Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 29th July 2024 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Author Clifford Irving was jailed for 30 months in 1972 for writing a fake autobiography of what millionaire? |
| 2. | What is the British cartoon character, Andy Capp, known as in Germany? |
| 3. | What two books of the Old Testament begin with the letter 'P'? |
| 4. | So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984), Mostly Harmless (1992), and And Another Thing... (2009) are the last three books in what hexology, first published in 1979? |
| 5. | In the Shakespeare tragedy, who killed Macbeth? |
| 6. | What American author's novels include The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery and State of Fear? |
| 7. | What is the name of Harry Potter's pet snowy owl? |
| 8. | Sancho Panza was squire to what character in a 1605 novel of the same name? |
| 9. | The fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin was created by what 19th century American writer? |
| 10. | Adapted into a 1996 film of the same name, A Time to Kill (1989) was the first novel published by what best-selling author? |
| 11. | In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, what type of bird is killed? |
| 12. | What novel first featured "Room 101"? |
| 13. | A Rake's Progress is a series of eight paintings by what 18th-century English artist? |
| 14. | What type of animal is Beatrix Potter's Miss Moppet? |
| 15. | In which book of the Bible do the Ten Commandments first appear? |
| 16. | Published in 1953, what is the title of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel? |
| 17. | In literature, TV and film, what fictional character gets his name from the Spanish for "fox"? |
| 18. | Born in 1884, what English author is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children's books? |
| 19. | Famous for its use as an advertisement for Pears soap, what 19th century English artist painted Bubbles? |
| 20. | The Female Eunuch is a 1970 international best-seller by what Australian writer? |
| 21. | Created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley, by what name is the fictional character Don Diego de la Vega better known? |
| 22. | In Roald Dahl's 1982 children's novel The BFG, what does BFG stand for? |
| 23. | For what red-haired, freckled character in a children's book series is Swedish author Astrid Lindgren best known? |
| 24. | Spawning a 1983 film adaptation and 2002 television series, who wrote the 1979 novel The Dead Zone? |
| 25. | Governor-General of Canada between 1935 and his death in 1940, what was the birth and pen name of Scottish novelist Lord Tweedsmuir? |
| 26. | What Italian composer wrote the operas The Barber Of Seville, The Thieving Magpie, and William Tell? |
| 27. | What 2011 adult science fiction novel by Veronica Roth is followed by the sequels Insurgent (2012) and Allegiant (2013)? |
| 28. | What 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel begins "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since"? |
| 29. | As featured in a series of children's novels by New Zealand-born author Dorothy Wall, what type of animal is Blinky Bill? |
| 30. | In Christianity, what book of the New Testament records a series of visions seen by John? |
| 31. | Who is the alter ego of Marvel Comics' character Steve Rogers? |
| 32. | U.S. Army Air Force Captain John Joseph Yossarian is the central figure in what 1961 novel by Joseph Heller? |
| 33. | The last four in the series, arrange these Harry Potter novels in order of their first publication, earliest first: A. Deathly Hallows B. Goblet of Fire C. Half-Blood Prince D. Order of the Phoenix |
| 34. | What European museum is home to the Greek statue Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo? |
| 35. | What 1935 novel by Enid Bagnold was adapted into a 1944 film starring Elizabeth Taylor? |
| 36. | In the Bible, who had three sons; Shem, Ham and Japheth? |
| 37. | Whose 1998 autobiography is titled Losing My Virginity? |
| 38. | What 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty was adapted into a 1973 classic horror film for which he won an Academy Award for the screenplay? |
| 39. | Also known as The Absinthe Drinker, who painted Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto in 1903? |
| 40. | In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, what character declares "Merry Christmas, one and all!"? |
| 41. | Mike Hammer is the signature detective character of what American author? |
| 42. | What 1904 opera includes the character of United States Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton? |
| 43. | Complete the title of this 2007 best-selling novel: Harry Potter and the Deathly ... what? |
| 44. | American author and lawyer Erle Stanley Gardner is best known as the creator of what character? |
| 45. | What Shakespeare comedy consists of five interconnecting plots, connected by a celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta, which are set simultaneously in the woodland and in the realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon? |
| 46. | What famous painter committed suicide in 1890? |
| 47. | Complete the title of this William Shakespeare comedy: The Two Gentlemen of _______. |
| 48. | In literature, who owns a cat called Crookshanks? |
| 49. | Complete the title of this prominent 1923 paper by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud: The Ego and the __. |
| 50. | What Brontë novel features Heathcliff and Catherine? |
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