Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 12th January 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Authors Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell and Peter Straub are best known for their novels in what genre? |
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Horror | |
| 2. | What artist was shot and wounded in his New York City studio by Valerie Solanas in 1968? |
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Andy Warhol | |
| 3. | In a 1965 novel, whose full identity is revealed as Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG? |
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M (Ian Fleming - The Man with the Golden Gun) | |
| 4. | 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)? |
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Sir Compton Mackenzie | |
| 5. | What is the name of the fictitious whaling ship that appears in the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville? |
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Pequod | |
| 6. | What classic 1719 novel is thought to be based on the life of Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk? |
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Daniel Defoe|Robinson Crusoe | |
| 7. | In literature, Miss Felicity Lemon is the secretary of what famous detective? |
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Hercule Poirot | |
| 8. | What is the name of this contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England? |
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Angel of the North | |
| 9. | What is the surname of Vito, Sonny and Michael in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather? |
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Corleone | |
| 10. | In what Shakespeare comedy does a man dressed as a woman fall in love with a woman dressed as a man at Christmas? |
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Twelfth Night | |
| 11. | 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 | |
| 12. | Originating in 17th century Japan, of what art form is netsuke? |
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Sculpture (Miniature sculpture) | |
| 13. | In the award-winning 1998 novel by Giles Foden, who is portrayed as The Last King of Scotland? |
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Idi Amin | |
| 14. | His best known work, what is the title of the futuristic novel by Aldous Huxley first published in 1932? |
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Brave New World | |
| 15. | Born in 1859, what English writer had the middle name Klapka? |
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Jerome K. Jerome | |
| 16. | Who wrote the novels When Eight Bells Toll, Bear Island and Breakheart Pass? |
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Alistair MacLean | |
| 17. | What Dutch artist painted Girl with a Pearl Earring in 1665? |
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Johannes Vermeer | |
| 18. | According to the Deep Thought supercomputer, what is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything? |
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42 (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) | |
| 19. | The first line of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice says "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a ______" what? |
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Wife | |
| 20. | Who wrote the 1874 novel Far from the Madding Crowd? |
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Thomas Hardy | |
| 21. | What 1939 John Steinbeck novel about the Great Depression won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction? |
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The Grapes of Wrath | |
| 22. | Miss Trunchbull is the mean, abusive headmistress in what Roald Dahl novel? |
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Matilda | |
| 23. | What fruit obscures the face of the man in Magritte's The Son of Man? |
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Apple | |
| 24. | First published in 1968, The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a short children's story, written and illustrated by who? |
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Judith Kerr | |
| 25. | What fictional detective lives in Danemead Cottage, Old Pasture Lane, St. Mary Mead? |
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Miss Marple (Agatha Christie) | |
| 26. | In J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, what collective name is given to the children "who fall out of their prams when the nurse is looking the other way and if they are not claimed in seven days, they are sent far away to the Neverland"? |
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Lost Boys | |
| 27. | What is the title of the literary prelude to the Lord of The Rings trilogy? |
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (J. R. R. Tolkien) | |
| 28. | What is the surname of Wendy and her brothers in Peter Pan? |
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Darling | |
| 29. | First published as a novel in 1911, for what book is J. M. Barrie best known? |
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Peter Pan | |
| 30. | What Italian composer wrote the operas The Barber Of Seville, The Thieving Magpie, and William Tell? |
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Gioachino Rossini | |
| 31. | What 1932 novel is followed by Men Against the Sea (1933), and Pitcairn's Island (1934)? |
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Mutiny on the Bounty (Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall) | |
| 32. | What is the most common type of oil used in oil paint? |
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Linseed / Flaxseed | |
| 33. | What is the name of the dog in the English language versions of The Adventures of Tintin comics series? |
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Snowy (French: Milou) | |
| 34. | The Pequod is a fictional ship featuring prominently in what 1851 novel? |
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Moby-Dick (Herman Melville - Moby-Dick; or, The Whale) | |
| 35. | What is the pen name of British spy novelist David John Moore Cornwell? |
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John le Carré | |
| 36. | What do A.A. Milne's initials stand for? |
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Alan Alexander | |
| 37. | U.S. Army Air Force Captain John Joseph Yossarian is the central figure in what 1961 novel by Joseph Heller? |
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Catch-22 | |
| 38. | What was Stephen King's first published novel in 1974? |
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Carrie | |
| 39. | What is the name of the tiger in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book? |
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Shere Khan | |
| 40. | 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 | |
| 41. | What novel coined the phrase "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU"? |
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Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell | |
| 42. | In what museum and city are the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo currently on permanent display? |
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The Louvre, Paris (Musée du Louvre) | |
| 43. | What British explorer wrote the 2016 autobiography Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge? |
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes | |
| 44. | In the 19th century English nursery rhyme, on what day did Solomon Grundy die? |
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Saturday (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.) | |
| 45. | Who painted Les Parapluies (The Umbrellas) during the 1880s? |
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | |
| 46. | Painted between 1970 and 1971, Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy is a painting by what British artist? |
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David Hockney | |
| 47. | The longest running play of the modern era, what famous author wrote the murder mystery play The Mousetrap? |
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Agatha Christie (1952) | |
| 48. | Published in 1953, what is the title of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel? |
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Casino Royale | |
| 49. | What British author wrote the Inspector Morse novels? |
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Colin Dexter | |
| 50. | What is the name of Captain Hook's ship in the J.M. Barrie play Peter Pan? |
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Jolly Roger | |
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