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1 Which Dutch Golden Age artist painted ‘The Night Watch’ in 1642?
A Rembrandt. Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, also known as The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, but commonly referred to as The Night Watch; the painting does not depict a nocturnal scene.
2 What name did John Milton give to the capital of Hell in his epic poem ‘Paradise Lost’ (1667)?
A Pandæmonium (or Pandemonium in some versions of English)
3 Who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his 1939 novel “The Grapes of Wrath”?
A John Steinbeck. The novel, published in 1939, chronicles the Joad family’s journey from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl.
4 What was Arthur Conan Doyle’s first full-length novel to feature Sherlock Holmes?
A A Study in Scarlet, published in 1887.
5 Novellist James Patterson and former president Bill Clinton co-wrote which bestselling political thriller, published in 2018?
A The President Is Missing. Clinton and Patterson also teamed up to write a standalone novel with all new characters, The President’s Daughter, released in June 2021.
6 Which ancient Hindu Sanskrit text is attributed to the Indian philosopher Vātsyāyana?
A The Kama Sutra.
7 Bathsheba Everdene is the central character in which Thomas Hardy 1874 novel?
A Far from the Madding Crowd. The novel follows Bathsheba’s life and relationships as she takes control of a farm and navigates her romantic entanglements with three different men.
8 Which post-impressionist painter spent the last 10 years of his life in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia?
A Paul Gauguin. He moved there in 1901, settling on the island of Hiva Oa, and remained there until his death in 1903.
9 In Jane Austen’s book “Sense and Sensibility”, what is the family name of sisters Elinor and Marianne?
A Dashwood. Sense & Sensibility was Jane Austen’s first published novel.
10 Which river is shown in Constable’s 1821 painting entitled “The Hay Wain”?
A River Stour. The painting depicts a scene at Flatford Mill, a watermill on the River Stour, where Constable’s family operated the mill for generations.