Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 18th May 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Who wrote the 1892 poem Gunga Din? |
| 2. | What DC comic book superhero is the alter-ego of Billy Batson? |
| 3. | What member of the Monty Python team wrote the 1983 children's novel The Saga of Erik the Viking? |
| 4. | First published in 1969, and since translated into 66 languages, for what children's picture book is Eric Carle best known? |
| 5. | 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? |
| 6. | An icon for teenage rebellion and angst, Holden Caulfield is a fictional character in the works of what American author, born in 1919? |
| 7. | What is tattooed on Popeye's arm? |
| 8. | Who is the superhero alter-ego of DC Comics' character Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen? |
| 9. | What Jules Verne character has a name that is Latin for "nobody"? |
| 10. | What British comedian and actor published his memoirs, My Booky Wook, in 2007? |
| 11. | What Nobel prize winning author wrote the 1952 novel East of Eden? |
| 12. | Who is the world famous leading character in Jeffery Deaver's 2011 novel Carte Blanche? |
| 13. | How many books are there in the modern New Testament? |
| 14. | Covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, what is the title of this fresco by Michelangelo? |
| 15. | First published between 1946 and 1951, Malory Towers is a series of six novels by what English children's author? |
| 16. | In the 1964 Roald Dahl book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, how many children won golden tickets to visit Willy Wonka's factory? |
| 17. | What magical plant did Harry Potter eat to assist him underwater in the second task of the 1994 Triwizard Tournament? |
| 18. | Who wrote Three Men in a Boat (1889) and its sequel Three Men on the Bummel (1900)? |
| 19. | In Enid Blyton's series of "Noddy" books, what is the name of the policeman? |
| 20. | Three novels considered masterpieces: Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Little Sister (1949), and The Long Goodbye (1953) are by what British-American author? |
| 21. | Who wrote the play The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895? |
| 22. | Sancho Panza was squire to what character in a 1605 novel of the same name? |
| 23. | In children's literature, what fictional realm was cast into a century of perpetual winter without Christmas? |
| 24. | The Red Vineyard is the only painting known by name to be sold in his lifetime by what artist? |
| 25. | From the opening line of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, what is the cruellest month? |
| 26. | Whose autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, was published in 1994? |
| 27. | What is the title of Alistair MacLean's 1968 sequel to The Guns of Navarone? |
| 28. | Which British author wrote the Famous Five and Secret Seven series of novels? |
| 29. | In Conan Doyle's stories, what is the first name of Sherlock Holmes' arch-enemy, Moriarty? |
| 30. | What is the name of the fictional town in which Clark Kent lived with his adoptive parents before moving to Metropolis? |
| 31. | In Roald Dahl's 1968 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, who claimed to have been chewing the same piece of gum "for three months solid"? |
| 32. | Highly distinguished authors C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley died on the same day in November 1963. Why did their deaths go almost unnoticed? |
| 33. | Wuthering Heights was the only published novel by what author? |
| 34. | Which of Ian Fleming's novels has the shortest title? |
| 35. | This 1486 painting by Sandro Botticelli is titled The |
| 36. | This is a self-portrait of what well known Italian painter? |
| 37. | First published in 1952, what English author wrote The Borrowers series of children's fantasy novels? |
| 38. | What is known as the Scottish Play? |
| 39. | What is the name of Captain Hook's ship in the J.M. Barrie play Peter Pan? |
| 40. | Born in 1954, James Dover Grant CBE is a British author of thriller novels, primarily known by what pen name? |
| 41. | Jean Valjean's struggle to lead a normal life after serving a prison sentence for stealing bread is depicted in what 1862 novel? |
| 42. | The Pequod is a fictional ship featuring prominently in what 1851 novel? |
| 43. | What English crime writer disappeared for 10 days in 1926, making front page news around the world? |
| 44. | 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"? |
| 45. | In 1786, who composed the comedy opera The Marriage of Figaro? |
| 46. | Despite attempts by the UK government to ban it, what 1987 memoir by former MI5 Assistant Director Peter Wright became an international bestseller? |
| 47. | The title of an 1886 novel by Thomas Hardy, who drunkenly sold his wife and baby daughter to a sailor for five guineas? |
| 48. | Complete this monologue from William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy As You Like It: "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women _____ _____" |
| 49. | Who is the alter ego of Marvel Comics' character Steve Rogers? |
| 50. | According to Genesis, whose twelve sons; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin; became the progenitors of the "Tribes of Israel"? |
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