46 Questions
Who painted the famous artwork 'The Mona Lisa'?
Leonardo da Vinci
In which museum is 'The Mona Lisa' currently on display?
The Louvre, Paris
Which famous artist painted 'Starry Night' from memory?
Vincent van Gogh
'Portrait de L'artiste Sans Barbe' is a notable painting by which artist?
Vincent van Gogh
'Portrait de L'artiste Sans Barbe' is significant because it depicts the artist without what characteristic?
Beard
'Portrait de L'artiste Sans Barbe' is one of the most expensive paintings ever sold, fetching how much in 1998?
$71.5 million
Which French writer is best known for creating characters of moral ambiguity in his realist works?
Honore de Balzac
Who was the American poet and writer known for his unique account of living close to nature in 'Walden'?
Henry David Thoreau
Which English author wrote about the declining rural life and societal problems of the Victorian era?
Thomas Hardy
Who is considered the 'father of American literature'?
Mark Twain
'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina' are famous works by which Russian novelist?
Leo Tolstoy
'Les Misérables' and 'Notre-Dame de Paris' are novels written by which French author?
Victor Hugo
Who painted the famous piece 'The Scream'?
Edvard Munch
Which artist painted a piece that is inspired by the bombing of Guernica, Spain?
Pablo Picasso
In which year did Rembrandt paint 'The Night Watch'?
1642
What technique did Georges Seurat use in his famous piece?
Pointillism
'Whistler's Mother' is a famous portrait by which artist?
James McNeill Whistler
Who is considered the Father of the Italian Language?
Dante Alighieri
Which poet is famous for works like 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan'?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Who wrote 'The Casual Vacancy' and 'The Cuckoo’s Calling'?
J.K. Rowling
Which poet's work includes 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience'?
William Blake
'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' are notable works of which author?
Khaled Hosseini
'The Iliad and Odyssey' are attributed to which ancient poet?
Homer
Who painted a series of 250 paintings known as Water Lilies?
Claude Monet
Which Mexican painter is widely considered the greatest Mexican painter of the 20th century?
Diego Rivera
Who painted 'American Gothic', a dry depiction of a farmer and his daughter during The Great Depression?
Grant Wood
Which artist painted 'The Son of Man' in 1964, featuring a face covered by a floating green apple?
Rene Magritte
'No. 5, 1948' is a chaotic yet revealing piece of art created by:
Jackson Pollock
'Bal du Moulin de la Galette' is one of the most expensive paintings of all time. Who painted it?
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
'Dogs Playing Poker' series was commissioned by which brand in 1903?
Brown & Begelow Cigars
'Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp' was painted by which artist?
Rembrandt van Rijn
Who is best known for writing 'The Great Gatsby'?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Which author is famous for the detective character Sherlock Holmes?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Who wrote the classic children's book 'The Wind in the Willows'?
Kenneth Graham
'A La Recherche du Temps Perdu' is a famous work by which French author?
Marcel Proust
'Pygmalion' and 'Man and Superman' are works by which Irish playwright and wit?
George Bernard Shaw
'The Importance of Being Earnest' is a satirical play by which Irish writer and poet?
Oscar Wilde
'Tales of Peter Rabbit' is a work by which English conservationist and author?
Beatrix Potter
'The Lord of the Rings' is a mythical trilogy by which British professor and author?
J.R.R. Tolkien
Who is best known for The Chronicles of Narnia?
Lewis
Which American writer's notable works include 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' and 'A Farewell to Arms'?
Ernest Hemingway
Who wrote the famous novel 'Lolita'?
Vladimir Nabokov
Which author is associated with existentialism and absurdism?
Albert Camus
'The Catcher in the Rye' is the most influential novel of which American author?
J.D. Salinger
'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'Of Mice and Men' are famous works by which American writer?
John Steinbeck
'Catch 22' is a satirical novel written by whom?
Joseph Heller
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