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1 In which fictional county did Anthony Trollope set a series of novels? Barsetshire - poohbear_nc.
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”? the Night Mail - pdurrant.
4 Who created the famous sculptures The Thinker and The Kiss? Auguste Rodin - doubleshuffle.
5 A Woman of Substance, published in 1979, was a best-selling debut novel for which well-known writer? Barbara Taylor Bradford - orlok.
6 For which Henrik Ibsen play, first performed in 1876, did Edvard Grieg compose the instrumental music? Peer Gynt - HomeInMyShoes.
7 Who wrote the Flashman series of novels? George Macdonald Fraser - pdurrant (and half a point to Bilbo1967 for the surname correction).
8 George Stubbs is best-known for his paintings of which animals? Horses - poohbear.
9 In which country is the castle of Zenda to be found? Ruritania - pdurrant.
10 In which book does an alien invasion commence in Woking? The War of the World by H G Wells - doubleshuffle.
11 In which famous novel is Grimpen Mire to be found? The Hound of the Baskervilles - poohbear.
12 Which British prime minister was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature? Sir Winston Churchill - Kumabjorn.
poohbear_nc - 3 points
pdurrant - 3 points
doubleshuffle - 2 points
orlok - 1 point
HomeInMyShoes - 1 point
Kumabjorn - 1 point
Bilbo1967 - 0.5 point
So that just leaves No 2. Nice try, HIMS, but not John Constable.
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