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1 Which author created the character Simon Templar, also known as “the Saint”?
A Leslie Charteris, in a series of novels and short stories published between 1928 and 1963.
2 Which Spanish Surrealist painted “The Persistence of Memory” completed in 1931?
A Salvador Dali. The work measures 9 and a half inches high and 13 inches wide.
3 Which 19th-century writer wrote a collection of bedtime stories for children, which included ‘The Happy Prince’ and ‘The Selfish Giant’?
A Oscar Wilde. Also includes “The Nightingale and the Rose”, “The Devoted Friend”, and “The Remarkable Rocket”.
4 Which former politician wrote the 2007 book on the early history of cricket “More than a Game”?
A John Major, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
5 Which Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo does the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence hold?
A David. Standing 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in) tall, Michelangelo’s David became the High Renaissance’s first colossal marble statue. It established a precedent for the 16th century and beyond—the first such feat since classical antiquity.
6 Our Man in Havana is a 1958 novel set in Cuba by which British author?
A Graham Greene. He uses the novel to mock intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants.
7 known for his distinctive urban landscapes, industrial scenes and matchstick people, where was the renowned artist L S. Lowry born?
A Stretford, Greater Manchester, Lancashire.
8 In which Aldous Huxley novel is the calendar altered from AD to AF (after ford)?
A Brave New World. The World State deliberately changed the calendar to AF to honour Henry Ford and his assembly line. The society views Ford’s methods as the ultimate symbol of mass production and efficiency.
9 The Tate built the Clore Gallery to exhibit which painter’s works?
A J.M.W. Turner – The gallery houses a large number of his paintings, sketches, and watercolours.
10 What is the name of the Capital of Hell in John Milton’s epic poem ‘Paradise Lost’?
A Pandæmonium (or Pandemonium in some versions of English)