Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 19th October 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 Some questions and answers may be outdated.)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 type of animal is the title character in Roald Dahl's 1990 novel Esio Trot? |
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Tortoise (spelt backwards) | |
| 2. | What travel guide was founded in Australia in 1973 by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler? |
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Lonely Planet | |
| 3. | What 1928 novel chronicles the affair between an upper-class young woman and her husband's gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors? |
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D. H. Lawrence|Lady Chatterly's Lover | |
| 4. | What British poet wrote, "Tis better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved at all"? |
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Tennyson (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) | |
| 5. | Released posthumously in 1959, what Australian actor's autobiography is titled My Wicked, Wicked Ways? |
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Errol Flynn | |
| 6. | Gulliver's Travels (1726) and A Modest Proposal (1729) are among the works of what Anglo-Irish author and satirist? |
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Jonathan Swift | |
| 7. | Opening line: "My father's family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip." What classic novel? |
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Charles Dickens|Great Expectations | |
| 8. | What 18th century poet was known as the Bard of Ayrshire? |
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Robert Burns | |
| 9. | Fill in the blank in this opening line from a 1955 novel: "______, light of my life, fire of my loins." |
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov) | |
| 10. | The 2013 Disney film Frozen is loosely based on what Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale? |
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The Snow Queen | |
| 11. | First published in 1930 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock introduced what teenage amateur sleuth? |
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Nancy Drew | |
| 12. | 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) | |
| 13. | In George Orwell's 1945 novel, Animal Farm, what kind of animal is Old Major? |
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Pig | |
| 14. | Mr. and Mrs. Banks, their children Jane and Michael, and baby twins John and Barbara, live at 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, in what 1934 P. L. Travers children's book? |
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Mary Poppins (the first in a series of eight from 1934 to 1988) | |
| 15. | What American cartoon character has the catchphrase, "good grief"? |
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Charlie Brown | |
| 16. | How to Kill Your Husband: (and Other Handy Household Hints) (2006), To Love Honour and Betray (Till Divorce Us Do Part) (2008), and HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy (2020) are among novels by what Australian-British author? |
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Kathy Lette | |
| 17. | According to the nursery rhyme, who was born on a Monday, christened on Tuesday, married on Wednesday, took ill on Thursday, grew worse on Friday, died on Saturday and buried on Sunday? |
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Solomon Grundy (That was the end, of .. ) | |
| 18. | What two animals did the owl and cat meet in Edward Lear's nonsense poem The Owl and the Pussycat? |
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Pig & Turkey | |
| 19. | Published in Graham's Magazine in 1841, The Murders in the Rue Morgue is a short story that has been described as the first modern detective story. What famous author and poet wrote it? |
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Edgar Allan Poe | |
| 20. | First published in 1969, and since translated into 66 languages, for what children's picture book is Eric Carle best known? |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar | |
| 21. | What 2000 novel by Tom Clancy about a war between Russia and China includes the names of two creatures in its title? |
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The Bear and the Dragon | |
| 22. | 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 ) | |
| 23. | Two months after the atomic bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, what acclaimed author coined the term "Cold War" in an essay titled You and the Atom Bomb? |
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George Orwell | |
| 24. | Three novels considered masterpieces: Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Little Sister (1949), and The Long Goodbye (1953) are by what British-American author? |
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Raymond Chandler (all part of the Philip Marlowe series) | |
| 25. | In collaboration with author Emlyn Rees, what snooker player has written three crime novels: Framed (2016), Double Kiss (2017), and The Break (2018)? |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan | |
| 26. | Catriona is the 1893 sequel to what classic 1886 novel, both featuring the central character of David Balfour? |
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Robert Louis Stevenson|Kidnapped | |
| 27. | In what 1987 Stephen King novel does Annie Wilkes punish Paul Sheldon by cutting off his foot with an axe? |
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Misery (played by Kathy Bates and James Caan and in the 1990 film) | |
| 28. | What 1939 John Steinbeck novel about the Great Depression won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction? |
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The Grapes of Wrath | |
| 29. | What Shakespeare play opens with the Three Witches? |
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Macbeth | |
| 30. | Sold for a then record $300 million in September 2015, Interchange is a 1955 oil painting by what Dutch-American artist? |
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Willem de Kooning | |
| 31. | Who wrote the 1843 opera The Flying Dutchman? |
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Richard Wagner (German: Der fliegende Holländer) | |
| 32. | Which of Ian Fleming's novels has the shortest title? |
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Dr. No (1958) | |
| 33. | What fairytale was the inspiration for the first gingerbread house? |
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Hansel and Gretel | |
| 34. | The Female Eunuch is a 1970 international best-seller by what Australian writer? |
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Germaine Greer | |
| 35. | In literature, Miss Felicity Lemon is the secretary of what famous detective? |
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Hercule Poirot | |
| 36. | What was the name of the lion in C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? |
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Aslan | |
| 37. | What artist had a Blue Period from 1901 to 1904, followed by a Rose Period from 1904 to 1906? |
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Pablo Picasso | |
| 38. | What book of the New Testament comes after the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? |
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Acts (of the Apostles) | |
| 39. | What Russian-American novelist is known for her best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged? |
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Ayn Rand (Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum) | |
| 40. | Who wrote Educating Rita, Blood Brothers and Shirley Valentine? |
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Willy Russell | |
| 41. | In the West End in 2007 and on Broadway in 2008, name the 1973 play that actor Daniel Radcliffe appeared nude in? |
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Equus | |
| 42. | Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? |
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Stephenie Meyer | |
| 43. | What British explorer wrote the 2016 autobiography Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge? |
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes | |
| 44. | What Nobel prize winning author wrote the 1952 novel East of Eden? |
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John Steinbeck | |
| 45. | What famous painter is the subject of the 1950 novel Moulin Rouge? |
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Toulouse-Lautrec (Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec) | |
| 46. | What 1932 novel was set in the "year of Our Ford 632"? |
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) | |
| 47. | The first in a series, what Robert Ludlum novel was the best-selling book of 1980? |
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The Bourne Identity | |
| 48. | What 1950 Isaac Asimov novel shares its name with a 2004 film starring Will Smith? |
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I, Robot | |
| 49. | Mary Anne Evans was the real name of what 19th century British author? |
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George Eliot | |
| 50. | The three volumes of The Lord of the Rings, arrange these in order of first publication, earliest first: A. The Fellowship of the Ring B. The Return of the King C. The Two Towers |
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A C B (July 1954, November 1954, October 1955) | |
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