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- Q: Which novel features action on Grimpen Mire?
A: The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle. - Q: Which 1821 painting in the National Gallery shows a horse drawn wagon crossing a ford of the River Stour?
A: The Hay Wain by John Constable. The painting is a famous view of Constable’s native Suffolk. - Q: Which Shakespeare play is the longest?
A: Hamlet. Featuring over 4,000 lines and approximately 30,000 words. - Q: Which Dutch artist painted the picture entitled, “The Potato Eaters” in 1885?
A: Vincent van Gogh. Notably, Vincent van Gogh completed this masterpiece while living in Nuenen, Netherlands. Subsequently, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam acquired the piece, where it now occupies a central place in their permanent collection. - Q: Which literary character has the arch enemy, Erich von Stalhein?
A: Biggles (James Bigglesworth), the famous aviator created by W. E. Johns. Von Stalhein, a German spy, became Biggles’ primary antagonist during World War I. - Q: Which was the first of the Mr Men characters to be created by cartoonist Roger Hargreaves?
A: Mr Tickle, born from his son Adam’s question, “What does a tickle look like?” Mr Tickle was the first book in the series, published on August 10, 1971. - Q: Which family adopts Paddington Bear in the stories by Michael Bond?
A: The Brown family. They discover him at Paddington Station, where he was left with his hat, duffel coat, and a jar of marmalade by his Aunt Lucy, who sent him to the UK from “Darkest Peru”. - Q: In Edward Lear’s nonsense poem, “The Owl and the Pussycat”, how much was paid to the pig for the ring at the end of its nose?
A: One shilling. - Q: In A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books, what is the name of Kanga’s baby?
A: Roo. - Q: Who wrote the French epic historical novel “Les Misérables”?
A: Victor Hugo, first published on 31st March 1862.