1. Which Dutch artist is famous for cutting off part of his ear?

2. What novel begins with the line “Call me Ishmael”?

3. What was the most likely practical reason for Leonardo da Vinci's mirror writing?

4. Which character created by Edgar Allan Poe is considered the first modern fictional detective?

5. What literary technique is Virginia Woolf most famous for pioneering?

6. Who was the real-life medical professor who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes?

7. How many lightbulbs does the protagonist of Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' use to light his basement?

8. What real-life location inspired the name of the dreaded 'Room 101' in George Orwell's '1984'?

9. What was the name of the mural Leonardo da Vinci attempted to paint in competition with Michelangelo?

10. What pseudonym did Sylvia Plath use when she first published 'The Bell Jar'?

11. On what object did Jack Kerouac type the original manuscript of 'On the Road'?

12. In what professional role during WWI did Agatha Christie gain her knowledge of poisons?

13. What did scientific scans reveal about the ermine in Leonardo's famous portrait?

14. What invention made Alfred Nobel wealthy before he established his namesake prizes?

15. What does the Czech word 'robota,' the root of 'robot,' literally mean?

16. Why was Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' mistakenly thought to take place at night for hundreds of years?

17. What literary term describes a situation that is nightmarishly complex, bizarre, and illogical?

18. What is the specific rhyme scheme of the final two lines in a Shakespearean sonnet?

19. What aspect of the subject's gaze in 'Olympia' was considered most scandalous in 1865?

20. What is the mathematical term for the 'divine proportion' often used to create balanced compositions in art?