Arts & Literature
Questions about British literature, music, film, art and famous cultural figures.
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Practice these questions →Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"?
✓ Geoffrey Chaucer
In which year was William Shakespeare born?
✓ 1564
Which two famous pop groups were prominent in the Swinging Sixties?
✓ The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
Roald Dahl is best known for:
✓ Children's books including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dylan Thomas was a famous Welsh:
✓ Poet and writer
What is the Turner Prize?
✓ An annual prize for a British visual artist under 50
The Booker Prize is awarded for:
✓ The best novel published in the UK in English
The BAFTA awards recognise achievements in which field?
✓ Film and television
Which famous British author created Sherlock Holmes?
✓ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Which author wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?
✓ Jane Austen
J.K. Rowling is famous for writing:
✓ The Harry Potter series
Charles Dickens is famous for writing novels that highlighted:
✓ The harsh social conditions and poverty of Victorian England
Which famous music venue is located in Cardiff?
✓ St David's Hall
Rudyard Kipling wrote which famous novel featuring a young boy in India?
✓ The Jungle Book
The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts (the Proms) are held at:
✓ The Royal Albert Hall, London
Which famous playwright wrote "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
✓ William Shakespeare
Where is Shakespeare's "Globe Theatre" located?
✓ London
Which author created the character "James Bond"?
✓ Ian Fleming
What is the "Edinburgh Festival"?
✓ The world's largest arts festival, held annually in Edinburgh in August
John Milton is famous for writing which epic poem?
✓ Paradise Lost
Which famous novelist wrote "Middlemarch" and "Silas Marner"?
✓ George Eliot
Which famous Brontë sister wrote "Jane Eyre"?
✓ Charlotte Brontë
Thomas Hardy's novels are typically set in which region of England?
✓ The fictional "Wessex" region (based on rural south-west England)
Evelyn Waugh is a celebrated British author known for:
✓ Comic and satirical novels including "Brideshead Revisited"
Agatha Christie is famous for:
✓ Detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple
The Edinburgh International Festival runs alongside which other major event?
✓ The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
In which London theatre, of which a modern copy still stands, were Shakespeare's plays first performed?
✓ The Globe Theatre
Which prize was the writer Rudyard Kipling awarded in 1907?
✓ The Nobel Prize in Literature
Which Rudyard Kipling poem, beginning "If you can keep your head when all about you...", is often voted a UK favourite?
✓ If
Which Welsh poet wrote the radio play Under Milk Wood?
✓ Dylan Thomas
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