stoker | |
| 500 | In what year did Agatha Christie die? | 1976 | |
| 501 | Which English novel has been portrayed on screen more than any other? | `A Christmas Carol` | |
| 502 | In which decade was the first issue of the Dandy comic published? | 1930s | |
| 503 | Which sculptor`s work includes `Genesis`, `Adam` and `Lucifer`? | Sir Jacob Epstein. | |
| 504 | How many books are in the Bible? | 66 | |
| 505 | Who wrote the 1961 novel `The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie`? | Muriel Spark | |
| 506 | Which `J` is the book of the Bible immediately follows Deuteronomy? | Joshua | |
| 507 | In what year did the Legionnaire`s Disease claim it`s first fatality? | 1976 | |
| 508 | What was the original title of Joseph Heller`s novel `Catch 22`, but was later changed as it had a similar title to a book by Leon Uris? | `Catch 18` | |
| 509 | How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell during his life? | 1 (to his brother) | |
| 510 | Who is the second most mentioned man in the Bible? | David | |
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| 511 | Which artist is responsible for the painting entitled `Whaaaam`? | Roy Lichenstein | |
| 512 | Who painted `The Umbrellas`? | Renoir | |
| 513 | Who won the Turner Prize in 2000? | Wolfgang Tillmans | |
| 514 | Who in the Beano comic was `your Redskin chum`? | Little Plum | |
| 515 | How old was Mary Shelley when she wrote Frankenstein? | 19 | |
| 516 | Written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which poem starts with the line `On either side of the river lie`? | The Lady of Shalott | |
| 517 | When viewed at a certain angle, the 1553 painting: `The Ambassadors` reveals which mysterious object? | A skull | |
| 518 | What did Hugh Heffner originally plan to call his Playboy magazine? | Stag Party | |
| 519 | What is the name of the famous statue by Edvard Eriksen, unveiled on the 23rd August, 1913? | The Little Mermaid (in Copenhagen) | |
| 520 | How old is Juliet when she dies in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliett? | 13 years of age (nearly 14) | |
| 521 | In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? | Braiwaithe | |
| 522 | Which twentieth century artist had a studio called `The Factory`? | Andy Warhol. | |
| 523 | Roger Hargreaves created which characters in a series of books in the 1970s? | The Mister Men | |
| 524 | Who wrote `Finnegan`s Wake`? | James Joyce | |
| 525 | Who devoted four years of his life to painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? | Michaelangelo | |
| 526 | In what year did George Orwell write the bulk of his novel `1984`? | 1948 | |
| 527 | What word taken from the abbreviation for a unit of weight measurement was used by L. Frank Baum in the title of a novel? | Oz (used in `The Wizard Of Oz`) | |
| 528 | Which school did Billy Bunter attend? | Greyfriars | |
| 529 | What famous novel did Mark Chapman have in his possession when he assassinated John Lennon? | `The Catcher In The Rye` | |
| 530 | What type of book did Sankey and Moody publish in 1873? | A Hymn Book | |
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| 531 | In which year was the first Guinness Book of Records published? 1935, 1945 or 1955? | 1955 | |
| 532 | Beelzebub is Hebrew for what four word phrase, which was also used as the title of a famous novel? | `Lord Of The Flies` | |
| 533 | What style of painting was demonstrated by Monet, Renoir and Degas in Paris in 1874? | Impressionist. | |
| 534 | Who wrote the novel `The Count Of Monte Cristo`? | Alexandre Dumas | |
| 535 | Which artist`s work includes `The Night Watch`, `The Mill` and `Christ Healing`? | Rembrandt | |
| 536 | William Gibson`s short story `Burning Chrome` first included which two word phrase, widely used today when talking about the internet? | Cyber Space | |
| 537 | Which famous author once said `Work is the curse of the drinking class`? | Oscar Wilde | |
| 538 | The film `The Silence of the Lambs` was based on a novel by whom? | Thomas Harris | |
| 539 | Which artist`s `Les Desmoiselles d`Avignon` was an example of cubism? | Pablo Picasso | |
| 540 | What was the name of the dog in Peter Pan? | Nana | |
| 541 | What is the name of Garlfield, the cartoon cat`s girlfriend? Arlene, Cheryl or Ma? | Arlene | |
| 542 | Which famous authour has also written several books using the pseudonym Richard Bachman? | Stephen King | |
| 543 | Which TV presenter released their autobiography `Fools Rush In` in the year 2000? | Anthea Turner | |
| 544 | The novel `The Mystery Of Edwin Drood` was left unfinished in 1870 by which author? | Charles Dickens | |
| 545 | Which novel brought Charles Dickens to fame in 1837? | Pickwick Papers | |
| 546 | Created by author Ian Fleming, which James Bond villain had his heart on the right side of his body? | Dr No | |
| 547 | Who wrote the book `Swallows and Amazons`? | Arthur Ransome | |
| 548 | Where in England was Charles Dickens born? | Portsmouth | |
| 549 | Born in Paris in 1840, who was regarded as the leader of the 19th century impressionist art movement? | Claude Monet | |
| 550 | By what name was authour Eric Blair better known? | George Orwell | |
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| 551 | Michaelangelo most famous work was on a ceiling in Italy and took four years. Where is this ceiling? | The Sistine Chapel (in Rome). | |
| 552 | In the Bible, how many loaves did Jesus need to feed five thousand? | Five | |
| 553 | Born in 1475, by what name was the painter and sculptor, Buonarroti, better known? | Michaelangelo. | |
| 554 | Whose is the first birth to be recorded in the Bible? | Cain | |
| 555 | Who was the first Indian born author to win a Nobel Prize? | Rudyard Kipling | |
| 556 | Which famous artist painted `Guernica` about the Spanish Civil War? | Pablo Picasso. | |
| 557 | In both the Old and New testaments which book has the shortest title? | Job | |
| 558 | What was the name of the Captain who hunted Moby Dick? | Captain Ahab | |
| 559 | Which authour`s real name was Charles Dodgson and was a mathematics instructor at Christ Church Oxford? | Lewis Carroll | |
| 560 | Which of the following comics was issued earliest? The Beano or The Dandy? | The Dandy | |
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