Art & Literature Pub Quiz (Free Printable) 120187

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1. Q: Which of Shakespeare’s plays is set in the Forest of Arden?
   A: As You Like It. In the play, the exiled Duke Senior lives in this forest with his followers after being banished by his brother, Duke Frederick.
2. Q: Which H E Bates novel was about the Larkin family and was later adapted into a popular television series?
   A: The Darling Buds of May, a title he got from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18.
3. Q: What sort of detective agency is the subject of a series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith?
   A: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Botswana’s first and only private detective agency run by the traditionally-built Mma Precious Ramotswe.
4. Q: Look Back in Hunger is the autobiography of which former psychiatric nurse and one of Britain’s funniest and best-loved comedians?
   A: Jo Brand trained at Brunel University, gaining a degree in social sciences and mental health nursing.
5. Q: What is the name of the tractor in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry?
   A: Terence. He is an orange crawler tractor with caterpillar tracks, who appears in the stories, often working near Thomas’s Branch Line.
6. Q: Which famous Renaissance artist is commonly but incorrectly thought to have designed the uniforms of the Pontifical Swiss Guard of Vatican City?
   A: Michelangelo (according to http://www.vatican.va). No historical document supports this claim, and historians do not recognise Michelangelo as a tailor or fashion designer.
7. Q: Which French artist painted “Woman with a Hat” in 1905 and “L’Atelier Rouge” in 1911?
   A: Henri Matisse. He was a leading figure in modern art, known for his work in painting, sculpture, and collage.
8. Q: In which Dickens’ novel does Abel Magwitch feature?
   A: Great Expectations. He is a major character in the book, introduced as an escaped convict who encounters the young Pip at the beginning of the story.
9. Q: Which Scottish novelist wrote “The Guns of Navarone” in 1957 and “Ice Station Zebra” in 1963?
   A: Alistair MacLean. He was famous for writing action-adventure and thriller novels, many set during wartime or in exotic locations.
10. Q: How many years did Rip Van Winkle sleep in the short story by Washington Irving?
    A: 20 years after drinking a mysterious liquor in the Catskill Mountains. When he woke up, he had missed the American Revolution, and the world had changed dramatically.