LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 30
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:37 am1 Mr Wardle of Dingley Dell appeared in which Dickens novel?
PICKWICK PAPERS
2 If the cooks were No 4 and the monks No 19, what book are we talking about?
CANTERBURY TALES
3 What was the name of the Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
TITANIA
4 Which character in Charles Dickens Hard Times shares his surname with a north west town? (full name)
STEPHEN BLACKPOOL
5 In which country did poet Keats and Shelley both die?
ITALY
6 Whose first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles? (full name)
AGATHA CHRISTIE
7 From which children's book do the characters called Oompa Loompas come?
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
8 Which novel by DH Lawrence features a central character called Paul Morel?
SONS AND LOVERS
9 What is the name of the elf in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?
DOBBY
10 According to Shakespeare, what is the soul of wit?
BREVITY
11 Which is Thomas Harris's most famous book?
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
12 Who is Captain Hook's first mate in Peter Pan?
SMEE
13 Which famous Victorian novelist's books often appeared serialised in Household Words magazine? (full name)
CHARLES DICKENS
14 Who wrote A Brief History Of Time? (full name)
STEPHEN HAWKING
15 Which writer of romantic fiction was nicknamed The Animated Meringue? (full name)
BARBARA CARTLAND
16 What is the name of the dragon that guards the treasure in The Hobbit?
SMAUG
17 In the series of children's Noddy books, what is the name of the policeman?
PC PLOD
18 In which Sir Walter Scott novel does the blind fiddler Wandering Willie appear?
RED GAUNTLET
19 What type of Lot did Stephen King write about?
SALEMS
20 Which fictional character has parents called Lily and James?
HARRY POTTER
PICKWICK PAPERS
2 If the cooks were No 4 and the monks No 19, what book are we talking about?
CANTERBURY TALES
3 What was the name of the Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
TITANIA
4 Which character in Charles Dickens Hard Times shares his surname with a north west town? (full name)
STEPHEN BLACKPOOL
5 In which country did poet Keats and Shelley both die?
ITALY
6 Whose first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles? (full name)
AGATHA CHRISTIE
7 From which children's book do the characters called Oompa Loompas come?
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
8 Which novel by DH Lawrence features a central character called Paul Morel?
SONS AND LOVERS
9 What is the name of the elf in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?
DOBBY
10 According to Shakespeare, what is the soul of wit?
BREVITY
11 Which is Thomas Harris's most famous book?
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
12 Who is Captain Hook's first mate in Peter Pan?
SMEE
13 Which famous Victorian novelist's books often appeared serialised in Household Words magazine? (full name)
CHARLES DICKENS
14 Who wrote A Brief History Of Time? (full name)
STEPHEN HAWKING
15 Which writer of romantic fiction was nicknamed The Animated Meringue? (full name)
BARBARA CARTLAND
16 What is the name of the dragon that guards the treasure in The Hobbit?
SMAUG
17 In the series of children's Noddy books, what is the name of the policeman?
PC PLOD
18 In which Sir Walter Scott novel does the blind fiddler Wandering Willie appear?
RED GAUNTLET
19 What type of Lot did Stephen King write about?
SALEMS
20 Which fictional character has parents called Lily and James?
HARRY POTTER
