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| 1. | What Nobel prize winning author wrote the 1952 novel East of Eden? |
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John Steinbeck | |
| 2. | What is the fifth book of the Old Testament? |
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Deuteronomy | |
| 3. | In an 1883 classic novel, who was captain of the pirate ship Walrus? |
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Captain Flint (Treasure Island) | |
| 4. | In Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what is the name of the obese, greedy, 9-year-old boy who hails from the fictional town of Dusselheim, Germany? |
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Augustus Gloop | |
| 5. | Who wrote the classic novels Rob Roy and Ivanhoe? |
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Sir Walter Scott | |
| 6. | The Kiss (Der Kuss) was painted by what Austrian symbolist painter between 1907 and 1908? |
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Gustav Klimt | |
| 7. | What Englishman kept a famous diary between 1660 and 1669? |
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Samuel Pepys | |
| 8. | Adam Dalgliesh is a poetry-writing detective in fourteen mystery novels (1962-2008) by what English author? |
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P. D. James | |
| 9. | In what century did Leonardo da Vinci paint The Last Supper? |
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15th (1495-1498) | |
| 10. | According to the Book of Joshua, what structure fell after Joshua's Israelite army marched around blowing their trumpets? |
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The Walls of Jericho | |
| 11. | What 1950 Isaac Asimov novel shares its name with a 2004 film starring Will Smith? |
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I, Robot | |
| 12. | What American writer is the author of some of the 1970s' biggest sellers, including Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)? |
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Richard Bach | |
| 13. | Who is the Danish author of the 1937 classic novel Out of Africa? |
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Karen Blixen / Isak Dinesen (Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke) | |
| 14. | What is written on the tiny bottle that Alice finds in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? |
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Drink Me | |
| 15. | What Ian Fleming character has the first name Auric? |
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Goldfinger | |
| 16. | What nationality was playwright George Bernard Shaw? |
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Irish | |
| 17. | The first wife of the Daphne du Maurier character "Maxim" De Winter was called what? |
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Rebecca | |
| 18. | 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? |
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The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci) | |
| 19. | What British author of thriller novels is best known for his Jack Reacher series? |
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Lee Child | |
| 20. | Who wrote the 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame? |
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Victor Hugo | |
| 21. | Not primarily known as an artist, whose paintings include Racecourse, Nice (1921), Trees near Breccles (1936), and Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque (1943)? |
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Winston Churchill | |
| 22. | James Howlett is the alter ego of what Marvel Comics' character? |
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Wolverine | |
| 23. | What 1933 novel by James Hilton first described the fictional Tibetan mountain retreat of Shangri-La? |
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Lost Horizon | |
| 24. | Who wrote the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls? |
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Ernest Hemingway | |
| 25. | Whose novels include A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924)? |
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E. M. Forster | |
| 26. | Authors Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, and Sam Harris are sometimes referred to as the 'Four Horsemen of the New _____' what? |
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Atheism | |
| 27. | Who wrote the 1722 novel Moll Flanders? |
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Daniel Defoe | |
| 28. | By what name is William Wordsworth's poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud commonly known? |
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Daffodils | |
| 29. | An expatriate Scot recently returned from Southern Africa, Richard Hannay is the protagonist and narrator of what 1915 novel? |
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John Buchan|The Thirty-Nine Steps | |
| 30. | Name the American artist whose works include these. |
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Nelson Shanks | |
| 31. | Who wrote the Crimean War poem The Charge of the Light Brigade? |
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson | |
| 32. | In children's literature, what fictional realm was cast into a century of perpetual winter without Christmas? |
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Narnia | |
| 33. | In the title of a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, by what name is Dr. Griffin better known? |
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The Invisible Man | |
| 34. | In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, what is Romeo's surname? |
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Montague | |
| 35. | In both the Old and New Testaments of the King James Bible, what book has the shortest title? |
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Job | |
| 36. | The word "behemoth" means "beast" in what language? |
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Hebrew (Hebrew: בהמות) | |
| 37. | In October 2009, who became the first cartoon character to appear as a Playboy magazine cover star? |
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Marge Simpson | |
| 38. | What English artist's works include The Golden Calf (2008), an animal preserved in formaldehyde with 18-carat gold horns and hooves? |
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Damien Hirst | |
| 39. | What is the British cartoon character, Andy Capp, known as in Germany? |
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C. Willi Wacker | |
| 40. | For what 1930 painting is Iowan artist Grant Wood best known? |
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American Gothic | |
| 41. | First published in 1936, who wrote the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind? |
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Margaret Mitchell | |
| 42. | One of the most famous paintings in the world, in 1893, what Norwegian artist painted four versions of The Scream? |
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Edvard Munch | |
| 43. | When the character of Barbara Gordon made her comic book debut in 1967, what was the name of her superhero alter-ego? |
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Batgirl (later, in 1989, also known as Oracle) | |
| 44. | Who wrote the novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World? |
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Michael Crichton | |
| 45. | Nicknamed "The King", the work of what American comic book artist includes Captain America, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor, and X-Men? |
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Jack Kirby | |
| 46. | For what children's character is Italian novelist Carlo Collodi most famous? |
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Pinocchio | |
| 47. | Sir Quentin Blake is an English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer best known for illustrating books written by what author? |
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Roald Dahl | |
| 48. | Composed one night after an opium-influenced dream in 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the poem Kubla Khan. From the opening line of the poem, what is the planned location of Kubla Khan's palace? |
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Xanadu (In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree) | |
| 49. | What is the name of the lawyer in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird? |
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Atticus Finch | |
| 50. | At 74 x 30 feet, Paradise at Doge's Palace, Venice is reputed to be the largest canvas painting ever done. Who painted it in 1588? |
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Tintoretto | |
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