1. In what year was UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, first dubbed “The Iron Lady” by Soviet newspaper, Red Star?

 
 
 
 
 

2. Which British artist became famous for works featuring pickled animals and medicine cabinets?

 
 
 
 
 

3. The Venus de Milo statue was discovered in 1820 on the island of Milos, Greece.  But in which century is it believed to have been created?

 
 
 
 
 

4. Which Charlotte Brontë character says “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me”?

 
 
 
 
 

5. Which British prime minister was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?

 
 
 
 
 

6. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature?

 
 
 
 
 

7. In which book would you find this line: “All children, except one, grow up.”?

 
 
 
 
 

8. In which year was the first book featuring the character Paddington Bear published?

 
 
 
 
 

9. What part of the Mona Lisa supposedly took Leonardo da Vinci 12 years to paint?

 
 
 
 
 

10. Which English poet wrote “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” (1751), reflecting on mortality and the lives of ordinary people?

 
 
 
 
 

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