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| 1. | What French Post-Impressionist painter's works include a series of five paintings called The Card Players? |
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Paul Cézanne | |
| 2. | 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 | |
| 3. | From the opening line of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, what is the cruellest month? |
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April (April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, ..) | |
| 4. | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a three-act play written in the early 1950s by who? |
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Tennessee Williams | |
| 5. | Who wrote the 1722 novel Moll Flanders? |
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Daniel Defoe | |
| 6. | 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 | |
| 7. | In an 1883 classic novel, who was captain of the pirate ship Walrus? |
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Captain Flint (Treasure Island) | |
| 8. | What children's author wrote about characters such as Benjamin Bunny, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, and Tom Kitten? |
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Beatrix Potter | |
| 9. | In George Orwell's Animal Farm, what type of animal are Clover, Mollie, and Boxer? |
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Horse | |
| 10. | What fairytale was the inspiration for the first gingerbread house? |
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Hansel and Gretel | |
| 11. | In George Orwell's 1945 novel, Animal Farm, what kind of animal is Old Major? |
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Pig | |
| 12. | According to the New Testament, what was the name of the Roman prefect who adjudicated on the trial and crucifixion of Jesus? |
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Pontius Pilate | |
| 13. | What artist's surname was van Rijn? |
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Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn) | |
| 14. | What phrase describes the biblical location of the Land of Nod where Cain was exiled? |
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East of Eden | |
| 15. | What Jules Verne character has a name that is Latin for "nobody"? |
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Captain Nemo | |
| 16. | What comic book character lived at apartment 3-D, 344 Clinton Street? |
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Clark Kent / Superman (Metropolis) | |
| 17. | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest are collectively known as the _________ Trilogy. |
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Millennium (Stieg Larsson) | |
| 18. | What is the name of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about a young peasant girl called Karen who cannot stop dancing? |
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The Red Shoes | |
| 19. | According to the proverb, "Three may keep a secret if two of them are..." what? |
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Dead | |
| 20. | What is the name of the donkey in the Winnie-the-Pooh children's stories? |
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Eeyore | |
| 21. | In the 1900 L. Frank Baum novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which of Dorothy's companions is seeking courage? |
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The Cowardly Lion | |
| 22. | By what name is 16th century painter, sculptor and architect Doménikos Theotokópoulos better known? |
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El Greco | |
| 23. | Published between 1993 and 2013, what series of children's books includes titles such as Measly Middle Ages, Ruthless Romans, Awful Egyptians, and Terrifying Tudors? |
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Horrible Histories (Terry Deary) | |
| 24. | Predating the play itself, the title of what Shakespeare play is also a well known proverb? |
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All's Well That Ends Well | |
| 25. | First published in 1952, what English author wrote The Borrowers series of children's fantasy novels? |
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Mary Norton | |
| 26. | In what museum and city are the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo currently on permanent display? |
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The Louvre, Paris (Musée du Louvre) | |
| 27. | With sales of around 80 million, what 2003 novel remains the best-selling book of the 21st century to date? |
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Dan Brown|The Da Vinci Code | |
| 28. | Who wrote the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!? |
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Lionel Bart | |
| 29. | What poet and playwright was convicted of gross indecency with other men in May 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison? |
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Oscar Wilde | |
| 30. | Titled Self-portrait in Beret, from 1866, what artist is this? |
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Claude Monet | |
| 31. | What is the name of the second book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy? |
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The Two Towers | |
| 32. | Pink Floyd's debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was named after chapter seven of what Kenneth Grahame children's classic? |
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The Wind in the Willows | |
| 33. | Who sculpted The Kiss in 1889? |
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Auguste Rodin | |
| 34. | According to the popular nursery rhyme, "Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace." What is Wednesday's child? |
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Full of woe | |
| 35. | Italian art lovers often call it La Gioconda, what is it called in English? |
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Mona Lisa | |
| 36. | In the Old Testament, what book comes between Joshua and Ruth? |
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Judges | |
| 37. | Under what pen name did Mary Ann Evans publish The Mill on the Floss in 1860? |
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George Eliot | |
| 38. | In the 1950s, what French artist created The Snail? |
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Henri Matisse | |
| 39. | 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) | |
| 40. | What British author of thriller novels is best known for his Jack Reacher series? |
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Lee Child | |
| 41. | What Marvel Comics superhero, real name Reed Richards, has the ability to stretch his body into any shape he desires? |
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Mister Fantastic (Fantastic Four) | |
| 42. | 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 | |
| 43. | What name is shared by a 15th century Florentine sculptor and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle? |
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Donatello | |
| 44. | What surrealist artist created this, the Lobster Telephone? |
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Salvador Dalí | |
| 45. | In Charles Dickens' first novel, whose landlady is Mrs. Tamora Bardell? |
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Samuel Pickwick (The Pickwick Papers) | |
| 46. | What leading character was killed off in Agatha Christie's 1975 novel Curtain? |
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Hercule Poirot | |
| 47. | What are the first names of author J R R Tolkien? |
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John Ronald Reuel | |
| 48. | What musician's second book, first published in 1965, was titled A Spaniard in the Works? |
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John Lennon | |
| 49. | What section of Westminster Abbey, London, gets its name from the number of literary figures buried and commemorated there? |
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Poet's Corner | |
| 50. | What English author wrote The Rats, The Fog, and Lair? |
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James Herbert | |
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