Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 27th 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 Some questions and answers may be outdated.)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. | For what work is sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi best known? |
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Statue of Liberty | |
| 2. | "Religion is the opium of the people" is one of the most frequently paraphrased statements of what philosopher and economist? |
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Karl Marx (The German original, "Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes" is often rendered as "religion... is the opiate of the masses.") | |
| 3. | Who wrote about herself, her husband, and a lioness called Elsa in the 1960 book Born Free? |
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Joy Adamson | |
| 4. | What fairy tale character could spin straw into gold? |
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Rumpelstiltskin (Brothers Grimm - German: Rumpelstilzchen) | |
| 5. | From the British comic strip which first appeared in "The Beano" in 1951, what is the name of Dennis the Menace's Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound? |
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Gnasher | |
| 6. | 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 | |
| 7. | 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) | |
| 8. | Who wrote the Crimean War poem The Charge of the Light Brigade? |
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson | |
| 9. | One of Mowgli's mentors and friends, what was the name of "the sleepy brown bear" in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book? |
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Baloo | |
| 10. | Whose thrillers include The Holcroft Covenant (1978), The Bourne Identity (1980), and The Icarus Agenda (1988)? |
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Robert Ludlum | |
| 11. | 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 | |
| 12. | A Rake's Progress is a series of eight paintings by what 18th-century English artist? |
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William Hogarth | |
| 13. | In what country was Dracula author Bram Stoker born? |
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Ireland (Clontarf, Dublin) | |
| 14. | Released in November 2010, what is the title of the memoirs of former U.S. President George W. Bush? |
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Decision Points | |
| 15. | The Sound and the Fury (1928), As I Lay Dying (1930), Light in August (1932), and Absalom, Absalom! (1936) are notable novels by what American writer and Nobel Prize laureate? |
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William Faulkner | |
| 16. | The Hogwart's Express leaves from platform 9¾ in what railway station? |
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King's Cross (London) | |
| 17. | A History of the English-Speaking Peoples is a four-volume history of Britain written by what Nobel Prize winner? |
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Sir Winston Churchill | |
| 18. | 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 | |
| 19. | First published in 1726, who wrote Gulliver's Travels? |
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Jonathan Swift | |
| 20. | In the late 19th century, who wrote The Prisoner of Zenda, The Heart of Princess Osra, and Rupert of Hentzau? |
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Anthony Hope | |
| 21. | First published in 1868, what is Louisa May Alcott's most famous book? |
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Little Women | |
| 22. | 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) | |
| 23. | What is the title of Harper Lee's 2015 sequel to her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird? |
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Go Set a Watchman | |
| 24. | First published in 1972, what is the title of Frederick Forsyth's novel about a young German reporter's search for a former SS concentration-camp commander? |
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The Odessa File | |
| 25. | 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) | |
| 26. | Who wrote the 1971 thriller, The Day of the Jackal? |
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Frederick Forsyth | |
| 27. | 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) | |
| 28. | Based on her experiences as a governess, what is the title of Anne Brontë's début novel? |
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Agnes Grey | |
| 29. | Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child ___ ___ ___ ___. What are the missing four words? |
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... has far to go | |
| 30. | What were the first names of Peter Pan author J. M. Barrie? |
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James Matthew | |
| 31. | 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 | |
| 32. | What is the name of the donkey in the Winnie-the-Pooh children's stories? |
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Eeyore | |
| 33. | What is the surname of the author whose first names are Phyllis Dorothy? |
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James (P.D. James) | |
| 34. | The first wife of the Daphne du Maurier character "Maxim" De Winter was called what? |
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Rebecca | |
| 35. | What member of the British Royal Family wrote a series of children's books about Budgie the Little Helicopter? |
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Sarah, Duchess of York | |
| 36. | What famous novel by Anna Sewell was first published in 1877? |
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Black Beauty | |
| 37. | The title of a 1905 novel by Baroness Orczy, by what name is the character of Sir Percy Blakeney better known? |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
| 38. | "The course of true love never did run smooth" is a famous proverb from the opening act of what Shakespeare comedy? |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| 39. | 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) | |
| 40. | Sancho Panza is squire to the title character of what 1605 novel? |
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Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes) | |
| 41. | A criminal mastermind in Gotham City, by what alter ego is DC comics' supervillain Edward Nigma better known? |
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Riddler | |
| 42. | How many lines are there in a sonnet? |
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14 | |
| 43. | What Roald Dahl book features a giant called the Gizzardgulper? |
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The BFG (short for "Big Friendly Giant") | |
| 44. | 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) | |
| 45. | In what century was William Shakespeare born? |
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16th (circa 1564) | |
| 46. | In literature, what name did Commander Caractacus Pott give to his 12-cylinder, eight-litre, supercharged Paragon Panther? |
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car - Ian Fleming - 1964) | |
| 47. | What is the title of Andy McNab's 1993 book about a patrol behind enemy lines in Iraq? |
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Bravo Two Zero | |
| 48. | How many sisters are there in the title of the 1900 play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov? |
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Three | |
| 49. | What tree was used to make an unbeatable wand, one of the Deathly Hallows in the Harry Potter books? |
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Elder | |
| 50. | What is the surname of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women? |
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March | |
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