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Society & Culture·medium
Which theoretical physicist developed a theory of quantum physics and discovered energy quanta?
Max Planck✓ correct
Louis Daguerre
Mahavira
Enrico Fermi
peoplesociety and culturephysicsscience
Music·hard
What Is Johnny Rotten's Real Name?
John Lydon✓ correct
Thomas King
Thomas Blythe
John Rudden
pseudonymsnamespeoplemusiclanguageculture
Arts & Literature·easy
In sonnet 18, who is Shakespeare comparing to a summer's day?
Thee✓ correct
Himself
His mother
The moon
poetryshakespearearts and literatureliteratureartauthors
Arts & Literature·easy
Who painted "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear"?
Vincent van Gogh✓ correct
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Georges Seurat
Edvard Munch
arts and literaturepaintingartistsartpeople
Arts & Literature·easy
Which Shakespeare character says, "To be or not to be, that is the question"?
Hamlet✓ correct
Escalus
Exeter
Julius Caesar
artarts and literatureauthorsentertainmentliteraturepeople
Arts & Literature·medium
Which of these is NOT a work by Shakespeare?
Edward II✓ correct
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Midsummer Night's Dream
arts and literatureshakespeareauthorsliteraturepeople
Arts & Literature·medium
Which collection of poems includes 'Song of Myself', the first and longest poem in the collection?
Leaves of Grass✓ correct
The Waste Land
Paradise Lost
The Divine Comedy
poetrypoemswritersliteratureartauthors
Arts & Literature·medium
Which author wrote 'Thunderball' and other James Bond novels?
Ian Fleming✓ correct
Agatha Christie
Ernest Hemingway
George Orwell
authorsjames bondarts and literatureliteratureespionagepeople
Arts & Literature·medium
Who wrote the famous dystopian novel which features the quote 'Big Brother is watching you'?
George Orwell✓ correct
Aldous Huxley
Ray Bradbury
Philip K. Dick
authorsarts and literatureliteraturenovelsquotespeople
Arts & Literature·medium
Which Shakespeare character urges her husband to kill the king?
Lady Macbeth✓ correct
Juliet
Ophelia
Cordelia
theatershakespearearts and literatureliteratureentertainmentart
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Arts & Literature·medium
Which painter reputedly cut off his own ear?
Van Gogh✓ correct
Salvador Dali
Andy Warhol
Raphael
arts and literaturepeoplegeneral knowledge
Arts & Literature·medium
What was the first name of the Spanish modernist and cubist painter Picasso?
Pablo✓ correct
Gavroche
Didi
Pedro
arts and literaturepeoplenamesartgeneral knowledgepainting
Arts & Literature·medium
What Shakespearean tragedy features Roderigo and Iago at the start of the play?
Othello✓ correct
Macbeth
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
literaturearts and literatureshakespearetheaterauthorsentertainment
Arts & Literature·medium
Which famous artist went unnoticed during his life, and commited suicide aged 37 in 1890?
Vincent van Gogh✓ correct
Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali
Claude Monet
arts and literaturepaintingartpeople
Arts & Literature·hard
Who is the author of the books 'Mr. Sammler's Planet' and 'Herzog'?
Saul Bellow✓ correct
Philip Roth
John Cheever
Flannery O'Connor
booksauthorsnovelsliteraturearts and literaturepeople
Arts & Literature·hard
Who created Winnie the Pooh?
A. A. Milne✓ correct
Roald Dahl
Enid Blyton
Beatrix Potter
peoplechildrens literaturearts and literatureliteratureyoung adult
Arts & Literature·medium
Which author had a No. 1 bestseller in 2015 with his latest legal thriller 'Rogue Lawyer'?
John Grisham✓ correct
Stephen King
J.K. Rowling
Dan Brown
authorsarts and literatureliteraturenovelspeople
Arts & Literature·medium
What are the names of the three Brontë sisters?
Charlotte, Emily, Anne✓ correct
Ashley, Charlotte Margaret
Charlotte, Emily, Mary
Anne, Emily, Margaret
peopleliteraturearts and literatureclassic novelsnovels
Arts & Literature·medium
What is the profession of Michael Flatley and Martha Graham?
Dancers✓ correct
Actors
Authors
Painters
peoplearts and literature
Arts & Literature·medium
With what art movement was Salvador Dali associated?
Surrealism✓ correct
Abstraction
Pointilism
Cubism
artpaintingsalvador daligeneral knowledgearts and literatureartists
Arts & Literature·medium
Which of the following characters is not a part of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'?
Othello✓ correct
Romeo
Juliet
Mercutio
arts and literatureshakespearetheaterauthorsliteratureentertainment
Arts & Literature·medium
What is the middle name of the Scottish author Robert Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island?
Louis✓ correct
Walter
Alexander
Donald
authorsnamesarts and literatureliteraturepeoplelanguage
Arts & Literature·medium
In which play is the Duke of Milan marooned, inspired by the 1609 wreck of an English ship off Bermuda?
The Tempest✓ correct
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
theatershakespearearts and literatureentertainmentartauthors
Arts & Literature·hard
Which Charles Dickens novel begins with the line 'Night is generally my time for walking'?
The Old Curiosity Shop✓ correct
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
novelsauthorsfirst linesliteraturecharles dickensarts and literature
Arts & Literature·medium
In P.G. Wodehouse's novels, what is the job that Jeeves has?
Valet✓ correct
Chef
Doctor
Assassin
arts and literaturefictitious charactersoccupationsliteraturefictioncharacters
Arts & Literature·hard
Which of the following characters does not appear in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?
Brutus✓ correct
Puck
Hermia
Oberon
arts and literatureshakespearetheaterauthorsliteratureentertainment
Arts & Literature·hard
What is the follow-up tale to "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London?
White Fang✓ correct
Cujo
Where the Red Fern Grows
Balto
literaturearts and literatureauthorspeople
Arts & Literature·hard
In which of Shakespeare's plays does the character 'Prospero' appear?
The Tempest✓ correct
Othello
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Romeo and Juliet
arts and literatureshakespearetheaterfictitious charactersauthorsliterature
Arts & Literature·hard
In which of Shakespeare's plays do we find the famous line 'All the world's a stage'?
As You Like It✓ correct
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Tempest
Hamlet
arts and literatureshakespearetheaterquotesauthorsliterature
Arts & Literature·hard
Which author wrote Doctor Zhivago?
Boris Pasternak✓ correct
Leo Tolstoy
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
authorsnovelsarts and literatureliteraturepeople
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Arts & Literature·medium
Which author wrote the 7 "Chronicles of Narnia" novels, which were published between 1950 and 1956?
C.S. Lewis✓ correct
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.K. Rowling
Roald Dahl
young adultarts and literatureliteratureauthorspeople
Arts & Literature·medium
Who wrote 'Oliver Twist'?
Charles Dickens✓ correct
Mark Twain
William Shakespeare
Jane Austen
novelsclassic novelsarts and literatureliteratureauthorspeople
Arts & Literature·hard
Who wrote the book "Life So Far", which includes how she wrote "The Feminine Mystique"?
Betty Friedan✓ correct
Gloria Steinem
Margaret Atwood
Maya Angelou
feminismarts and literatureliteratureauthorspolitical ideologysociety
Arts & Literature·hard
Which US dramatist was once married to Marylin Monroe and penned the plays "Death Of A Salesman" and "The Crucible"?
Arthur Miller✓ correct
William Johnson
Arnold Clark
Fred George
peoplearts and literature
Arts & Literature·hard
From which Shakespearean comedy do the lines 'And thereby hangs a tale' and 'All the world's a stage' come?
As You Like It✓ correct
Twelfth Night
Much Ado About Nothing
A Midsummer Night's Dream
theatershakespearearts and literatureentertainmentartauthors
Arts & Literature·hard
Which author wrote the novel "Northanger Abbey"?
Jane Austen✓ correct
Charlotte Bronte
Emily Bronte
Louisa May Alcott
booksauthorsliteraturearts and literaturepeople
Arts & Literature·hard
For what is Giacomo Puccini mainly known?
Operas✓ correct
Paintings
Novels
Sculptures
peoplearts and literature
Arts & Literature·hard
Who is the youngest daughter of King Lear, and the only one who truly loved him?
Cordelia✓ correct
Regan
Goneril
Ophelia
shakespearetheaterarts and literatureauthorsliteratureentertainment
Film & TV·easy
Which actor played the role of Kevin McCallister in Home Alone?
Macauley Culkin✓ correct
Bill Murray
Andy Serkis
Al Pacino
peopleactingcult filmsfilmchristmasgeneral knowledge
Arts & Literature·easy
Which of these is a play by Shakespeare?
Macbeth✓ correct
Tristram Shandy
Twilight
Ivanhoe
arts and literaturetheatershakespeareentertainmentartauthors
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