Art & Literature Pub Quiz 260506

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1. Q: How many short stories are in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales”?
   A: 24. Written in Middle English between 1387 and 1400.
2. Q: In which of Dickens’ novels do the Artful Dodger and Fagin feature?
   A: Oliver Twist. Originally published in monthly instalments between 1837 and 1839, the story follows an orphan who escapes a harsh workhouse only to fall in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets in London.
3. Q: Who wrote the poem “Address to a Haggis”?
   A: Robert Burns (also known as Rabbie Burns). He fathered 12 children with four different women, including nine with his wife Jean Armour.
4. Q: How many of the Brontë sisters lived beyond their 40th birthday?
   A: None. Their brother, Branwell, also died before 40 (at age 31), leaving their father, Patrick Brontë, as the only member of the immediate family to live into old age.
5. Q: Who is the protagonist of Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel “Gone with the Wind”?
   A: Scarlett O’Hara. In early drafts of the novel, Mitchell referred to her as “Pansy” before changing it to Scarlett shortly before publication.
6. Q: Which of Shakespeare’s plays is widely known in the theatrical world as “The Scottish Play”?
   A: Macbeth. Many actors believe the play is cursed because it contains “real” spells used by the three witches, which supposedly offended actual witches who then hexed all future productions.
7. Q: What is the occupation of D.H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”?
   A: Gamekeeper. On Sir Clifford Chatterley’s estate, Wragby.
8. Q: What is the last name of Charlie in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”?
   A: Bucket.
9. Q: What is the best-known creation of children’s story writer Roger Hargreaves?
   A: Mr Men and Little Miss. Featuring simple characters based on personality traits—starting with Mr Tickle—the series has sold over 85 million copies globally.
10. Q: In “The Tale of Tom Kitten” by Beatrix Potter (1907), who is the mother of Tom Kitten, Moppet, and Mittens?
    A: Mrs Tabitha Twitchit. She is an anthropomorphic, long-suffering cat who runs a shop, and she struggles to keep her unruly kittens clean and dressed for a tea party.