Art & Literature - 2 - Answers

Published: Saturday 5th June 2021A free quiz about all aspects of art and literature.
  1. What is the name of the painting style Picasso and Braque invented after Picasso moved to Paris? Cubism.
  2. Who wrote the novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" on which the West End play is based? Mark Haddon.
  3. How many lines does a limerick generally contain? Five.
  4. What is the name of Margaret Atwood's sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale"? "The Testaments".
  5. Famous for its use as an advertisement for Pears soap, what 19th century English artist painted Bubbles? John Everett Millais.
  6. In "The Lord of the Rings", what is the name of Gandalf's horse? Shadowfax.
  7. Which three books make up Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy? "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass".
  8. What subject is French artist Edgar Degas most famous for painting? Ballet dancers.
  9. Located in New York City what is the MoMA? Museum of Modern Art.
  10. For which novel did author Yann Martel win the Booker Prize in 2002? "The Life of Pi'.
  11. Who was British Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972? Cecil Day-Lewis.
  12. Which Spanish painter was quoted as saying 'I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them'? Pablo Picasso.
  13. What was the pen name of author Mary Ann Evans? George Eliot.
  14. In which Italian city is Da Vinci's famous fresco painting 'The Last Supper' to be found? Milan.
  15. Which two authors won the Booker Prize in 2019? Margaret Atwood and Bernadine Evaristo.
  16. In Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs", which two books are the stranded automatically allowed to have? "The Bible" and "The Complete Works of Shakespeare".
  17. "Whaam!" was painted by which pop artist? Roy Lichtenstein.
  18. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"? Harold Robbins.
  19. Which famous Spanish surrealist painted the picture "The Persistence of Memory"? Salvador Dali.
  20. Which English painter born in 1724 was famous for his paintings of horses? George Stubbs.

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