Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 15th December 2025 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | In what city is Armistead Maupin's series of novels Tales of the City set? |
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San Francisco | |
| 2. | 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 | |
| 3. | What fictional hero did Baroness Emma Orczy create in 1903? |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
| 4. | What 1831 novel begins, "Three hundred and forty-eight years, six months, and nineteen days ago to-day, the Parisians awoke to the sound of all the bells in the triple circuit of the city, the university, and the town ringing a full peal."? |
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Victor Hugo|The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | |
| 5. | What was the name of Quint's boat in Peter Benchley's 1974 novel Jaws? |
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Orca | |
| 6. | What is the name of the title character and protagonist in |
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Bilbo Baggins | |
| 7. | A Woman of Substance, published in 1979, was a best-selling début novel for what well-known novelist? |
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Barbara Taylor Bradford | |
| 8. | First published in 1936, who wrote the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind? |
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Margaret Mitchell | |
| 9. | What Dutch artist painted Girl with a Pearl Earring in 1665? |
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Johannes Vermeer | |
| 10. | What American author's works include the Women's Murder Club series? |
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James Patterson | |
| 11. | In the Harry Potter series, what is the name of Rubeus Hagrid's shy dog? |
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Fang | |
| 12. | Whose 1998 autobiography is titled Losing My Virginity? |
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Richard Branson | |
| 13. | Sing As We Go was the 1960 autobiography of what English actress, singer and comedienne, born in 1898? |
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Gracie Fields | |
| 14. | Originating in 17th century Japan, of what art form is netsuke? |
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Sculpture (Miniature sculpture) | |
| 15. | 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) | |
| 16. | What 1847 novel was Cliff Richard's 1996 musical Heathcliff based on? |
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) | |
| 17. | What did not exist as a girl's first name until Peter Pan was written? |
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Wendy | |
| 18. | In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, what is Charlie's last name? |
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Buckett | |
| 19. | Introduced to the U.S. in 1940 as And Then There Were None and later appearing under the title Ten Little Indians, Agatha Christie's mystery novel was first published in the U.K. in 1939 as Ten Little... what? |
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Niggers (so named after the minstrel song, which serves as a major plot point) | |
| 20. | Who was the youngest of the three Brontë sisters? |
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Anne Brontë (born 1820 - Emily 1818 and Charlotte 1816) | |
| 21. | Along with Charlie, what were the first names of the other four Willy Wonka Golden Ticket winners? |
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Augustus, Violet, Veruca, Mike (Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, Mike Teavee) | |
| 22. | What Irish novelist is best known for A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Ulysses (1922), and Finnegans Wake (1939)? |
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James Joyce | |
| 23. | What character was novelist Mary Shelley best known for creating? |
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Frankenstein | |
| 24. | Written and illustrated between 1920 and 1942, and first published posthumously in 1976, what world famous English author wrote Letters from Father Christmas? |
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J. R. R. Tolkien | |
| 25. | Whose artworks include My Bed, Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995, and Hate and Power Can Be a Terrible Thing? |
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Tracey Emin | |
| 26. | The Hogwart's Express leaves from platform 9¾ in what railway station? |
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King's Cross (London) | |
| 27. | Born in 1834, what French artist is probably best known for his paintings of ballet dancers? |
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Edgar Degas | |
| 28. | In the Harry Potter novels, what is Professor Snape's first name? |
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Severus | |
| 29. | What 1908 children's novel begins with Mole meeting Rat? |
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Kenneth Grahame|The Wind in the Willows | |
| 30. | What Irish novelist, playwright, and poet was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature? |
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Samuel Beckett | |
| 31. | In the 1950s, what French artist created The Snail? |
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Henri Matisse | |
| 32. | In the Harry Potter books, who was born Tom Marvolo Riddle? |
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Lord Voldemort | |
| 33. | What play includes the line "... then clearly something is rotten in the state of Denmark"? |
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare - spoken by Marcellus) | |
| 34. | Spawning a 1983 film adaptation and 2002 television series, who wrote the 1979 novel The Dead Zone? |
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Stephen King | |
| 35. | Who painted this self-portrait in 1910? |
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | |
| 36. | What is the title of Washington Irving's 1819 short story about a man who sleeps for 20 years? |
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Rip Van Winkle | |
| 37. | What is the name of Phileas Fogg's French valet in Jules Verne's novel, Around the World in 80 Days? |
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Jean Passepartout | |
| 38. | What British writer wrote the 1952 novelette The Birds, on which Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film was loosely based? |
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Daphne du Maurier | |
| 39. | Complete the title of this 1934 Agatha Christie detective novel: Why Didn't They Ask ... who? |
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Evans | |
| 40. | Becky Sharp is the main character in what 1847 satirical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray? |
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Vanity Fair | |
| 41. | In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, who never stopped sobbing? |
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Mock Turtle | |
| 42. | First published in 1811, who wrote Sense and Sensibility? |
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Jane Austen | |
| 43. | First published in 1972, in what children's book do you meet the characters Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig and Blackberry? |
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Richard Adams|Watership Down | |
| 44. | 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) | |
| 45. | The author of more than 130 novels, histories, children's books and westerns, some under the pen name of Nye Tredgold, what Scottish author died in January 2000, aged 90? |
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Nigel Tranter | |
| 46. | Despite attempts by the UK government to ban it, what 1987 memoir by former MI5 Assistant Director Peter Wright became an international bestseller? |
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Spycatcher (The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer) | |
| 47. | According to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Bible, what is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end times? |
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Armageddon (from Ancient Greek: Ἁρμαγεδών Harmagedōn, Late Latin: Armagedōn, from Hebrew: הר מגידו Har Megiddo) | |
| 48. | The title of a 1952 children's fantasy novel; by what name are Arrietty, Pod, Homily, Hendreary, Lupy and Eggletina collectively known? |
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The Borrowers (Mary Norton) | |
| 49. | What Charles Dickens' character was born on a Friday in March in the early 19th century, and was the pet of his mother Clara and faithful nursemaid Peggotty? |
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David Copperfield | |
| 50. | Richard Bachman is a pen name used occasionally by what horror fiction author? |
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Stephen King | |
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