Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 20th October 2025 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Whose 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name? |
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Irvine Welsh | |
| 2. | The title of the classic 1894 novel by Anthony Hope is the |
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Zenda | |
| 3. | What two types of animal were used as mallets and balls at the Queen's Croquet Ground in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland? |
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Flamingoes and Hedgehogs | |
| 4. | For what 1930 painting is Iowan artist Grant Wood best known? |
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American Gothic | |
| 5. | First published in 1929, for what character is Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi best known for creating? |
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Tintin (his pen name was Hergé ) | |
| 6. | In the Harry Potter books, what word is used to describe people lacking any sort of magical ability and not born into the magical world? |
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Muggles | |
| 7. | Which literary character, created in 1953, had a Scottish father called Andrew and a Swiss mother called Monique Delacroix? |
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James Bond | |
| 8. | What British Nobel laureate published The Jungle Book in 1894? |
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Rudyard Kipling | |
| 9. | What 1938 Daphne Du Maurier novel was adapted into a 1940 Academy Award winning film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock? |
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Rebecca | |
| 10. | What English novelist's work includes The Confidential Agent, The Third Man, The Quiet American and Our Man in Havana? |
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Graham Greene | |
| 11. | Born in 1860, Anna Mary Robinson was an American painter who became famous after taking up painting in her 70s. By what name was she better known? |
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Grandma Moses | |
| 12. | Published in 2016 under the pseudonym Beryl Evans, what famous author wrote the children's book Charlie the Choo-Choo? |
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Stephen King | |
| 13. | The Starlight Barking is a 1967 children's novel by Dodie Smith, the sequel to what 1956 novel? |
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The Hundred and One Dalmatians | |
| 14. | Who wrote the 1969 novel The Godfather? |
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Mario Puzo | |
| 15. | What 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel begins "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since"? |
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The Great Gatsby | |
| 16. | What 1977 novel by Jay Anson claims to be based on the paranormal experiences of the Lutz family at 112 Ocean Avenue in Suffolk County, New York? |
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The Amityville Horror | |
| 17. | Who was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri in 1835? |
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Mark Twain | |
| 18. | What is the surname of the family headed by Charles and Caroline in the best-selling series of Little House books, including Little House on the Prairie? |
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Ingalls (written by Laura Ingalls Wilder) | |
| 19. | 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 | |
| 20. | Who painted several portraits of his postman Joseph Roulin in 1888? |
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Vincent van Gogh | |
| 21. | Who is the alter ego of Marvel Comics' character Steve Rogers? |
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Captain America | |
| 22. | First published in 1902, who wrote the Just So Stories for Little Children? |
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Rudyard Kipling | |
| 23. | What well known children's book character was created in 1958 by Michael Bond? |
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Paddington Bear | |
| 24. | Which Ancient Greek wrote The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse? |
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Aesop (Aesop's Fables) | |
| 25. | Complete the title of this 1605 novel: The Ingenious Gentleman _____ _____ of La Mancha |
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Don Quixote | |
| 26. | What British author wrote Bangkok 8 (2003), Bangkok Tattoo (2006), Bangkok Haunts (2007), and The Bangkok Asset (2015)? |
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John Burdett | |
| 27. | For what children's character is Italian novelist Carlo Collodi most famous? |
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Pinocchio | |
| 28. | Fart Proudly is the popular name of an essay about flatulence written by what American statesmen circa 1781? |
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Benjamin Franklin | |
| 29. | First published in 1952, what English author wrote The Borrowers series of children's fantasy novels? |
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Mary Norton | |
| 30. | In what 1977 horror novel do the Torrance family encounter difficulties at the Overlook Hotel? |
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The Shining (Stephen King) | |
| 31. | What Impressionist painter is famed for his Charing Cross Bridge series? |
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Claude Monet | |
| 32. | Diana Prince is the alter ego of what comic book superhero? |
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Wonder Woman | |
| 33. | What term is commonly used for someone who writes books that are officially credited to another person? |
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Ghostwriter | |
| 34. | Written around 1601-1602, the full title of a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare ends with |
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Twelfth Night | |
| 35. | For what red-haired, freckled character in a children's book series is Swedish author Astrid Lindgren best known? |
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Pippi Longstocking (Swedish: Pippi Långstrump) | |
| 36. | In an 1883 classic novel, who was captain of the pirate ship Walrus? |
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Captain Flint (Treasure Island) | |
| 37. | What do A.A. Milne's initials stand for? |
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Alan Alexander | |
| 38. | For what 1956 novel is English children's novelist Dodie Smith best known? |
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The Hundred and One Dalmatians | |
| 39. | What Australian-born author is best known for his Asian Saga novels and also wrote such screenplays as The Fly (1958), The Great Escape (1963) and To Sir, with Love (1967)? |
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James Clavell | |
| 40. | In literature, what wizard has a horse called Shadowfax? |
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Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) | |
| 41. | Complete this monologue from William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy As You Like It: "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women _____ _____" |
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... merely players | |
| 42. | How many books are there in the modern New Testament? |
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27 | |
| 43. | The title of the third instalment in the Fifty Shades trilogy is Fifty Shades what... ? |
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Freed | |
| 44. | What American author's novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel, Speaker for the Dead (1986), both won Hugo and Nebula Awards? |
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Orson Scott Card | |
| 45. | What is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey? |
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Homer | |
| 46. | Formed in London in 1969, what rock band took their name from a character in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield? |
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Uriah Heep | |
| 47. | First published between 2005 and 2020, what series of novels are best-sellers for author Stephenie Meyer? |
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Twilight (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun) | |
| 48. | What was first established by the McWhirter twins in 1955? |
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The Guinness Book of Records (now Guinness World Records) | |
| 49. | C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898 and is famous for his Chronicles of Narnia series. What does the C.S. stand for? |
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Clive Staples | |
| 50. | Whose 1849 poem In Memoriam A.H.H. coined the famous phrase 'Tis better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved at all? |
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson (A.H.H. referred to his recently deceased friend Arthur Henry Hallam) | |
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