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| 1. | In what Stephen King novel is Pennywise the titular character? |
| 2. | 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? |
| 3. | In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, what is the name of Ebeneezer Scrooge's abused and underpaid clerk? |
| 4. | What is the name of the £50,000 literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK? |
| 5. | What Harry Potter novel was made into two films? |
| 6. | What William Shakespeare play is largely set in the town of Elsinore? |
| 7. | First published in the UK in 1987, to what was Where's Wally? renamed for the North American market? |
| 8. | What Brontë novel features Heathcliff and Catherine? |
| 9. | What is the title of the literary prelude to the Lord of The Rings trilogy? |
| 10. | First published in 1920, what British author's first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles? |
| 11. | 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? |
| 12. | Who wrote The Mary Ann stories (1954-1967), The Mallen Novels (1973-1974), and The Tilly Trotter trilogy (1980-1982)? |
| 13. | In children's literature, by what name were Peter, Janet, Jack, Barbara, George, Pam and Colin collectively known? |
| 14. | Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird is set in what U.S. state? |
| 15. | Who painted "Irises" in 1889? |
| 16. | Up until 2016, George Bernard Shaw was the only person to have received both a Nobel Prize in Literature and an Academy Award. Who is the second to achieve it? |
| 17. | What is the first name of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple? |
| 18. | Born in 1920, what former British steeplechase jockey turned crime writer with novels centred on horse racing in England? |
| 19. | What is the mononymous name of the title character in Rossini's 1816 opera The Barber of Seville? |
| 20. | What American writer, and husband of film star Marilyn Monroe, had his conviction for contempt of Congress dismissed in 1958? |
| 21. | What French artist painted The Pink Nude in 1935? |
| 22. | Complete the title of this 1815 painting by John Constable: Boat-Building near ________ Mill. |
| 23. | What is the title of British author Salman Rushdie's controversial 1988 novel? |
| 24. | "Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die." are the last words of what literary character? |
| 25. | These are 1875 and 1910 self-portraits of what French artist? |
| 26. | Who was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri in 1835? |
| 27. | In the newspaper comic strip drawn by Brad Anderson, what type of dog is Marmaduke? |
| 28. | Complete this line by Shakespeare: Friends, Romans, countrymen, ..? |
| 29. | Which member of the Monty Python team wrote the 1983 children's novel The Saga of Erik the Viking? |
| 30. | From what platform number at King's Cross station does the Hogwarts Express depart? |
| 31. | Who wrote the 2002 Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi? |
| 32. | Who wrote Winnie The Pooh? |
| 33. | What Australian theorist wrote The Female Eunuch in 1970? |
| 34. | The first in a series, what Robert Ludlum novel was the best-selling book of 1980? |
| 35. | What English author wrote the children's stories Adventures of the Wishing-Chair (1937) and The Wishing-Chair Again (1950)? |
| 36. | Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) made The Cat in the Hat using only 236 unique words. Later, Random House co-founder Bennett Cerf bet him $50 he couldn’t do it with just 50 words. Seuss rose to the occasion by writing what 1960 book? |
| 37. | Divided into 150 "chapters", what is the longest book of the Old Testament? |
| 38. | Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2011) and Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! (2012) are novels by what best-selling author? |
| 39. | First published in 1949, who wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four? |
| 40. | Born in 1904, and best known for his children's books, by what name is American writer and illustrator Theodor Geisel better known? |
| 41. | What artist was shot and wounded in his New York City studio by Valerie Solanas in 1968? |
| 42. | Complete the title of this William Shakespeare comedy: The Two Gentlemen of _______. |
| 43. | In what 1883 novel do the characters of Jim Hawkins and Billy Bones first appear? |
| 44. | "Call me Ishmael" is the opening sentence to what 1851 novel? |
| 45. | What 1932 novel is followed by Men Against the Sea (1933), and Pitcairn's Island (1934)? |
| 46. | Who was in charge of Jules Verne's submarine Nautilus? |
| 47. | Name the French Impressionist artist best known for incorporating dance into much of his work. |
| 48. | First appearing in 1919, for what fictional character is New York–based writer Johnston McCulley best known? |
| 49. | What is the name of Linus' and Lucy's younger brother in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts? |
| 50. | What was the name of the lion in C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? |
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