Scholars' Bowl: Arts and Literature vol. 1

Question 1

Which artist stopped talking to Van Gogh after the ear-cutting incident?

Accepted Answer

Paul Gauguin

Question 2

What town in northern Italy is home to Two Gentlemen, according to Shakespeare?

Accepted Answer

Verona

Question 3

How many strings do most guitars have?

Accepted Answer

six

Question 4

Which monarch is said to have given Sherlock Holmes his emerald tiepin?

Accepted Answer

Queen Victoria

Question 5

Who was the first poet laureate of England?

Accepted Answer

Ben Jonson

Question 6

Which nationality was Rembrandt?

Accepted Answer

Dutch

Question 7

What was the sequel to Little Women?

Accepted Answer

Good Wives

Question 8

What Anglo-Irish writer had the middle names Fingal O'Flahertie Wills?

Accepted Answer

Oscar Wilde

Question 9

What fictional Harvard professor appears in Dan Brown novels such as The Da Vinci Code?

Accepted Answer

Robert Langdon

Question 10

What was the first James Bond novel?

Accepted Answer

Casino Royale

Question 11

What is the name of the paranoid android in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?

Accepted Answer

Marvin

Question 12

Who founded Cubism with George Braque?

Accepted Answer

Pablo Picasso

Question 13

Which Stephen King novel takes place mostly in the fictional Overlook Hotel?

Accepted Answer

The Shining

Question 14

What H-word means designing, displaying, and describing coats of arms and badges?

Accepted Answer

Heraldry

Question 15

What metal is the visible surface of The Statue of Liberty constructed from?

Accepted Answer

copper

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