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Art & Literature
2,442 questions • Page 9 of 35
| # | Question | Answer |
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| 561 | Who was the first Indian born author to win a Nobel Prize? | Rudyard Kipling |
| 562 | Which famous artist painted `Guernica` about the Spanish Civil War? | Pablo Picasso. |
| 563 | In both the Old and New testaments which book has the shortest title? | Job |
| 564 | What was the name of the Captain who hunted Moby Dick? | Captain Ahab |
| 565 | According to `The Hitch Hiker`s Guide To The Galaxy`, what number was the answer to life, the universe and everything? | 42 |
| 566 | Which authour`s real name was Charles Dodgson and was a mathematics instructor at Christ Church Oxford? | Lewis Carroll |
| 567 | Which of the following comics was issued earliest? The Beano or The Dandy? | The Dandy |
| 568 | In literature, how are the duo Charles and Gerald better known? | Mills and Boon |
| 569 | Who wrote the plays `Death Of A Salesman` and `The Crucible`? | Arthur Miller |
| 570 | What was the name of author A. A. Milne`s son? | Christopher Robin (his Winnie the Pooh books were about him) |
| 571 | In which country was the writer Rudyard Kipling born? | India |
| 572 | In which Scottish city are the comics the Beano and the Dandy published? | Dundee |
| 573 | What is the name of the diminutive snake-killing hero described in a story by Rudyard Kipling? | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi |
| 574 | What was Ezra Pound famous for writing? Poems, Musicals or Biographies? | Poems |
| 575 | What is the second book of the Bible? | Exodus |
| 576 | Who wrote `Black Beauty` in 1877? | Anna Sewell |
| 577 | Which of Shakespeare`s plays begins with the words `If music be the food of love, play on`? | `Twelfth Night` |
| 578 | The artist Leonardo Da Vinci was alive in which two centuries? | 15th and 16th. |
| 579 | Who orginally created the character of `Batman`? | Bob Kane |
| 580 | In which capital city did Oscar Wilde die? | Paris |
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| 581 | What kind of art-form is topiary? | Clipping hedges into artistic shapes. |
| 582 | The film `Clueless` starring Alicia Silverstone was based on which Jane Austen novel? | `Emma` |
| 583 | `Weir of Hermiston` is the unfinished work of which author? | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| 584 | Who wrote `Moby Dick`? | Herman Melville |
| 585 | Who painted the `Rouen Cathedral` series? | Claude Monet. |
| 586 | A painting by which artist was sold for some 5.1 million pounds in June 1996? | Cezanne |
| 587 | Who painted `The Scourging Of Christ` and `The Disrobing Of Christ`? | El Greco. |
| 588 | Which English writers first novel was called `The Light That Failed`? | Rudyard Kipling |
| 589 | Which musical term was first coined in William Burroughs` book `Naked Lunch`? Heavy Metal, New Wave or Pop? | Heavy Metal |
| 590 | In which art gallery can the `Venus De Milo` be found? | The Louvre (in Paris). |
| 591 | In which novel is the world divided into Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia? | `1984` |
| 592 | In 1982, the `Man Of The Year` in Time magazine was not human - who or what was it? Greenpeace, a computer or Charlie Brown? | A computer |
| 593 | Which of the Bronte sisters wrote `Jane Eyre` in 1847? | Charlotte |
| 594 | Which theatre in London was originally called the Waldorf? | The Strand |
| 595 | In the book `Huckleberry Finn`, what was the first name of Huckleberry`s best friend? | Tom |
| 596 | Who wrote A Severed Head (1961) and The Sea, The Sea (1978)? | Iris Murdoch |
| 597 | Which word originated in the English language from the Latin word for `sword`? | `Gladiator` from the Latin word `Gladiolus` |
| 598 | Which famous novel includes the words `light of my life, fire of my loins`? | `Lolita` (by Vladimir Nabokov). |
| 599 | What colour in art is said to signify royalty? | Purple. |
| 600 | In the book `Through The Looking Glass`, which chess piece does Alice start off as? | Pawn |
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| 601 | The Bible is the best selling non-copywrited book in the world. What is the best selling copywrited book? | `The Guinness Book Of Records` |
| 602 | What nationality was the composer Bela Bartok? | Hungarian |
| 603 | What is the last book in the Bible? | Revelation |
| 604 | What was the full title of Robert Louis Stevenson`s book which first featured `Jekyll and Hyde`? | `The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde` |
| 605 | In which Italian city would you find the Uffizi Gallery? | Florence |
| 606 | How was Mrs Hugh McCorquodale better known in the literary world until her death in 2000? | Barbara Cartland |
| 607 | Which Spanish painter said `I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them`? | Picasso |
| 608 | In Enid Blyton`s `Famous Five`, which of the children owns the dog Timothy? | Georgina |
| 609 | Which female detective featured in the books `The Hidden Staircase`, `The Bungalow Mystery` and `The Secret Of The Old Clock`? | Nancy Drew |
| 610 | For what was the American Ogden Nash best known for writing? Plays, Poems or Novels? | Plays |
| 611 | Sculptor Sir Alfred Gilbert is bets known for which statue in London? | Eros |
| 612 | On whose novel was the film `The Quiet American` based? | Graham Greene`s |
| 613 | Which famous actor was the first director of the National Theatre? | Laurence Olivier |
| 614 | In the Bible`s book of Revelations, what are the names given to the four horsemen of the apocalypse? | Conquest, Slaughter, Famine and Death |
| 615 | What is the name of the third book of the Bible? | Leviticus |
| 616 | What was the name of the play being watched by Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated? | `Our American Cousin` |
| 617 | What nationality was the artist Gustav Klimt? | Austrian |
| 618 | Who painted the `Flatford Mill`? | John Constable. |
| 619 | Who wrote the novel `The 39 Steps`? | John Buchan |
| 620 | Beelzebub is Hebrew for what phrase, which was also used as the title of a famous novel? | Lord Of The Flies |
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| 621 | What is the name given to the decorative style in the 1920s and 1930s of characterised by geometric design and bright metallic surfaces? | Art Deco. |
| 622 | Which fictional hero was created by Baroness Orczy? | The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| 623 | Who painted `The Last Supper` | Da Vinci |
| 624 | What are the English translations for the three Scots words `auld`, `lang` and `syne`? | `old`, `long` and `since` |
| 625 | By what name is the fictional character Don Diego de la Vega better known? | Zorro |
| 626 | The name Wendy was first made up in which famous book? | `Peter Pan` |
| 627 | Who wrote the 2001 biographical book called `Billy`? | Pamela Stephenson |
| 628 | Snufkin, Fillyjonk and the Snorks were characters in which series of stories by Tove Jansson? | `The Moomins` |
| 629 | Who wrote the novel `A Parliamentary Affair`? | Edwina Currie |
| 630 | Which literary character rode a horse called Rosinante? | Don Quixote |
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