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1 Who painted the 1930 work American Gothic?
A Grant Wood, an artist from Iowa. American Gothic features a farmer and his daughter posing stiffly, standing outside their home.
2 Which artist born in Cody, Wyoming, in 1912 was known for his unique style of drip painting?
A Jackson Pollock – known for being a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement.
3 Which painting did thieves steal from the National Gallery in Oslo in 1994 and hold to ransom for $1 million?
A The Scream
4 Which landscape artist painted the 1821 work titled “The Hay Wain”?
A John Constable – The painting depicts a scene on the River Stour at Flatford, a place Constable’s family had leased a watermill for nearly a century.
5 Completed in 1881, which French Impressionist painted ‘Two Sisters (On the Terrace)’ and ‘Luncheon of the Boating Party’?
A Pierre-Auguste Renoir
6 Which US author wrote a series of novels about the Women’s Murder Club?
A James Patterson (he was the first author to sell 1 million e-books)
7 The 1930s novels ‘Murder Must Advertise’ and ‘The Nine Tailors’ feature which Lord, who solves mysteries for his own amusement?
A Lord Peter Wimsey
8 “The Murder” (c.1870) in Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery, is by which French painter?
A Paul Cezanne
9 In which famous Poirot detective story of 1934 is Samuel Edward Ratchett murdered?
A Murder on the Orient Express.
10 In the novel by Edgar Allan Poe, who solved the “Murders in the Rue Morgue”?
A C Auguste Dupin