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| 1. | What author is best known for writing the Paddington Bear series of children's books? |
| 2. | What English crime writer disappeared for 10 days in 1926, making front page news around the world? |
| 3. | Who buried the treasure on Treasure Island? |
| 4. | Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories, first published in 1914 by what author? |
| 5. | What is the name of the donkey in the Winnie-the-Pooh children's stories? |
| 6. | What best-selling English author wrote The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man? |
| 7. | What two animals did the owl and cat meet in Edward Lear's nonsense poem The Owl and the Pussycat? |
| 8. | The fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin was created by what 19th century American writer? |
| 9. | What character stars in a collection of children's stories set in the fictional Hundred Acre Wood? |
| 10. | Name the 1893 short story in which Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty plunge to their deaths at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. |
| 11. | What 17th century artist is thought to have created nearly 100 self-portraits? |
| 12. | With what superhero is Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth most commonly associated? |
| 13. | In the Hebrew Bible, who wore the coat of many colours? |
| 14. | What English author's fictional characters include Rincewind, Death, and Granny Weatherwax? |
| 15. | Whose bibliography includes Heart of Darkness (1899), Lord Jim (1900), and Nostromo (1904)? |
| 16. | Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? |
| 17. | What 1813 romantic novel begins, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"? |
| 18. | In Dodoe Smith's 1956 children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, what is the name of the male Dalmatian who lives with his partner Missis at the home of the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Dearly? |
| 19. | Wheatfield with Crows is a July 1890 painting by what artist? |
| 20. | In Welsh culture, what 'E' describes a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance? |
| 21. | In what month is Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns' birthday celebrated? |
| 22. | For what 1930 painting is Iowan artist Grant Wood best known? |
| 23. | In the Harry Potter books, who was born Tom Marvolo Riddle? |
| 24. | What play includes the line "... then clearly something is rotten in the state of Denmark"? |
| 25. | The Chronicles of Barsetshire is a series of six 19th century novels by what English author? |
| 26. | First published in 1952, what English author wrote The Borrowers series of children's fantasy novels? |
| 27. | What 19th century French author wrote The Man in the Iron Mask? |
| 28. | What 1952 Ernest Hemingway novel tells the story of a battle between a fisherman, Santiago, and a large marlin? |
| 29. | In what country did the Pied Piper lure away the rats and the children? |
| 30. | Name the Dutch artist most famous for this 1624 painting, the Laughing Cavalier. |
| 31. | Whose novels include the Anne of Green Gables series and the Emily trilogy? |
| 32. | What British author wrote the Inspector Morse novels? |
| 33. | Sing As We Go was the 1960 autobiography of what English actress, singer and comedienne, born in 1898? |
| 34. | In 1804, who wrote the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud? |
| 35. | First published in 1930 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock introduced what teenage amateur sleuth? |
| 36. | What Scottish writer is probably best known for his two comic novels set in Scotland; The Monarch of the Glen (1941) and Whisky Galore (1947)? |
| 37. | Who painted "Irises" in 1889? |
| 38. | The lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley are followed in what 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray? |
| 39. | Who painted The Mystical Nativity in 1500? |
| 40. | What 1831 novel begins, "Three hundred and forty-eight years, six months, and nineteen days ago to-day, the Parisians awoke to the sound of all the bells in the triple circuit of the city, the university, and the town ringing a full peal."? |
| 41. | What DC Comics character gets his strength from a 'power ring'? |
| 42. | How many Tate art galleries are there in the UK? |
| 43. | In 1833, what English novelist and poet wrote a novella, The Green Dwarf, under the pseudonym Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley? |
| 44. | Which British author wrote the Famous Five and Secret Seven series of novels? |
| 45. | What best-selling author is best known for his Discworld series of books? |
| 46. | In Conan Doyle's stories, what is the first name of Sherlock Holmes' arch-enemy, Moriarty? |
| 47. | First published in the UK in 1987, to what was Where's Wally? renamed for the North American market? |
| 48. | What is the name of Captain Hook's ship in the J.M. Barrie play Peter Pan? |
| 49. | Published in 1953, what is the title of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel? |
| 50. | In Ancient Greek literature, what god of the sky fathered the Titans and the Cyclopes? |
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