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Literature and Art
1. What American author created the detective Philip Marlowe?
2. What French artist painted Water Lilies?
3. Which poet wrote The Raven?
4. Who painted Guernica?
5. Which 1818 novel is often cited by historians as the first work of true Science Fiction?
6. What is the traditional syllable structure (lines 1, 2, and 3) of a Japanese Haiku?
7. Which Van Gogh painting is famously cited as the only one he sold during his lifetime?
8. Approximately how many words is William Shakespeare credited with introducing to the English language?
9. What was the anonymous pen name used on the first edition of Jane Austen's 'Sense and Sensibility'?
10. In which 1863 exhibition was Manet’s scandalous 'Luncheon on the Grass' first shown?
11. What is the term for the stylized floral or vegetal designs commonly found in Islamic art?
12. Which artist is credited with developing the Pointillist technique and painting 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'?
13. Which artistic movement focused on depicting the harsh realities of everyday life rather than idealized or heroic subjects?
14. Which artist is most famously associated with the 'action painting' technique of dripping and splattering paint?
15. How many chapters did Anthony Burgess include in the original British version of 'A Clockwork Orange'?
16. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
17. Which real-life doctor and professor served as the primary inspiration for Sherlock Holmes?
18. Which color did Penguin Books originally use on their paperback covers to denote 'Crime' fiction?
19. Which comic character is credited with being the first to consistently use speech balloons for dialogue?
20. The word 'fiction' is derived from a Latin word meaning what?