LITERATURE QUIZ NO.3

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which book inspired Lord Baden Powell to form the Boy Scout movement?
THE JUNGLE BOOK
2 What type of animal is Rupert the Bear’s best friend Bill?
BADGER
3 Which book is said to have been inspired by the illicit affairs of Ottoline Violet Anne Morell?
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
4 What was the title of the canine follow up to Watership Down?
THE PLAGUE DOGS
5 Who moved from deepest darkest Peru to 32 Winsor Gardens?
PADDINGTON BEAR
6 What bird did William Wordsworth refer to as the “pilgrim of the sky”?
SKYLARK
7 Which character created by Dodie Smith drove a black and white car and wore a black and white fur coat?
CRUELLA DE VIL
8 Which character created by Keith Waterhouse was played on film by Tom Courtney and on TV by Jeff Rawle?
BILLY LIAR
9 Farringford House on the Isle of Wight was the home of which poet?
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
10 In a children’s novel what is described as, the sweetest most mysterious place anyone could imagine?
THE SECRET GARDEN
11 What is the name of the Mississippi village, the home town of Tom Sawyer?
ST. PETERSBURG
12 What type of bird is Old Brown in the Beatrix Potter tales?
OWL
13 Which literary character was known for throwing lavish parties at his Long Island mansion?
THE GREAT GATSBY
14 Which former Conservative minister published his memoir under the title of Pride and Perjury?
JONATHON AITKEN
15 Which literary character studied law at Montgomery University before opening a law practice in Maycomb County in Alabama?
ATTICUS FINCH
16 In which decade did Samuel Pepys pen his famed diary?
1660'S
17 Which Beano character is billed as the “Worlds Fastest Boy”?
BILLY WHILZ
18 Which character was named by Rudyard Kipling after a Pashtun prince that he encountered during a visit to Afghanistan?
SHERE KHAN
19 Which word created by JK Rowling gained entry into the OED in 2003?
MUGGLE
20 In 2007 who topped the Best Sellers non fiction list with Born to be Riled?
JEREMY CLARKSON

[brod]

1. The Jungle Book
2. Badger

[Pseudo]

1 - His own book, Scouting For Boys. Jungle book influenced the cubs, not the scouts.
5 - Paddington Bear
12 - Owl
13 - Gatsby (can't remember his first name, unless it was Great )
15 - Atticus Finch

[Turkeywizz]

3. Hmmm
Women in Love by D H Lawrence
Chrome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
It's a Battlefield by Graham Greene
Forty Years On by Alan Bennett.
all inspired by her affairs-take your pick

4. The Plague Dogs
7 Cruella de Ville
8. The Dresser
9 Tennyson
19 Muggle
6. skylark
14. Jonathan Aitken
16. 1660s (1660­-1669)
18. Shere Khan
20. Jeremy Clarkson

[magpie in the 80's]

1. The Jungle Book
2. Badger

BOTH CORRECT BROD

[magpie in the 80's]

1 - His own book, Scouting For Boys. Jungle book influenced the cubs, not the scouts.
5 - Paddington Bear
12 - Owl
13 - Gatsby (can't remember his first name, unless it was Great )
15 - Atticus Finch

ALL CORRECT PSEUDO

[magpie in the 80's]

3. Hmmm NONE OF THESE IS THE CORRECT ANSWER
Women in Love by D H Lawrence
Chrome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
It's a Battlefield by Graham Greene
Forty Years On by Alan Bennett.
all inspired by her affairs-take your pick

4. The Plague Dogs
7 Cruella de Ville
8. The Dresser INCORRECT
9 Tennyson
19 Muggle
6. skylark
14. Jonathan Aitken
16. 1660s (1660­-1669)
18. Shere Khan
20. Jeremy Clarkson

ALL OTHERS CORRECT TW

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which book inspired Lord Baden Powell to form the Boy Scout movement?
THE JUNGLE BOOK
2 What type of animal is Rupert the Bear’s best friend Bill?
BADGER
3 Which book is said to have been inspired by the illicit affairs of Ottoline Violet Anne Morell?
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
4 What was the title of the canine follow up to Watership Down?
THE PLAGUE DOGS
5 Who moved from deepest darkest Peru to 32 Winsor Gardens?
PADDINGTON BEAR
6 What bird did William Wordsworth refer to as the “pilgrim of the sky”?
SKYLARK
7 Which character created by Dodie Smith drove a black and white car and wore a black and white fur coat?
CRUELLA DE VIL
8 Which character created by Keith Waterhouse was played on film by Tom Courtney and on TV by Jeff Rawle?
BILLY LIAR
9 Farringford House on the Isle of Wight was the home of which poet?
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
10 In a children’s novel what is described as, the sweetest most mysterious place anyone could imagine?
THE SECRET GARDEN
11 What is the name of the Mississippi village, the home town of Tom Sawyer?
ST. PETERSBURG
12 What type of bird is Old Brown in the Beatrix Potter tales?
OWL
13 Which literary character was known for throwing lavish parties at his Long Island mansion?
THE GREAT GATSBY
14 Which former Conservative minister published his memoir under the title of Pride and Perjury?
JONATHON AITKEN
15 Which literary character studied law at Montgomery University before opening a law practice in Maycomb County in Alabama?
ATTICUS FINCH
16 In which decade did Samuel Pepys pen his famed diary?
1660'S
17 Which Beano character is billed as the “Worlds Fastest Boy”?
BILLY WHILZ
18 Which character was named by Rudyard Kipling after a Pashtun prince that he encountered during a visit to Afghanistan?
SHERE KHAN
19 Which word created by JK Rowling gained entry into the OED in 2003?
MUGGLE
20 In 2007 who topped the Best Sellers non fiction list with Born to be Riled?
JEREMY CLARKSON

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

END OF QUIZ

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[Thiele]

What is this doing in the SANFL section

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What is this doing in the SANFL section

The question to ask now, is what was it doing in the SANFL section.