LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 31

[magpie in the 80's]

1. What was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five stories?
TIMMY
2. Who wrote the play which was later turned into the musical ‘My fair lady’?
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
3. Who wrote the plays ‘school for scandal’ and ‘the rivals’?
RICHARD SHERIDAN
4. Who wrote “First amongst Equals”?
JEFFERY ARCHER
5. Under what name did JB Morton write his regular column in the Daily Express from 1924-1975?
BEACHCOMBER
6. Which British politician wrote the novels ‘Coningsby’, ‘Sybil’ and ‘Tancred’?
DISRAELI
7. How many lines are there in a Sonnet?
14
8. Which fictional detective first appeared in the book ‘The mysterious affair at Styles’ in 1920?
HERCULE POIROT
9. Who wrote the book ‘Peter Pan’?
JM BARRIE
10. By what name is the writer of adventure stories Lord Tweedsmuir better known?
JOHN BUCHAN
11. The narrator, Harris & George appear in which book?
THREE MEN IN A BOAT
12. The 1st appeared in New York world in 1913, most newspapers now have what?
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
13. Nyctophobia is a fear of what?
DARKNESS
14. What name for a social climber & upstart was popularised by WM Thackeray?
SNOB
15. Who woke snow white with a kiss?
PRINCE CHARMING
16. What is serendipity?
MAKING DISCOVERIES BY ACCIDENT
17. What does the term 'Ex Gratia' actually mean?
OUT OF KINDNESS
18. In which book did Humpty Dumpty 1st appear?
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
19. What is polyandry
HAVING MORE THAN ONE HUSBAND
20. What did the McWhirter twins establish in 1955?
GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS
21. The Camomile Lawn and Harnessing Peacocks are both novels written by which authoress?
MARY WESLEY
22. What is the title of former MI5 agent, Peter Wright’s memoirs?
SPYCATHCHER
23. In which Kingsley Amis novel does the young university teacher Jim Dixon appear?
LUCKY JIM
24. What are the names of the two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet?
CAPULET AND MONTAGUE
25. Which John Stienbeck novel is based on the biblical story of Cain and Abel?
EAST OF EDEN
26. Which play by J M Synge caused riots when it was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1907?
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
27. For which work other than the Odyssey is Homer noted?
THE LLYIAD
28. What nationality was Nobel prize-winner Patrick White?
AUSTRALIAN
29. Who is the author of Couples and The Witches of Eastwick?
JOHN UPDIKE
30. In which country was writer Tom Stoppard born?
CZECHOSLOVKIA
31. Who travelled round the world in 80 days with Passe Partout?
PHINEAS FOGG
32. Which girls school was created by Ronald Searle?
ST. TRINIANS
33. Who wrote about the Triffids?
JOHN WYNDHAM
34. Who was the young hero of Treasure Island?
JIM HAWKINS
35. In which William Goldring book are Piggy and Ralph shipwrecked?
LORD OF THE FLIES
36. Which Dickens character insisted he was very umble in David Copperfield?
URIAH HEAP
37. What other name was Samuel Longhorne Clemens also known as?
MARK TWAIN
38. What name was Sir Percy Blakeney also known as?
THE SCARLET PIMPERNELL
39. Jeeves was the Butler, who was his employer?
BERTIE WOOSTER
40. Who wrote the travel book “Notes from a Small island”?
BILL BRYSON
41. In Wuthering heights, what ‘s the name of the Waif adopted by the Earnshaw family?
HEATHCLIFFE
42. Which comedian wrote the book Adolf Hitler - my part in his downfall?
SPIKE MILLIGAN
43. Which famous work is set in the Welsh town of Llareggub and features the characters Polly Garter, Captain Cat and Myfanwy Price?
UNDER MILKWOOD
44. Which novel by James Joyce deals with the events of 16th June 1904 in Dublin?
ULYSSES
45. Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?
OSCAR WILDE
46. How many lines are there in a Limerick?
5
47. To which London landmark was Wordsworth referring in his line “Earth has not anything more fare to show more fair”?
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
48. In Coleridges Kubla Khan, where was there to be a stately pleasure dome?
XANADU
49. Who wrote the books Squirrel Nutkin?
BEATRIX POTTER
50. Which classic writer shares his name with a character from a sci-fi series?
CHEKOV

[Q.]

27. Iliad

[magpie in the 80's]

27. Iliad

CORRECT Q

[godoubleblues]

Q4 - Jeffrey Archer
Q22 - spycatcher
Q33 - John Wynhdam
Q35 - Lord of the Flies
Q42 - Spike Milligan

[magpie in the 80's]

Q4 - Jeffrey Archer
Q22 - spycatcher
Q33 - John Wynhdam
Q35 - Lord of the Flies
Q42 - Spike Milligan

CORRECT GDB

[Thiele]

1. Timmy

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Timmy

correct jt

[JAS]

Q2 George Bernard Shaw
Q8 Hercule Poirot
Q9 JM Barrie
Q12 A crossword?
Q16 A fortunate event
Q20 Guiness Book of Records
Q24 Capulet and the Montague
Q30 I'm sure it's eastern Europe...Czech Republic?
Q31 Phineus Fogg (sp)
Q32 St Trinians
Q38 The Scarlet Pimpernel
Q39 Bertie Wooster
Q40 Bill Bryson
Q41 Heathcliff
Q45 Oscar Wilde
Q46 5
Q48 In Xanadu (sp)
Q49 Beatrix Potter?

Regards
JAS

[spell_check]

12) A crossword

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 George Bernard Shaw
Q8 Hercule Poirot
Q9 JM Barrie
Q12 A crossword?
Q16 A fortunate event ....close enough
Q20 Guiness Book of Records
Q24 Capulet and the Montague
Q30 I'm sure it's eastern Europe...Czech Republic?
Q31 Phineus Fogg (sp)
Q32 St Trinians
Q38 The Scarlet Pimpernel
Q39 Bertie Wooster
Q40 Bill Bryson
Q41 Heathcliff
Q45 Oscar Wilde
Q46 5
Q48 In Xanadu (sp)
Q49 Beatrix Potter?

Regards
JAS

all others correct jas

[Kahuna]

7/ 14
15/ Prince Charming
34/ Jim Hawkins
37/ Mark Twain
43/ Under Milkwood
44/ Ulysses
47/ St Pauls?

[magpie in the 80's]

12) A crossword

CORRECT SPELLY. JAS ALREADY ANSERED IT

[magpie in the 80's]

7/ 14
15/ Prince Charming
34/ Jim Hawkins
37/ Mark Twain
43/ Under Milkwood
44/ Ulysses
47/ St Pauls?......INCORRECT

ALL OTHERS CORRECT K

[magpie in the 80's]

LAST DAYS FOR THIS QUIZ

[JAS]

Q10 Maybe Sir Walter Scott?
Q36 Uriah Heap

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q10 Maybe Sir Walter Scott?........incorrect
Q36 Uriah Heap.........correct

Regards
JAS

[The Ash Man]

29. Updike

[magpie in the 80's]

29. Updike

CORRECT TAM

[JAS]

Q11 Long time since I read it but is it Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome...have a feeling Harris might be the dog

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q11 Long time since I read it but is it Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome...have a feeling Harris might be the dog

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS