LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 14
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:32 pm(A) Who was the Captain of the Pequod in Moby Dick?
AHAB
(B) Which Dickens novel is set during the Gordon riots?
BARNABY RUDGE
(C) Who wrote the novel Children of the New Forest?
CAPTAIN MARRYATT
(D) Who rode a horse called Rosinate?
DON QUIXOTE
(E) What was the name of the donkey in the Winnie the Pooh books?
EEYORE
(F) Which feline character was created by Otto Mesmer?
FELIX
(G) What was the sequel to Gentlemen Prefer Blondes written by Anita Loos?
GENTLEMEN PREFER BRUNETTES
(H) What sort of creature is Bilbo Baggins?
HOBBIT
(I) Which literary hero falls in love with Rowena?
IVANHOE
(J) Tom Cruise starred in the film The Firm, who wrote the novel?
JOHN GRISHAM
(K) Which adventure novel features a ship called The Covenant?
KIDNAPPED
(L) What was the name of the land of the little people in Gulliver's Travels?
LILIPUT
(M) Which Shakespeare play features the character of Constable Dogberry?
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
(N) What was the name of the dictatorial pig in Animal Farm?
NAPOLEON
(O) Which book by Charles Darwin chronicled his controversial theories on evolution?
ORIGIN OF SPECIES
(P) Who went around the world in eighty days?
PHILEAS FOG
(Q) What was the name of the hunchback created by Victor Hugo?
QUASIMODO
(R) Who was nicknamed the Bard of Ayrshire?
ROBERT BRANT
(S) What does the S stand for in the name T S Eliot?
STEARNS
(T) What is the name of Henry Williamson's literary otter?
TARKA
(U) Which rock group took their name from a character in David Copperfield?
URIAH HEAP
(V) Becky Sharp is the central character in which novel?
VANITY FAIR
(W) Which epic novel by Tolstoy is set during the Napoleonic wars?
WAR AND PEACE
(X) Who wrote the book The Happy Hooker?
XAVIER HOLLANDER
(Y) What is the title of the autobiography penned by Sammy Davis Jnr?
YES I CAN
(Z) How is Don Diego de la Vega better known?
ZORRO
AHAB
(B) Which Dickens novel is set during the Gordon riots?
BARNABY RUDGE
(C) Who wrote the novel Children of the New Forest?
CAPTAIN MARRYATT
(D) Who rode a horse called Rosinate?
DON QUIXOTE
(E) What was the name of the donkey in the Winnie the Pooh books?
EEYORE
(F) Which feline character was created by Otto Mesmer?
FELIX
(G) What was the sequel to Gentlemen Prefer Blondes written by Anita Loos?
GENTLEMEN PREFER BRUNETTES
(H) What sort of creature is Bilbo Baggins?
HOBBIT
(I) Which literary hero falls in love with Rowena?
IVANHOE
(J) Tom Cruise starred in the film The Firm, who wrote the novel?
JOHN GRISHAM
(K) Which adventure novel features a ship called The Covenant?
KIDNAPPED
(L) What was the name of the land of the little people in Gulliver's Travels?
LILIPUT
(M) Which Shakespeare play features the character of Constable Dogberry?
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
(N) What was the name of the dictatorial pig in Animal Farm?
NAPOLEON
(O) Which book by Charles Darwin chronicled his controversial theories on evolution?
ORIGIN OF SPECIES
(P) Who went around the world in eighty days?
PHILEAS FOG
(Q) What was the name of the hunchback created by Victor Hugo?
QUASIMODO
(R) Who was nicknamed the Bard of Ayrshire?
ROBERT BRANT
(S) What does the S stand for in the name T S Eliot?
STEARNS
(T) What is the name of Henry Williamson's literary otter?
TARKA
(U) Which rock group took their name from a character in David Copperfield?
URIAH HEAP
(V) Becky Sharp is the central character in which novel?
VANITY FAIR
(W) Which epic novel by Tolstoy is set during the Napoleonic wars?
WAR AND PEACE
(X) Who wrote the book The Happy Hooker?
XAVIER HOLLANDER
(Y) What is the title of the autobiography penned by Sammy Davis Jnr?
YES I CAN
(Z) How is Don Diego de la Vega better known?
ZORRO
