LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 43

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Who wrote Breakfast At Tiffany's?
TRUMAN CAPOTE
2 What ws the 1951 autobiography by Lionel Barrymore?
WE BARRYMORES
3 What was the particular link between Jean Plaidy, Phillipa Carr and Victoria Holt?
THEY ARE THE SAME PERSON
4 Which fictional detective refers to using the little gray cells?
HERCULE POIROT
5 What is the real name of the author of Miss Manners Guide For the Turn of the Millennium?
JUDITH MARTIN
6 Under which name did American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens write?
MARK TWAIN
7 Whose novel, published at the very end of the 19th century, produced the most-filmed horror character of the 20th century?
BRAM STOKER
8 Whose novels include Go Tell It On The Mountain?
JAMES BALDWIN
9 What ws the first name of New Zealand novelist Ms Marsh?
NGAIO
10 Who wrote Winesburg, Ohio?
SHERWOOD ANDERSON
11 Who won a Booker Prize for Midnight's Children?
SALMON RUSHDIE
12 In which decade of the century did HG Wells die?
1940'S
13 Whose sports-based novels of the 90s include Comeback and To the Hilt?
DICK FRANCIS
14 Aunt Agatha and Bingo Little feature in the escapades of which man about town?
BERTIE WOOSTER
15 Which writer of horrific happenings was himself involved in a road accident while out walking in 1999?
STEPHEN KING
16 In which decade was The Lord Of The Rings first published?
50'S
17 Whose best-selling books include When You Look Like Your Passport Photo It's Time To Go Home?
EMA BOMBECK
18 Who penned the airport lounge best seller titled Airport?
ARTHUR HAILEY
19 Which novelist with an English place last name wrote White Fang?
JACK LONDON
20 Who wrote I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings?
MAYA ANGELOU
21 Georges Simenon created which character known by one name?
MAIGRET
22 What type of Jungle animal was Shere Khan?
TIGER
23 David John Cornell wrote spy stories under which name?
JOHN LE CARRE
24 In 1917, which Joseph endowed an annual literary prize.
PULITZER
25 Who wrote Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
EDWARD ALBEE

[old moz]

6---mark twain
7--bram stoker
21--maigret

[spell_check]

22) Tiger

[crackers]

18 arthur hailey

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6---mark twain
7--bram stoker
21--maigret

OM

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22) Tiger

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18 arthur hailey

[Kahuna]

3/ Same person
9/ Ngaio
15/ Steven King
23/ John La Carre

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3/ Same person
9/ Ngaio
15/ Steven King
23/ John La Carre

all correct K

[godoubleblues]

Q19 - Jack London

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Q19 - Jack London

correct gdb

[Turkeywizz]

4 Hercule Poirot
16 40's?

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4 Hercule Poirot
16 40's?

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Who wrote Breakfast At Tiffany's?
TRUMAN CAPOTE
2 What ws the 1951 autobiography by Lionel Barrymore?
WE BARRYMORES
3 What was the particular link between Jean Plaidy, Phillipa Carr and Victoria Holt?
THEY ARE THE SAME PERSON
4 Which fictional detective refers to using the little gray cells?
HERCULE POIROT
5 What is the real name of the author of Miss Manners Guide For the Turn of the Millennium?
JUDITH MARTIN
6 Under which name did American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens write?
MARK TWAIN
7 Whose novel, published at the very end of the 19th century, produced the most-filmed horror character of the 20th century?
BRAM STOKER
8 Whose novels include Go Tell It On The Mountain?
JAMES BALDWIN
9 What ws the first name of New Zealand novelist Ms Marsh?
NGAIO
10 Who wrote Winesburg, Ohio?
SHERWOOD ANDERSON
11 Who won a Booker Prize for Midnight's Children?
SALMON RUSHDIE
12 In which decade of the century did HG Wells die?
1940'S
13 Whose sports-based novels of the 90s include Comeback and To the Hilt?
DICK FRANCIS
14 Aunt Agatha and Bingo Little feature in the escapades of which man about town?
BERTIE WOOSTER
15 Which writer of horrific happenings was himself involved in a road accident while out walking in 1999?
STEPHEN KING
16 In which decade was The Lord Of The Rings first published?
50'S
17 Whose best-selling books include When You Look Like Your Passport Photo It's Time To Go Home?
EMA BOMBECK
18 Who penned the airport lounge best seller titled Airport?
ARTHUR HAILEY
19 Which novelist with an English place last name wrote White Fang?
JACK LONDON
20 Who wrote I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings?
MAYA ANGELOU
21 Georges Simenon created which character known by one name?
MAIGRET
22 What type of Jungle animal was Shere Khan?
TIGER
23 David John Cornell wrote spy stories under which name?
JOHN LE CARRE
24 In 1917, which Joseph endowed an annual literary prize.
PULITZER
25 Who wrote Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
EDWARD ALBEE

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ