54 Questions
Where is William Shakespeare buried? | Stratford-upon-Avon |
What is the plucking technique on a violin called? | Pizzicato |
What musical family is the piccolo part of? | Woodwind |
Known for cutting his own ear off, the third known photo of which artist was discovered in 2015? | Vincent Van Gogh |
The Mona Lisa owns a mailbox in the Louvre to receive what kind of letters? | Love Letters |
If you mix the colours blue and yellow what colour do you end up with? | Green |
Who wrote the Greek epic ‘The Odyssey’? | Homer |
Which is not a letter on the musical staff? H, A, E or G | H |
What is the only planet not named after a Greek or Roman God? | Earth |
What is the term for a poem without a strict form, meter or rhyme scheme? | Free Verse |
Who wrote ‘A Christmas Carol’? | Charles Dickens |
Which UK City is the National Railway Museum in? | York |
Who was the artist that drew the Vitruvian Man? | Leonardo da Vinci |
‘The Starry Night’ by Van Gogh is a view from the window of what building? | Asylum |
Which famous painter could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time? | Leonardo da Vinci |
Where did Theseus fight the Minotaur? | In a Labyrinth |
In which Shakepeare play does Caliban remark that ‘this island is full of noises’? | The Tempest |
Which composer was able to compose music in spite of becoming almost totally deaf in later life? | Ludwig van Beethoven |
What was the name of the leader of the pigs, in the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell? | Napoleon |
What colour do you make when you mix White and Black? | Gray |
When was Leonardo da Vinci alive? | 1452-1519 |
What nationality is Roman Polanski the movie director? | Polish-French |
What musical contains songs such as ‘Summer Lovin’’, ‘Hopelessly Devoted’ and ‘Blue Moon’? | Grease |
The famous sculpture of David was a fine piece of art by ____? | Michelangelo |
How many symphonies did Beethoven write? | 9 |
Which British Prime Minister's painting of 'The Goldfish Pool' was sold for £1.8 million in 2014? | Winston Churchill |
What is the ending of the popular quote 'I love you to the...'? | Moon And Back |
Who composed 'Swan Lake'? | Tchaikovsky |
Who wrote the plays 'End Game' and 'Waiting for Godot'? | Samuel Beckett |
What is the Zodiac symbol for Pisces? | Fish |
Who is the author of 'El Hombre de Arena' ('Sandman')? | E T A Hoffman |
Which present day female actor share the name of William Shakespeare's wife? | Anne Hathaway |
The device on which ceramic artists create pots is called what? | Wheel |
What's the ballet term of a 360 degree turn on one foot? | Pirouette |
What type of painting technique involves using small dots of paint to blur bright colours together? Splatting, Flicking, Dotillism or Pointillism | Pointillism |
Who said 'We think too much and feel too little? | Charlie Chaplin |
'La Joconde' is the French name for which famous painting? | Mona Lisa |
Who painted the Mona Lisa? | Leonardo da Vinci |
Which famous artist was born in Malaga? | Pablo Picasso |
Which of these is not a type of paint or ink used by artists? Powder Paint, Printing Ink, Putty Paint or Acrylic Paint | Acrylic Paint |
What do the initials DIY usually stand for? | Do It Yourself |
What style of art was used in the construction of Notre Dame? | Gothic |
What kind of instrument is a trumpet? | Brass |
A five finger exercise is a piece of music written for the purpose of practicing on what instrument? | Piano |
Which famous Art Gallery houses the Mona Lisa? | The Louvre |
The novel Wuthering Heights charts the tragic love story of which two people? | Heathcliffe and Catherine |
Which artist famously cut of his own ear? | Vincent Van Gogh |
Who is famous for painting ‘Matchstick Men’? | Lawrence Stephen Lowry |
Elizabeth and Mr Darcy can be found in which Novel written by Jane Austen? | Pride and Prejudice |
Who wrote the book ‘1984’? | George Orwell |
Who designed St Paul’s Cathedral? | Sir Christopher Wren |
Who painted The Hay Wain? | John Constable |
In which City would you find The Tate Gallery? | Liverpool |
What did Samuel Taylor Coleridge hang around the neck of the Ancient Mariner? | An Albatross |
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