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1 Which 1974 comedy film, directed by Mel Brooks, was based on a novel by Mary Shelley?
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
2 Which publishing company publishes the Harry Potter novels?
BLOOMSBURY
3 Where did the author of The Origin of the Species replace the author of Hard Times?
CHARLES DARWIN REPLACED CHARLES DICKENS ON THE 10 POUND NOTE
4 Which famous novel features extracts from the diary of Jonathan Harker?
DRACULA
5 Which classic novel is narrated by Mr Lockwood and Nellie Deane?
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
6 Who was the first British author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
RUDYARD KIPLING
7 Which novel is subtitled A Romance in Exmoor?
LORNA DOONE
8 Which novel by John Steinbeck gave James Dean his first starring role in a movie?
EAST OF EDEN
9 Which fictional sleuth’s motto is “Have Bible will travel”?
FATHER BROWN
10 What is the home county of the Larkin clan in The Darling Buds of May?
KENT
11 Who narrates the Brer Rabbit tales?
UNCLE REMUS
12 The novel Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee is set in which county?
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
13 What is the name of the land of the giants in Gulliver’s Travels?
BROBDINGNAG
14 What links the films Carrie, The Shining and The Dead Zone?
ALL ARE BASED ON STEVEN KING NOVELS
15 What is the first name of Agatha Christie’s creation Miss Marple?
JANE

1. Young Frankenstein

15. Jane

5 - Wuthering Heights
13 - Brobdingnag
14 - All based on Steven King novels

panthergurl wrote:1. Young Frankenstein

CORRECT PG

panthergurl wrote:15. Jane

CORRECT PG

Pseudo wrote:5 - Wuthering Heights
13 - Brobdingnag
14 - All based on Steven King novels

ALL CORRECT PSEUDO

Morning Guru

Q3 hmmmm...Darwin replaced Dickens...my guess is on an English bank note...but don't see many English ones up here so no idea which one.
Q4 Dracula
Q8 East of Eden
Q9 Father Brown
Q11 Uncle Remus

Regards
JAS

JAS wrote:Morning Guru

Q3 hmmmm...Darwin replaced Dickens...my guess is on an English bank note...but don't see many English ones up here so no idea which one.
Q4 Dracula
Q8 East of Eden
Q9 Father Brown
Q11 Uncle Remus

Regards
JAS

ALL CORRECT JAS AND MORNING

only 5 Q's to go here quizzers

magpie in the 80's wrote:1 Which 1974 comedy film, directed by Mel Brooks, was based on a novel by Mary Shelley?
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
2 Which publishing company publishes the Harry Potter novels?
BLOOMSBURY
3 Where did the author of The Origin of the Species replace the author of Hard Times?
CHARLES DARWIN REPLACED CHARLES DICKENS ON THE 10 POUND NOTE
4 Which famous novel features extracts from the diary of Jonathan Harker?
DRACULA
5 Which classic novel is narrated by Mr Lockwood and Nellie Deane?
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
6 Who was the first British author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
RUDYARD KIPLING
7 Which novel is subtitled A Romance in Exmoor?
LORNA DOONE
8 Which novel by John Steinbeck gave James Dean his first starring role in a movie?
EAST OF EDEN
9 Which fictional sleuth’s motto is “Have Bible will travel”?
FATHER BROWN
10 What is the home county of the Larkin clan in The Darling Buds of May?
KENT
11 Who narrates the Brer Rabbit tales?
UNCLE REMUS
12 The novel Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee is set in which county?
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
13 What is the name of the land of the giants in Gulliver’s Travels?
BROBDINGNAG
14 What links the films Carrie, The Shining and The Dead Zone?
ALL ARE BASED ON STEVEN KING NOVELS
15 What is the first name of Agatha Christie’s creation Miss Marple?
JANE

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

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