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Literature and Art
1. What American author created the detective Philip Marlowe?
2. Who painted The Last Supper?
3. Which poet wrote The Raven?
4. Which playwright wrote A Streetcar Named Desire?
5. Who sculpted the famous statue David?
6. Sir Thomas More's 'Utopia' literally translates from Greek roots to mean what?
7. In Michelangelo's David, why are certain body parts like the head and hands slightly out of proportion?
8. Which painting by Claude Monet gave the Impressionist movement its name?
9. Which famous literary term from George Orwell's '1984' refers to the act of holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously?
10. Why did Picasso choose to paint 'Guernica' only in shades of black, white, and grey?
11. Technically, the Bayeux Tapestry is not a tapestry; what is it actually?
12. What is the term for the 19th-century European craze for Japanese art that influenced artists like Van Gogh?
13. The word 'museum' is derived from the Greek 'mouseion,' meaning a shrine to whom?
14. The word 'paper' comes from the name of which Ancient Egyptian writing material?
15. The 'Elgin Marbles' were originally part of which ancient Greek temple?
16. What is the term for a painting, like Bosch's 'Garden of Earthly Delights,' that is divided into three hinged panels?
17. Who is credited with inventing the piano around the year 1700?
18. What unusual food item did Salvador Dalí claim inspired his famous 'melting watches'?
19. Which comic character is credited with being the first to consistently use speech balloons for dialogue?
20. Which poet of the Harlem Renaissance is famous for creating 'jazz poetry'?

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