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Okay, these should be a bit easier! (I only knew about Landy because he's an Aussie and I saw a programme once talking about the psychological barrier of things like breaking the four minute mile and that once one person did it, others followed soon after.)
1 In which fictional county did Anthony Trollope set a series of novels?
2 Commemorated by a statue outside its headquarters in Burlington House, which painter was the first President of the Royal Academy?
3 According to W H Auden, what was “bringing the cheque and the postal order”?
4 Who created the famous sculptures The Thinker and The Kiss?
5 A Woman of Substance, published in 1979, was a best-selling debut novel for which well-known writer?
6 For which Henrik Ibsen play, first performed in 1876, did Edvard Grieg compose the instrumental music?
7 Who wrote the Flashman series of novels?
8 George Stubbs is best-known for his paintings of which animals?
9 In which country is the castle of Zenda to be found?
10 In which book does an alien invasion commence in Woking?
11 In which famous novel is Grimpen Mire to be found?
12 Which British prime minister was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
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