We are currently fundraising to help pay the costs of this site

The cost of running websites isn't free, if you have found our website useful and want to help out with the running costs please click the button and donate to us :) All money goes towards our hosting costs (which hammered us during covid!) HELP FUND THE SITE

Art & Literature

There are currently 1319 questions in the Art & Literature category.
Question Answer
This website is a tad expensive to run, if you find it useful please donate. Click here to go to our GoFundMe page.
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ?
Michelangelo
 
Who wrote 'A Tale Of Two Cities'?
Charles Dickens
 
Who painted 'Irises'?
Vincent Van Gogh
 
Which Shakesperian play features the line "Now is the winter of our discontent"?
Richard III
 
A technique of engraving, using a sharp-pointed needle, that produces a furrowed edge resulting in a print with soft, velvety lines.
Drypoint
 
Who Was The First Person To Be Buried At Poets Corner
Geoffrey Chaucer 
 
How many lines are in a sonnet?
Fourteen
 
Which Tennesee Williams play is about a Sicilian-American woman?
The Rose Tattoo
 
Artwork, usually paintings, characterized by a simplified style, nonscientific perspective, and bold colors. The artists are generally not professionally trained.
Naive art
 
What famous character did Edgar Rice Burroughs create?
Tarzan
 
Without financial help this site won't survive, if every visitor donated £1 we could run this site for a long long time. The fact you are here on this page shows the site is of some use to you, we have helped you, why not help us? We have never made a penny off this site, all of us are currently out of work and this site is impacting on other sites that are paying our rent. Click here to go to our GoFundMe page and help us out.
From whom did Bilbo obtain The Ring
Gollum
 
In 1526 Hans Holbein Became The Officiaal Portrait Painter Of Which English King
Henry VIII 
 
Who wrote "Ten Little Indians?"
Agatha Christie
 
Which Character Featured In Jules Verne's (Around The World In 80 Days)
Phileas Fogg 
 
Who did author Leslie Charteris create?
The Saint
 
Which Author Wrote To Books The Shining And Pet Sematary
Stephen King 
 
How Is Jack Dawkins Otherwise Known As In A Dickens Novel?
Artful Dodger 
 
In 'A Christmas Carol', what was the name of the miser?
Ebenezer Scrooge
 
Who created 'Maudie Frickett'?
Jonathan Winters
 
Meaning 'rebirth' in french. Refers to Europe c. 1400-1600. The style began in Italy and stressed the forms of classical antiquity, a realistic representation of space based on scientific perspective, and secular subjects.
Renaissance
 
Without financial help this site won't survive, if every visitor donated £1 we could run this site for a long long time. The fact you are here on this page shows the site is of some use to you, we have helped you, why not help us? We have never made a penny off this site, all of us are currently out of work and this site is impacting on other sites that are paying our rent. Click here to go to our GoFundMe page and help us out.
Which Literary Character Had A Dog Called Bulls Eye?
Bill Sykes (Oliver!) 
 
Which Author Penned The Disc- World Series Of Sci-Fi Novels?
Terry Pratchett 
 
A print made by carving on a wood block, which is then inked and printed.
Woodcut
 
On a represented form, a point of most intense light.
Highlight
 
What Colour Is Art & Literature In The Standard Edition Of 'Trivial Pursuit''?
Brown 
 
Who Designed The Album Sleeve For The Rolling Stones LP (Sticky Fingers)
Andy Warhol 
 
Name the Shakespeare play from this ultra short plot summary: Urged on by his wife, a man murders his king in order to take his place.
Macbeth
 
A technique in abstract painting developed in the 1950s. It focuses on the lyrical effects of large areas of color, often poured or stained onto the canvas.
Color field painting
 
Design style prevalent during the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by a sleek use of straight lines and slender forms.
Art deco
 
Who Said When A Man Is Tired Of London He Is Tired Of Life
Dr Samuel Johnson 
 
Without financial help this site won't survive, if every visitor donated £1 we could run this site for a long long time. The fact you are here on this page shows the site is of some use to you, we have helped you, why not help us? We have never made a penny off this site, all of us are currently out of work and this site is impacting on other sites that are paying our rent. Click here to go to our GoFundMe page and help us out.
Page 40 of 44