Arts and Literature
If you are in Western Crete on your holidays, or are visiting Chania please take time out to visit PASSA TEMPO food bar in Gerani, Chania, Crete. Giorgos and his team have created a wonderful menu that is so tasty, modern, full of flavour which is also of GREAT value and a delight to behold. To see their fabulous menu and their specialities just click on the image... it opens in a new window. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT...? Art and literature is a category most people shy away from, but I feel you know more than you realise. Take this quiz to show your underlying knowledge in this category. QUESTIONS 1. A raven comes knocking on your window pane repeating the word, evermore. Who wrote this wonderful yet terrifying poem? 2. Getafix provides strength potions for which character in French literature and cartoons? 3. Robert Ludlum wrote a series of books about which character who has had movies named after him subtitled, Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum and Legacy? 4. In Harry Potter books, who owns a cat called Crookshanks? 5. The Hound of the Baskervilles was written by which author? 6. Where would you find the Mona Lisa painting? 7. According to Douglas Adams, what number is the answer to the question, ‘What is the meaning of life’? 8. Tolstoy is famous for his epic novel, ‘War and Peace’, but what was his first name? 9. Who wrote the first Gulf War book about the SAS entitled, ‘The One That Got Away’? 10. Which artist painted the wonderful ‘Sunflowers’, sold for nearly $40 million in 1987? ................................................ANSWERS BELOW.............................. PASSA TEMPO FOOD BAR - GERANI - CHANIA - CRETEANSWERS
1. A raven comes knocking on your window pane repeating the word, evermore. Who wrote this wonderful yet terrifying poem? EDGAR ALLAN POE 2. Getafix provides strength potions for which character in French literature and cartoons? ASTERIX 3. Robert Ludlum wrote a series of books about which character who has had movies named after him subtitled, Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum and Legacy? JASON BOURNE (only ½ point for Bourne) 4. In Harry Potter books, who owns a cat called Crookshanks? HERMIONE GRANGER 5. The Hound of the Baskervilles was written by which author? ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 6. Where would you find the Mona Lisa painting? THE LOUVRE 7. According to Douglas Adams, what number is the answer to the question, ‘What is the meaning of life’? 42 8. Tolstoy is famous for his epic novel, ‘War and Peace’, but what was his first name? LEO 9. Who wrote the first Gulf War book about the SAS entitled, ‘The One That Got Away’? CHRIS RYAN 10. Which artist painted the wonderful ‘Sunflowers’, sold for nearly $40 million in 1987? VINCENT VAN GOGH If you liked this quiz why not check out the Daily Quiz Questions Facebook page or contact us by email with your thoughts |
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