Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 22nd June 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | What 2011 adult science fiction novel by Veronica Roth is followed by the sequels Insurgent (2012) and Allegiant (2013)? |
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Divergent | |
| 2. | What 2011 science fiction novel by Andy Weir was adapted into a 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon? |
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The Martian | |
| 3. | In the Shakespeare tragedy Romeo and Juliet, what is Juliet's family name? |
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Capulet | |
| 4. | What comic book character swears vengeance against criminals after witnessing the murder of his parents Thomas and Martha as a child? |
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Bruce Wayne / Batman | |
| 5. | Nell Trent, Richard "Dick" Swiveller and Daniel Quilp are characters from what 1841 Dickens' novel? |
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The Old Curiosity Shop | |
| 6. | In George Orwell's Animal Farm, what type of animal are Clover, Mollie, and Boxer? |
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Horse | |
| 7. | Born in 1948, what international best-selling British writer of crime fiction uses his home town of Brighton as the setting for many of his novels? |
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Peter James | |
| 8. | Who wrote the 1912 play Pygmalion? |
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George Bernard Shaw | |
| 9. | Syldavia is a fictional country featured in what world famous comic series? |
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The Adventures of Tintin | |
| 10. | What 19th century literary character is the love interest of classmate Becky Thatcher? |
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Tom Sawyer | |
| 11. | James Howlett is the alter ego of what Marvel Comics' character? |
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Wolverine | |
| 12. | What is the most common type of oil used in oil paint? |
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Linseed / Flaxseed | |
| 13. | According to the New Testament, who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus' crucifixion? |
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Joseph of Arimathea | |
| 14. | In an 1883 classic novel, who was captain of the pirate ship Walrus? |
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Captain Flint (Treasure Island) | |
| 15. | What fictional city is home to Batman and Robin? |
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Gotham City | |
| 16. | What is the alter ego of DC Comics' fictional superhero Barbara Gordon? |
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Batgirl / Oracle | |
| 17. | What English artist painted Dedham Vale in 1802? |
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John Constable | |
| 18. | From the British comic strip which first appeared in "The Beano" in 1951, what is the name of Dennis the Menace's Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound? |
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Gnasher | |
| 19. | What English author wrote The Rats, The Fog, and Lair? |
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James Herbert | |
| 20. | 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? |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (also The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980), and Life, the Universe and Everything (1982)) | |
| 21. | The Just William series of books by Richmal Crompton were published over a period of almost fifty years, between 1921 and 1970. What was William's surname? |
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Brown | |
| 22. | In what 1874 book does Gabriel Oak, a young shepherd, fall in love with Bathsheba Everdene? |
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Far from the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy) | |
| 23. | In the Harry Potter series of novels, what is a Nimbus 2000? |
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Broomstick | |
| 24. | Sancho Panza was squire to what character in a 1605 novel of the same name? |
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Don Quixote | |
| 25. | Titled Self-portrait in Beret, from 1866, what artist is this? |
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Claude Monet | |
| 26. | In the 19th century children's nursery rhyme, what did Solomon Grundy do on Wednesday? |
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Married (Solomon Grundy, Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Grew worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday. That was the end of Solomon Grundy) | |
| 27. | What retired MI5 officer emigrated to Tasmania in 1976 where he wrote his memoir, the 1987 bestseller Spycatcher? |
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Peter Wright | |
| 28. | What DC Comics character gets his strength from a 'power ring'? |
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Green Lantern | |
| 29. | The Night Manager (1993), The Tailor of Panama (1996), and The Constant Gardener (2001) are among novels by what author? |
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John le Carré | |
| 30. | Who wrote the 1968 nonsense poem On the Ning Nang Nong? |
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Spike Milligan | |
| 31. | What is the emblematic animal of Hufflepuff house in the Harry Potter series? |
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Badger | |
| 32. | First published in the UK in 1987, to what was Where's Wally? renamed for the North American market? |
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Where's Waldo? | |
| 33. | Oscar and Lucinda (1988) and True History of the Kelly Gang (2000) are Booker Prize-winning novels by what Australian author? |
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Peter Carey | |
| 34. | What fictional hero did Baroness Emma Orczy create in 1903? |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
| 35. | What famous literary character first appeared in the 1930 novel The Murder at the Vicarage? |
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Miss (Jane) Marple (Agatha Christie) | |
| 36. | This 1486 painting by Sandro Botticelli is titled The |
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Venus | |
| 37. | What musical instrument does Sherlock Holmes play? |
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Violin | |
| 38. | What tree was used to make an unbeatable wand, one of the Deathly Hallows in the Harry Potter books? |
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Elder | |
| 39. | In the final act of the William Shakespeare tragedy, who kills and beheads Macbeth? |
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Macduff (Lord Macduff, the Thane of Fife) | |
| 40. | First published in 1991, the main title of Jung Chang's worldwide bestseller, recounting the lives of three female generations of her family in China is Wild _____ what? |
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Swans (Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China) | |
| 41. | What 1864 Jules Verne novel was adapted into a 2008 film of the same name starring Brendan Fraser? |
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Voyage au centre de la Terre) | |
| 42. | What are the names of these two Winnie-the-Pooh characters? |
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Kanga & Roo | |
| 43. | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest are collectively known as the _________ Trilogy. |
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Millennium (Stieg Larsson) | |
| 44. | According to the Queen of Hearts in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, "The rule is, ___ to-morrow and ___ yesterday — but never __ to-day." What word is missing? |
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Jam | |
| 45. | In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, who never stopped sobbing? |
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Mock Turtle | |
| 46. | At the end of what Shakespeare play does Puck apologise to the audience for any offence caused? |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| 47. | Born in London to Jamaican parents, what author is best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010)? |
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Andrea Levy | |
| 48. | This British actor was born in 1910. In 1971, a best-selling book titled The Moon's a Balloon was published, the memoirs of his early life. He died in 1983. Name him. |
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David Niven | |
| 49. | The Night Watch is a 1642 painting by what Dutch artist? |
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Rembrandt van Rijn | |
| 50. | How many Tate art galleries are there in the UK? |
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Four (Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St.Ives and Tate Modern) | |
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