Art and literature quiz questions.

Thirty art and literature questions from the free bank, easiest first, answers folded away so you can read them out. The bank has 197 in this category.

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Joseph Heller's 1961 novel is called "Catch" followed by which number?
Answer
22
The phrase "catch-22" entered the language for a no-win situation. Source
In "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", what is the answer to life, the universe and everything?
Answer
42
The computer Deep Thought took seven and a half million years to work it out. Source
Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is set in Denmark.
Answer
True
The play is set at Elsinore, based on Kronborg Castle in Helsingor. Source
Which Danish architect designed the Sydney Opera House?
Answer
Jorn Utzon
Utzon left the project in 1966 and never saw the finished building in person. Source
Which Art Gallery of New South Wales prize is awarded for portraiture?
Answer
Archibald Prize
The prize was first awarded in 1921. Source
Who wrote "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?
Answer
Mark Twain
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Clemens, a former Mississippi riverboat pilot. Source
How many syllables does a traditional haiku have in total?
Answer
17
The lines run five, seven and five syllables. Source
In "Nineteen Eighty-Four", what is the number of the dreaded room in the Ministry of Love?
Answer
101
Room 101 holds whatever each prisoner fears most. Source
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were alive at the same time.
Answer
True
Leonardo lived from 1452 to 1519; Michelangelo from 1475 to 1564. Source
The Statue of Liberty was designed by a French sculptor.
Answer
True
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designed it; Gustave Eiffel engineered its internal frame. Source
Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Answer
True
Hemingway won it in 1954. Source
Who wrote the novel "Cloudstreet"?
Answer
Tim Winton
The novel follows two families sharing a house in Perth. Source
Who wrote the children's book "Possum Magic"?
Answer
Mem Fox
Grandma Poss makes Hush invisible, and they eat Australian food to make her visible. Source
Which author, whose name is on a major Australian literary award, wrote "My Brilliant Career"?
Answer
Miles Franklin
Franklin was a teenager when she wrote it; it came out in 1901. Source
Which painter created a famous series of paintings of Ned Kelly in black armour?
Answer
Sidney Nolan
Nolan painted the first Kelly series in 1946 and 1947, at Heide in Melbourne. Source
Which poet wrote "The Road Not Taken"?
Answer
Robert Frost
Frost read a poem at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. Source
Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath"?
Answer
John Steinbeck
The Joad family flee the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma for California. Source
In Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men", who is George's big, gentle companion?
Answer
Lennie
Lennie dreams of tending rabbits on a farm of their own. Source
Which American artist painted "Nighthawks", set in a late-night diner?
Answer
Edward Hopper
The 1942 painting is in the Art Institute of Chicago. Source
In Washington Irving's story, how many years does Rip Van Winkle sleep?
Answer
20
He falls asleep before the American Revolution and wakes after it. Source
J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis were both members of the Inklings writers' group.
Answer
True
The Inklings met in Oxford, often at a pub called The Eagle and Child. Source
Which Australian won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
Patrick White
White was born in London to Australian parents and grew up in Sydney. Source
Which author wrote "Schindler's Ark", winner of the 1982 Booker Prize?
Answer
Thomas Keneally
The book was filmed by Steven Spielberg as "Schindler's List". Source
Which Heidelberg School artist painted "Shearing the Rams"?
Answer
Tom Roberts
Roberts painted it in a woolshed at Brocklesby in New South Wales. Source
Who wrote "The Narrow Road to the Deep North", winner of the 2014 Booker Prize?
Answer
Richard Flanagan
The novel draws on the Burma Railway, where Flanagan's father was a prisoner of war. Source
Who painted "American Gothic", the farmer with a pitchfork?
Answer
Grant Wood
The models were Wood's sister and his dentist. Source
Which architect designed the spiral Guggenheim Museum in New York?
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Frank Lloyd Wright
It opened in 1959, six months after Wright died. Source
Who wrote the poetry collection "Leaves of Grass"?
Answer
Walt Whitman
Whitman kept revising and expanding it from 1855 until his death. Source
Who wrote the play "Death of a Salesman"?
Answer
Arthur Miller
The salesman is Willy Loman; the play won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Source
Who wrote the play "A Streetcar Named Desire"?
Answer
Tennessee Williams
The play is set in New Orleans and features Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. Source

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