Arts & Books Mixed Bag 5

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1. Which American thriller writer created the character Jack Ryan? Tom Clancy Dan Brown James Patterson Micheal Crichton

2. What is the first name of Mr. Filch, Hogwarts’ caretaker in the ‘Harry Potter’ novels? Albus Donald Argus McEwan

3. Which ancient Greek dramatist’s surviving satires include ‘The Clouds’, ‘The Knights’, ‘Peace’ and ‘The Frogs’? Aristophanes Sophocles Plato Euripides

4. Which 1975 bestselling novel by Judith Rossner was adapted into a 1977 Richard Brooks film starring Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and Tuesday Weld? A Bridge Too Far The Island of Dr Moreau Looking for Mr Goodbar The Goodbye Girl

5. What is the name of the fictional farmer on whose land many of the Beatrix Potter ‘Peter Rabbit’ tales take place? Mr McMichael Mr McDonald Mr McGregor Mr McIntyre

6. Which of these notable Poles was born in 1810 in Zelazowa Wola, 30 miles west of Warsaw? Nicolaus Copernicus Marie Curie Frederic Chopin Henryk Sienkiewicz

7. In ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, which planet do the characters travel to in order to find the answer to 'The Ultimate Question’? Kria Bethselamin Magrathea Damogran

8. What was the first name of the poet Lord Byron? George John Henry Francis

9. Which classic novel begins: “You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.” ? H.G. Wells's 'The Invisible Man' Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ Anthony Burgess's 'A Clockwork Orange' Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'

10. Which Spanish painter was born in 1746 in Fuendetodos, a small town about 30 miles from Zaragoza, and lived to the age of 82? Diego Velázquez Joan Miró Bartolomé Murillo Francisco Goya