Art & Literature50 randomly selected Art & Literature questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 10th November 2025 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Both adapted into 1993 films, The Firm and The Pelican Brief were based on novels by what American author? |
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John Grisham | |
| 2. | Published in 1938, Brighton Rock is a novel by what British author? |
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Graham Greene | |
| 3. | In the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and in stage and film adaptations since, what is Dorothy's surname? |
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Gale | |
| 4. | According to the opening line of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, what is the food of love? |
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Music (If music be the food of love, play on - Duke Orsino) | |
| 5. | Whose bibliography includes Surfacing (1972), The Handmaid's Tale (1985), and The Blind Assassin (2000)? |
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Margaret Atwood | |
| 6. | In the original (Genus & Genus II) editions of Trivial Pursuit, what colour represents Art & Literature? |
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Brown | |
| 7. | From what fictional town did Dr Seuss' Grinch steal Christmas? |
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Whoville | |
| 8. | According to the book of Genesis, on what day was man created? |
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The Sixth Day | |
| 9. | What is the only Shakespeare play with an animal in its title? |
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The Taming of the Shrew | |
| 10. | First published between 1934 and 1988, for what series of children's books is Australian-British writer P. L. Travers best known? |
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Mary Poppins | |
| 11. | Who wrote the classic novels Rob Roy and Ivanhoe? |
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Sir Walter Scott | |
| 12. | In the third novel of the Harry Potter series, what is the name of the title character, .. the Prisoner of Azkaban? |
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Sirius Black | |
| 13. | What surrealist artist created this, the Lobster Telephone? |
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Salvador Dalí | |
| 14. | In a 1952 children's novel, what is the name of the spider that helped save the life of Wilbur the pig? |
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Charlotte (Charlotte's Web - E. B. White) | |
| 15. | What is the name of the tiger in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book? |
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Shere Khan | |
| 16. | What epic J. D. Salinger novel, first published in 1951, features a character called Holden Caulfield? |
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The Catcher in the Rye | |
| 17. | What two cities are the subject of Charles Dickens' 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities? |
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London and Paris | |
| 18. | What is the surname of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women? |
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March | |
| 19. | Best known for his colour field paintings, name this American abstract painter. |
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Mark Rothko | |
| 20. | 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 | |
| 21. | Who wrote Three Men in a Boat (1889) and its sequel Three Men on the Bummel (1900)? |
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Jerome K. Jerome | |
| 22. | According to the title of a 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury, what is the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns? |
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Fahrenheit 451 | |
| 23. | What female novelist's books include Body of Evidence (1991), Point of Origin (1998) and Scarpetta (2008)? |
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Patricia Cornwell (part of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series) | |
| 24. | What is the title of the literary prelude to the Lord of The Rings trilogy? |
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (J. R. R. Tolkien) | |
| 25. | Jean Valjean's struggle to lead a normal life after serving a prison sentence for stealing bread is depicted in what 1862 novel? |
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Victor Hugo|Les Misérables | |
| 26. | These are 1875 and 1910 self-portraits of what French artist? |
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | |
| 27. | What English artist is associated with paintings of Flatford Mill? |
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John Constable | |
| 28. | What American artist who died in 1956 was famous for his 'action painting' method? |
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Jackson Pollock | |
| 29. | Still in common use today, what Latin phrase translates literally as "course of life"? |
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Curriculum vitae | |
| 30. | What 19th century French author wrote The Man in the Iron Mask? |
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Alexandre Dumas | |
| 31. | What American cartoon character has the catchphrase, "good grief"? |
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Charlie Brown | |
| 32. | What British author first published Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder in 1945? |
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Evelyn Waugh (Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh) | |
| 33. | In the English comic strip created by Reg Smythe, what is the name of Andy Capp's wife? |
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Flo | |
| 34. | Laura Ingalls Wilder was an American writer best known for what series of children's books first published between 1932 and 1943? |
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Little House on the Prairie | |
| 35. | What race of fictional beings from Gulliver's Travels lends its name to an internet search engine? |
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Yahoo | |
| 36. | Governor-General of Canada between 1935 and his death in 1940, what was the birth and pen name of Scottish novelist Lord Tweedsmuir? |
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John Buchan | |
| 37. | What 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty was adapted into a 1973 classic horror film for which he won an Academy Award for the screenplay? |
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The Exorcist | |
| 38. | The band Steppenwolf was named after a 1927 novel by what German-born writer? |
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Hermann Hesse | |
| 39. | What awards are presented annually by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in newspaper and on-line journalism, literature, and musical composition? |
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Pulitzer Prize | |
| 40. | According to the Bible, who committed the first ever murder? |
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Cain (killing his brother, Abel) | |
| 41. | In Treasure Island, what is Long John Silver employed as on the Hispaniola? |
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Cook | |
| 42. | What term is commonly used for someone who writes books that are officially credited to another person? |
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Ghostwriter | |
| 43. | What Shakespeare comedy consists of five interconnecting plots, connected by a celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta, which are set simultaneously in the woodland and in the realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon? |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| 44. | Who wrote a trilogy of novels in the 1950s titled Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable? |
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Samuel Beckett | |
| 45. | How to Kill Your Husband: (and Other Handy Household Hints) (2006), To Love Honour and Betray (Till Divorce Us Do Part) (2008), and HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy (2020) are among novels by what Australian-British author? |
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Kathy Lette | |
| 46. | In literature, what animal faded away leaving only a grin? |
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Cheshire Cat (Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) | |
| 47. | 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 | |
| 48. | What 1932 novel was set in the "year of Our Ford 632"? |
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) | |
| 49. | What fruit obscures the face of the man in Magritte's The Son of Man? |
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Apple | |
| 50. | What trilogy of young adult dystopian novels, written by American novelist Suzanne Collins, is set in the fictional nation of Panem? |
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The Hunger Games | |
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