Arts & Books Mixed Bag 14

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1. In the classic 1883 children's novel 'The Adventures of Pinocchio', what is the name of the title character's father? Jiminy Mangiafuoco Geppetto Candlewick

2. In mythology, an arrow from Cupid caused which deity to chase the nymph Daphne until she turned into a laurel tree? Hades Pan Hermes Apollo

3. Which novelist created the fictional detective and forensic psychologist Alex Delaware? Kathy Reichs Jonathan Kellerman P.D. James Lee Child

4. Which of the following writers was NOT born in the 19th century? Anne Bronte Alexander Pushkin Lewis Carroll Louisa May Alcott

5. Three writers are known as "the canonic poets of Latin literature". Which of these is NOT one of them? Ovid Horace Virgil Homer

6. What was the profession of "Canterbury Tales" writer, Geoffrey Chaucer? Civil Servant Merchant Doctor Monk

7. The spy named Milady de Winter is the villainess in which classic novel? The Three Musketeers The Count of Monte Cristo The Scarlet Pimpernel The Man in the Iron Mask

8. In which country was 20th-century English novelist who wrote under the name of C.S. Forester born? India Ireland Egypt USA

9. What breed of dog is "Cujo" in the novel of the same name by Stephen King? Rotweiller Newfoundland Saint Bernard Rhodesian Ridgeback

10. Which French Post-Impressionist painter spent his latter life in the South Pacific? His best-known paintings include "The Yellow Christ" and many works done while in Tahiti. Paul Gauguin Pierre-Auguste Renoir Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Georges Seurat