Quiz 51 – Round 2 – Art and Literature
1. ‘Divergent’ is a science-fiction film released in 2014 based on a book – by whom?
Veronica Roth
2. Which famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci covers the back wall of the dining hall in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan?
The Last Supper
3. ‘Ugenia Lavender’ is the title character in a series of children’s books written by which former singer?
Geri Halliwell
4. Which is the last book in the Old Testament?
Malachi
5. Which writer’s works include ‘The Voyage Out’, ‘Night and Day’ and ‘Mrs Dalloway’?
Virginia Woolf
6. Ricky Gervais wrote a series of children’s books about a selection of strange creatures – what were they called?
Flanimals
7. Which is Shakespeare’s shortest play?
The Comedy of Errors
8. Who wrote the 1996 autobiographical book ‘My Life with the Chimpanzees’?
Jane Goodall
9. What was the name of the terrifying head teacher in Roald Dahl’s book ‘Matilda’?
Miss Trunchbull
10. What was the first name of Mr Pickwick, in the Charles Dickens classic ‘The Pickwick Papers’?
Samuel
