Arts & Books Mixed Bag 5

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

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

3. Which ancient Greek dramatist’s surviving satires include ‘The Clouds’, ‘The Knights’, ‘Peace’ and ‘The Frogs’? Plato Aristophanes Sophocles 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? The Island of Dr Moreau A Bridge Too Far The Goodbye Girl Looking for Mr Goodbar

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

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’? Bethselamin Magrathea Damogran Kria

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

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' Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' Anthony Burgess's 'A Clockwork Orange' Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’

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? Joan Miró Diego Velázquez Francisco Goya Bartolomé Murillo