Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 22nd April 2024 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Whose 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name? |
| 2. | Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child ___ ___ ___ ___. What are the missing four words? |
| 3. | Re-published in 2004, who first published his memoir Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance in 1995? |
| 4. | What travel guide was founded in Australia in 1973 by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler? |
| 5. | Considered a classic of children's literature, what best-selling novel did Eleanor H. Porter publish in 1913? |
| 6. | John, Susan, Titty, Roger, Peggy, and Nancy are characters from what 1930 children's adventure novel? |
| 7. | In a Grimm Brothers' fairy tale, what is the name of the long, fair haired beauty locked in a tower by a witch? |
| 8. | According to the Book of Genesis, who lived to the ripe old age of 969? |
| 9. | The Twits, The Witches, and The Magic Finger are among the best-selling novels by what author? |
| 10. | Complete the title of this Agatha Christie novel: And then there were ...? |
| 11. | What 19th century French author wrote The Man in the Iron Mask? |
| 12. | According to the nursery rhyme, who was born on a Monday, christened on Tuesday, married on Wednesday, took ill on Thursday, grew worse on Friday, died on Saturday and buried on Sunday? |
| 13. | "Religion is the opium of the people" is one of the most frequently paraphrased statements of what philosopher and economist? |
| 14. | What measures 15 feet × 29 feet and can be found on the back wall of the refectory at the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy? |
| 15. | Andy, Marbles, Spike, Olaf, Molly, Rover and Belle are the siblings of what comic strip character? |
| 16. | What magical plant did Harry Potter eat to assist him underwater in the second task of the 1994 Triwizard Tournament? |
| 17. | Joseph Mallord William are the first names of what 19th century British artist? |
| 18. | What were the first names of Peter Pan author J. M. Barrie? |
| 19. | Since turned into a common phrase, who wrote the 1961 novel Catch-22? |
| 20. | What is the seventh and final novel in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis? |
| 21. | In J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, what collective name is given to the children "who fall out of their prams when the nurse is looking the other way and if they are not claimed in seven days, they are sent far away to the Neverland"? |
| 22. | The Persistence of Memory is a 1931 painting by what artist? |
| 23. | In Mary Shelley's novel, what is Frankenstein's first name? |
| 24. | What nationality was expressionist painter Edvard Munch? |
| 25. | Born in 1954, James Dover Grant CBE is a British author of thriller novels, primarily known by what pen name? |
| 26. | For what 1866 novel is Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky best known? |
| 27. | For what eponymous comic strip character is Jim Davis best known? |
| 28. | The War Cry is the official news publication of what organisation? |
| 29. | "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." is the opening line to what 1951 novel? |
| 30. | In the Hebrew Bible, who wore the coat of many colours? |
| 31. | An icon for teenage rebellion and angst, Holden Caulfield is a fictional character in the works of what American author, born in 1919? |
| 32. | First published in 1976, who wrote Roots: The Saga of an American Family? |
| 33. | Siblings Jacob and Wilhelm were well known 19th century authors. What was their surname? |
| 34. | When the character of Barbara Gordon made her comic book debut in 1967, what was the name of her superhero alter-ego? |
| 35. | What phrase describes the biblical location of the Land of Nod where Cain was exiled? |
| 36. | In Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which child is "the little brute" that goes "down the garbage chute"? |
| 37. | What is the name of the lawyer in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird? |
| 38. | In what century was Michaelangelo born? |
| 39. | Mr. and Mrs. Banks, their children Jane and Michael, and baby twins John and Barbara, live at 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, in what 1934 P. L. Travers children's book? |
| 40. | The Sound and the Fury (1928), As I Lay Dying (1930), Light in August (1932), and Absalom, Absalom! (1936) are notable novels by what American writer and Nobel Prize laureate? |
| 41. | Pink Floyd's debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was named after chapter seven of what Kenneth Grahame children's classic? |
| 42. | First published in 1984, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of what famous series? |
| 43. | Complete the title of this fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm: The Mouse, the Bird, and the ______. |
| 44. | In what 1987 Stephen King novel does Annie Wilkes punish Paul Sheldon by cutting off his foot with an axe? |
| 45. | Covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, what is the title of this fresco by Michelangelo? |
| 46. | What is the fourth book of the Bible? |
| 47. | First published in the UK in 1987, to what was Where's Wally? renamed for the North American market? |
| 48. | What name is shared by a 15th century Florentine sculptor and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle? |
| 49. | In the Harry Potter series, what is the name of Rubeus Hagrid's shy dog? |
| 50. | Who wrote the classic novels Rob Roy and Ivanhoe? |
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