Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 20th April 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | In the English nursery rhyme, who killed Cock Robin? |
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The sparrow ("I," said the Sparrow, "With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin.") | |
| 2. | In which book of the Bible does Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt? |
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Exodus | |
| 3. | Who wrote the novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World? |
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Michael Crichton | |
| 4. | To what does the Latin phrase, Veni, vidi, vici translate into English? |
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I came; I saw; I conquered | |
| 5. | The first wife of the Daphne du Maurier character "Maxim" De Winter was called what? |
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Rebecca | |
| 6. | Who painted this, The Birth of Venus? |
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Sandro Botticelli | |
| 7. | Who wrote the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!? |
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Lionel Bart | |
| 8. | In 1833, what English novelist and poet wrote a novella, The Green Dwarf, under the pseudonym Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley? |
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Charlotte Brontë | |
| 9. | What 'T' describes a painting technique where coloured pigment is mixed and bound with egg yolk? |
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Tempera | |
| 10. | Whose bibliography includes Surfacing (1972), The Handmaid's Tale (1985), and The Blind Assassin (2000)? |
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Margaret Atwood | |
| 11. | For what character is American author Edgar Rice Burrows best known? |
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Tarzan / John Clayton, Lord Greystoke | |
| 12. | What Englishman kept a famous diary between 1660 and 1669? |
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Samuel Pepys | |
| 13. | In the children's book by Beatrix Potter, what type of animal is Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle? |
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Hedgehog | |
| 14. | In Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which child is "the little brute" that goes "down the garbage chute"? |
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Veruca Salt | |
| 15. | What tree was used to make an unbeatable wand, one of the Deathly Hallows in the Harry Potter books? |
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Elder | |
| 16. | What Marvel Comics superhero, real name Reed Richards, has the ability to stretch his body into any shape he desires? |
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Mister Fantastic (Fantastic Four) | |
| 17. | What do A.A. Milne's initials stand for? |
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Alan Alexander | |
| 18. | 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 | |
| 19. | What American novelist, born in 1876, wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf? |
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Jack London | |
| 20. | In Harry Potter, who is called "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"? |
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Lord Voldemort | |
| 21. | A short story adapted into a 2008 feature film, who wrote The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1922)? |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
| 22. | 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 ________. |
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Pablo Picasso | |
| 23. | Also known as The Absinthe Drinker, who painted Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto in 1903? |
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Pablo Picasso | |
| 24. | What is the name of the Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant Of Venice? |
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Shylock | |
| 25. | In what 1924 E.M. Forster novel does an English tourist accuse a doctor of attacking her? |
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A Passage to India | |
| 26. | Who wrote the 1960s bestsellers Hotel and Airport? |
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Arthur Hailey | |
| 27. | Regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature, who wrote Die Verwandlung ("The Metamorphosis"), Der Process ("The Trial"), and Das Schloss ("The Castle"). |
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Franz Kafka | |
| 28. | Portrayed in his best known work, what was the home city of Italian artist Canaletto? |
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Venice | |
| 29. | What gentleman thief starred in twenty-six short stories and one novel by E. W. Hornung between 1898 and 1909? |
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Raffles (Arthur J. Raffles ) | |
| 30. | Established in February 1922, what is the largest paid circulation magazine in the world? |
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Reader's Digest | |
| 31. | What best-selling English author wrote The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man? |
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Julia Donaldson (illustrated by Axel Scheffler) | |
| 32. | In the comic strip Peanuts, what is the name of the little yellow bird? |
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Woodstock | |
| 33. | Depicting Mary and Jesus, who sculpted the the "Pietà" in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City? |
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Michelangelo (1498–1499) | |
| 34. | What was the name of the French penal colony from which Henri Charrière escaped, as described in his 1969 autobiography Papillon? |
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Cayenne / Devil's Island (Bagne de Cayenne / Île du Diable) | |
| 35. | What is the Tin Woodman searching for in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? |
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A heart | |
| 36. | What is the title of British author Salman Rushdie's controversial 1988 novel? |
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The Satanic Verses | |
| 37. | Who wrote the 1969 novel The Godfather? |
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Mario Puzo | |
| 38. | The Kiss (Der Kuss) was painted by what Austrian symbolist painter between 1907 and 1908? |
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Gustav Klimt | |
| 39. | What novel coined the phrase "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU"? |
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Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell | |
| 40. | Whose novels include Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, Minority Report and Adjustment Team? |
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Philip K. Dick (inspiring the films Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report and The Adjustment Bureau) | |
| 41. | What 1950 Isaac Asimov novel shares its name with a 2004 film starring Will Smith? |
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I, Robot | |
| 42. | For what 1900 novel is American author L. Frank Baum best known? |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | |
| 43. | What phrase describes the biblical location of the Land of Nod where Cain was exiled? |
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East of Eden | |
| 44. | Who sculpted The Thinker in 1902? |
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Auguste Rodin | |
| 45. | 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) | |
| 46. | Dated between 1875 and 1910, these are self-portraits by what French artist? |
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | |
| 47. | What American author wrote The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930), and Light in August (1932)? |
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William Faulkner | |
| 48. | 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 | |
| 49. | In the title of a 1996 novel by John le Carré, what is the character Harry Pendel known as? |
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The Tailor of Panama | |
| 50. | 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)) | |
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