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1.Fart Proudly is the popular name of an essay about flatulence written by what American statesmen circa 1781?
2.Name all three of the Brontë sisters.
3.In literature, what wizard has a horse called Shadowfax?
4.U.S. Army Air Force Captain John Joseph Yossarian is the central figure in what 1961 novel by Joseph Heller?
5.How many Tate art galleries are there in the UK?
6.What British children's comics periodical first introduced Dan Dare in April 1950?
7.For what 1951 post-apocalyptic novel is English science fiction author John Wyndham best known?
8.Complete the name of this famous artist: ______ Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y ________.
9.What is the seventh and final novel in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis?
10.As featured in a series of children's novels by New Zealand-born author Dorothy Wall, what type of animal is Blinky Bill?
11.The War Cry is the official news publication of what organisation?
12.Which of Charles Dickens' novels features the perpetually ill and dim-witted Smike?
13.What American writer is best known for his series of suspense novels about Hannibal Lecter?
14.What English novelist and screenwriter is best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones?
15.What American novelist's best-known book is the infamous 1979 bestseller Flowers in the Attic?
16.What fictional detective first appeared in the 1920 novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles?

17.In what museum and city are the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo currently on permanent display?
18.What series of novels by Sir Walter Scott lend their name to a train station in Edinburgh, Scotland?
19.What well known children's book character was created in 1958 by Michael Bond?
20."Call me Ishmael" is the opening sentence to what 1851 novel?
21.A comic travelogue first published in 1889, what is Jerome K. Jerome's best known book?
22.What 2001 novel, significantly, sold its 3,141,592nd copy in February 2013?
23.For what character is American author Edgar Rice Burrows best known?
24.Born in 1904, by what name is American author Theodor Geisel better known?
25.What two cities are the subject of Charles Dickens' 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities?
26.Philip Pirrip is the protagonist and narrator in what Charles Dickens novel?
27.What 1962 novel begins with the line, "They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them."?
28.What Italian composer wrote the operas The Barber Of Seville, The Thieving Magpie, and William Tell?
29.Born in 1920, what former British steeplechase jockey turned crime writer with novels centred on horse racing in England?
30.In literature, what extraordinary book was Ford Prefect researching?
31.Who painted this, The Birth of Venus?
32.First published in 1952, who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?

33.What is known as the Scottish Play?
34.Sold for a then record $300 million in September 2015, Interchange is a 1955 oil painting by what Dutch-American artist?
35.For what 1900 novel is American author L. Frank Baum best known?
36.Which character swells up to resemble a giant blueberry and becomes the second to be eliminated in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
37.What series of travel books was founded in London in 1981 by ex-students Mark Ellingham and Martin Dunford?
38.Who, during the 19th century, wrote The Little Match Girl, The Princess and the Pea and The Snow Queen?
39.First published in 1968, The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a short children's story, written and illustrated by who?
40.What term is commonly used for someone who writes books that are officially credited to another person?
41.In the Harry Potter books, what word is used to describe people lacking any sort of magical ability and not born into the magical world?
42.Whose novels include A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924)?
43.What retired MI5 officer emigrated to Tasmania in 1976 where he wrote his memoir, the 1987 bestseller Spycatcher?
44.A collection of letters for his children from Father Christmas between 1920 and 1943, what famous author published The Father Christmas Letters in 1976?
45.What famous horror novel is subtitled The Modern Prometheus?
46.First published in March 1830, who wrote the Book of Mormon?
47.The Hugo Award is an annual literary prize for the best novel in what genre?
48.What 1886 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett features Cedric Errol, a poor American boy from New York City who finds that he is the sole heir to a wealthy British estate?
49.What 1977 novel by Jay Anson claims to be based on the paranormal experiences of the Lutz family at 112 Ocean Avenue in Suffolk County, New York?
50.Killing Floor (1997), Die Trying (1998), and Tripwire (1999) are the first three novels by Lee Child, starring what protagonist?


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