LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 31
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:53 pm1. 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
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
St Trinians
