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- Q: The Persistence of Memory and “Swans reflecting Elephants” are the titles of paintings by which Spanish surrealist artist?
A: Salvador Dali. These two paintings are among Dalí’s most recognisable works and exemplify his unique approach to Surrealism, which he called his “paranoiac-critical method”. - Q: In which novel by H. G. Wells do Martians invade Earth?
A: The War of the Worlds. The planet Mars had grown uninhabitable. - Q: How did Alice get into Wonderland?
A: Down a rabbit hole. She impulsively followed a talking, waistcoat-wearing White Rabbit down a rabbit hole. - Q: What is the name of the House Elf in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”?
A: Dobby, a mischievous but loyal elf who tries to protect Harry from returning to Hogwarts, is eventually freed from the cruel Malfoy family by Harry at the end of the story. - Q: With which sport do you associate the bestselling author Dick Francis?
A: Horse racing. Before he became a novelist, Francis was a highly successful professional steeplechase jockey. - Q: Who was the youngest of the Brontë sisters?
A: Anne Brontë. - Q: Which ancient Greek is credited with the epic poems, “The Iliad” and “Odyssey”?
A: Homer, a legendary figure from around the 8th century BC, though scholars debate if he was a single person or a name representing a long tradition of oral poets who shaped these foundational epic poems over time, which were eventually written down. - Q: Which non-fiction political text is often cited as the second best-selling book of all time?
A: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, widely known as the Little Red Book. Estimates of its sales and distribution vary greatly, with figures ranging from 800 million to over 6.5 billion printed volumes. The only book generally considered to have higher sales is the Christian Bible. - Q: Which English Romantic poet wrote “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”?
A: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in 1797-98, first published in the collection Lyrical Ballads in 1798, and tells the story of a sailor’s supernatural sea voyage and penance. - Q: Which Italian artist painted the half-length portrait “Mona Lisa”?
A: Leonardo da Vinci, an archetypal master of the Italian Renaissance.