Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 2nd June 2025 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | What is the mononymous name of the title character in Rossini's 1816 opera The Barber of Seville? |
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Figaro | |
| 2. | Horatio, Ophelia and Gertrude are characters in what William Shakespeare tragedy? |
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Hamlet | |
| 3. | According to the book of Genesis, on what day was man created? |
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The Sixth Day | |
| 4. | Who wrote the classic novels Rob Roy and Ivanhoe? |
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Sir Walter Scott | |
| 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. | Divided into 150 "chapters", what is the longest book of the Old Testament? |
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Psalms | |
| 7. | In The Adventures of Tintin, what is the surname of the Merchant Marine sea captain, Tintin's best friend? |
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Haddock (Captain Archibald Haddock) | |
| 8. | Name the American novelist and short story writer best known for her debut best-selling Divergent trilogy. |
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Veronica Roth | |
| 9. | What former British Prime Minister's autobiography is titled A Journey? |
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Tony Blair | |
| 10. | Created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley, by what name is the fictional character Don Diego de la Vega better known? |
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Zorro | |
| 11. | What is the surname of Vito, Sonny and Michael in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather? |
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Corleone | |
| 12. | A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows. What 2011 novel comes next? |
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A Dance with Dragons (The series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin) | |
| 13. | What book was published in 1678 by John Bunyan? |
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The Pilgrim's Progress (The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come ) | |
| 14. | What 2011 novel by E. L. James sold over 125 million copies worldwide by June 2015? |
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Fifty Shades of Grey | |
| 15. | "Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy." is the opening line to what novel? |
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C. S. Lewis|The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | |
| 16. | Whose novels include Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928)? |
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Virginia Woolf | |
| 17. | Under what pen name did the artist Hablot Knight Browne illustrate the works of Charles Dickens? |
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Phiz | |
| 18. | Sing As We Go was the 1960 autobiography of what English actress, singer and comedienne, born in 1898? |
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Gracie Fields | |
| 19. | What British author wrote the Inspector Morse novels? |
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Colin Dexter | |
| 20. | Some of the best-known poems in the English language include The Waste Land (1922), The Hollow Men (1925), Ash Wednesday (1930), and Four Quartets (1943); all written by who? |
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T. S. Eliot | |
| 21. | Based on her experiences as a governess, what is the title of Anne Brontë's début novel? |
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Agnes Grey | |
| 22. | What was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton's Famous Five stories? |
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Timmy | |
| 23. | 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) | |
| 24. | When the character of Barbara Gordon made her comic book debut in 1967, what was the name of her superhero alter-ego? |
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Batgirl (later, in 1989, also known as Oracle) | |
| 25. | An international men's magazine, what did the letters GQ originally stand for? |
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Gentlemen's Quarterly | |
| 26. | What 1955 novel by English author Graham Greene depicts French colonialism in Vietnam being uprooted by the Americans during the 1950s? |
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The Quiet American | |
| 27. | Under what pen name did Mary Ann Evans publish The Mill on the Floss in 1860? |
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George Eliot | |
| 28. | What American author's works include the Women's Murder Club series? |
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James Patterson | |
| 29. | Who wrote the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps? |
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John Buchan | |
| 30. | Set during the French and Indian War in 1757, what is the title of American author James Fenimore Cooper's most famous novel, first published in 1826? |
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The Last of the Mohicans | |
| 31. | First published in 1920, what British author's first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles? |
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Agatha Christie | |
| 32. | In the Harry Potter series, what animal is the mascot of the House of Gryffindor? |
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Lion | |
| 33. | First published in 1910, what E. M. Forster novel follows the relationship between the Schlegel sisters and the Wilcox family? |
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Howards End | |
| 34. | Which of Charles Dickens' novels features the perpetually ill and dim-witted Smike? |
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Nicholas Nickleby | |
| 35. | Who wrote the 1843 opera The Flying Dutchman? |
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Richard Wagner (German: Der fliegende Holländer) | |
| 36. | Whose best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth recounts her experiences during the First World War and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism? |
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Vera Brittain | |
| 37. | Who is the superhero alter-ego of DC Comics' character Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen? |
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Flash | |
| 38. | 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) | |
| 39. | 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 | |
| 40. | What British children's comics periodical first introduced Dan Dare in April 1950? |
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Eagle | |
| 41. | In an 1839 Charles Dickens' novel, what is Jack Dawkins' nickname? |
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Artful Dodger (Oliver Twist) | |
| 42. | 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 | |
| 43. | Whose works include the poems "And death shall have no dominion" and "Do not go gentle into that good night"? |
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Dylan Thomas | |
| 44. | These are 1875 and 1910 self-portraits of what French artist? |
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | |
| 45. | 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) | |
| 46. | First published in 1908, what British author's most famous work is The Wind in the Willows? |
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Kenneth Grahame | |
| 47. | Lobster Telephone (1936) is one of the most well known works by what artist? |
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Salvador Dalí | |
| 48. | A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels, the first of which gave its name to what TV series? |
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A Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin) | |
| 49. | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2006 best-selling novel by Irish novelist John Boyne. What nationality is the title character? |
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German (Set in Berlin & Auschwitz) | |
| 50. | According to the Bible, who committed the first ever murder? |
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Cain (killing his brother, Abel) | |
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