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Art & Literature
2,442 questions • Page 8 of 35
| # | Question | Answer |
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| 491 | In what year was Pablo Picasso born? | 1881 |
| 492 | What is the name of the land of giants in the book `Gulliver`s Travels`? | Brobdingnag |
| 493 | In the Bible, what were the names of Noah`s three sons? | Shem, Ham and Japeth |
| 494 | Which US author said in his autobiography `There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics`? | Mark Twain |
| 495 | How old was William Shakespeare when he died? | 52 |
| 496 | Which French artist, born in 1834 was best known for his paintings of ballet dancers? | Edgar Degas. |
| 497 | What nationality was Edvard Munch, the expressionist painter? | Norwegian |
| 498 | Which fictional character lives at Apartment 3D, 344, ClintonStreet? | Clark Kent |
| 499 | What is Michelangelo`s last name? | Buonarrotti |
| 500 | In which year was Shakespeare born? | 1564 |
| 501 | From which book in the Bible does the line `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self` come? | Matthew |
| 502 | Which of the following Mr. Men are red in colour? Mr Nonsense, Mr Greedy or Mr Bump? | Mr Greedy |
| 503 | 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 |
| 504 | `The Dancing Class` is one of many paintings about ballet dancers created by which artist? | Edgar Degas |
| 505 | The 1989 film `The Lair Of The White Worm` was based on a story by which author? | Bram Stoker |
| 506 | In what year did Agatha Christie die? | 1976 |
| 507 | Which English novel has been portrayed on screen more than any other? | `A Christmas Carol` |
| 508 | In which decade was the first issue of the Dandy comic published? | 1930s |
| 509 | Which sculptor`s work includes `Genesis`, `Adam` and `Lucifer`? | Sir Jacob Epstein. |
| 510 | How many books are in the Bible? | 66 |
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| 511 | Who wrote the 1961 novel `The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie`? | Muriel Spark |
| 512 | Which `J` is the book of the Bible immediately follows Deuteronomy? | Joshua |
| 513 | In what year did the Legionnaire`s Disease claim it`s first fatality? | 1976 |
| 514 | 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` |
| 515 | How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell during his life? | 1 (to his brother) |
| 516 | Who is the second most mentioned man in the Bible? | David |
| 517 | Which artist is responsible for the painting entitled `Whaaaam`? | Roy Lichenstein |
| 518 | Who painted `The Umbrellas`? | Renoir |
| 519 | Who won the Turner Prize in 2000? | Wolfgang Tillmans |
| 520 | Who in the Beano comic was `your Redskin chum`? | Little Plum |
| 521 | How old was Mary Shelley when she wrote Frankenstein? | 19 |
| 522 | Written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which poem starts with the line `On either side of the river lie`? | The Lady of Shalott |
| 523 | When viewed at a certain angle, the 1553 painting: `The Ambassadors` reveals which mysterious object? | A skull |
| 524 | What did Hugh Heffner originally plan to call his Playboy magazine? | Stag Party |
| 525 | What is the name of the famous statue by Edvard Eriksen, unveiled on the 23rd August, 1913? | The Little Mermaid (in Copenhagen) |
| 526 | How old is Juliet when she dies in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliett? | 13 years of age (nearly 14) |
| 527 | In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? | Braiwaithe |
| 528 | Which twentieth century artist had a studio called `The Factory`? | Andy Warhol. |
| 529 | Roger Hargreaves created which characters in a series of books in the 1970s? | The Mister Men |
| 530 | Who wrote `Finnegan`s Wake`? | James Joyce |
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| 531 | Who devoted four years of his life to painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? | Michaelangelo |
| 532 | In what year did George Orwell write the bulk of his novel `1984`? | 1948 |
| 533 | 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`) |
| 534 | Which school did Billy Bunter attend? | Greyfriars |
| 535 | What famous novel did Mark Chapman have in his possession when he assassinated John Lennon? | `The Catcher In The Rye` |
| 536 | What type of book did Sankey and Moody publish in 1873? | A Hymn Book |
| 537 | In which year was the first Guinness Book of Records published? 1935, 1945 or 1955? | 1955 |
| 538 | Beelzebub is Hebrew for what four word phrase, which was also used as the title of a famous novel? | `Lord Of The Flies` |
| 539 | What style of painting was demonstrated by Monet, Renoir and Degas in Paris in 1874? | Impressionist. |
| 540 | Who wrote the novel `The Count Of Monte Cristo`? | Alexandre Dumas |
| 541 | Which artist`s work includes `The Night Watch`, `The Mill` and `Christ Healing`? | Rembrandt |
| 542 | William Gibson`s short story `Burning Chrome` first included which two word phrase, widely used today when talking about the internet? | Cyber Space |
| 543 | Which famous author once said `Work is the curse of the drinking class`? | Oscar Wilde |
| 544 | The film `The Silence of the Lambs` was based on a novel by whom? | Thomas Harris |
| 545 | Which artist`s `Les Desmoiselles d`Avignon` was an example of cubism? | Pablo Picasso |
| 546 | What was the name of the dog in Peter Pan? | Nana |
| 547 | What is the name of Garlfield, the cartoon cat`s girlfriend? Arlene, Cheryl or Ma? | Arlene |
| 548 | Which famous authour has also written several books using the pseudonym Richard Bachman? | Stephen King |
| 549 | Which TV presenter released their autobiography `Fools Rush In` in the year 2000? | Anthea Turner |
| 550 | The novel `The Mystery Of Edwin Drood` was left unfinished in 1870 by which author? | Charles Dickens |
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| 551 | Which novel brought Charles Dickens to fame in 1837? | Pickwick Papers |
| 552 | Created by author Ian Fleming, which James Bond villain had his heart on the right side of his body? | Dr No |
| 553 | Who wrote the book `Swallows and Amazons`? | Arthur Ransome |
| 554 | Where in England was Charles Dickens born? | Portsmouth |
| 555 | Born in Paris in 1840, who was regarded as the leader of the 19th century impressionist art movement? | Claude Monet |
| 556 | By what name was authour Eric Blair better known? | George Orwell |
| 557 | Michaelangelo most famous work was on a ceiling in Italy and took four years. Where is this ceiling? | The Sistine Chapel (in Rome). |
| 558 | In the Bible, how many loaves did Jesus need to feed five thousand? | Five |
| 559 | Born in 1475, by what name was the painter and sculptor, Buonarroti, better known? | Michaelangelo. |
| 560 | Whose is the first birth to be recorded in the Bible? | Cain |
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