Quiz Bowl: Arts & Literature vol. 2

Question 1

What must you hold to speak in the novel Lord of the Flies?

Accepted Answer

a shell

Question 2

With which 20th century art movement were Salvador Dali, René Magritte, and André Breton associated?

Accepted Answer

Surrealism

Question 3

Who killed the Minotaur?

Accepted Answer

Theseus

Question 4

Which famous twentieth century artist painted "100 Cans?"

Accepted Answer

Andy Warhol

Question 5

Who wrote Treasure Island?

Accepted Answer

Robert Louis Stevenson

Question 6

What is the name of the devilish cat in Walt Disney's Cinderella?

Accepted Answer

Lucifer

Question 7

Which flowers did Van Gogh paint most regularly?

Accepted Answer

sunflowers

Question 8

Who is the heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter?

Accepted Answer

Hester Prynne

Question 9

What hugely successful movie was based on a hugely successful book by Margaret Mitchell?

Accepted Answer

Gone with the Wind

Question 10

What four-letter girl's name is used to title a comic Jane Austen novel?

Accepted Answer

Emma

Question 11

Which Dublin-born author won a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award during his lifetime?

Accepted Answer

George Bernard Shaw

Question 12

In which novel will you find the character of Miss Havisham who lives secluded in Satis House?

Accepted Answer

Great Expectations

Question 13

Name that Author: Who wrote The Iliad?

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 14

Who provided the voice of Mickey Mouse from 1928 to 1946?

Accepted Answer

Walt Disney

Question 15

Which artist's garden attracts visitors to Giverny in France?

Accepted Answer

Claude Monet

Question 16

What musical instrument is Antonio Stradivari most famous for making?

Accepted Answer

violins

Question 17

What nationality was Pablo Picasso?

Accepted Answer

Spanish

Question 18

What title designates the official poet of a country?

Accepted Answer

Poet Laureate

Question 19

What is the most famous armless statue in the Louvre museum in Paris?

Accepted Answer

Venus de Milo

Question 20

What was Leonardo da Vinci's hometown?

Accepted Answer

Vinci

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