LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 32
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:51 am1. What was Jeffrey Archer's first published novel?
NOT A PENNY MORE NOT A PENNY LESS
2. Who wrote the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" in 1895?
OSCAR WILDE
3. Who wrote the books "Tara Road" "The Lilac Bus" and "Light A Penny Candle?"
MAEVE BINCHY
4. Which Roald Dahl novel told the story of a boy and his pheasant-poaching father?
DANNY - THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
5. Which Irish writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995?
SEAMUS HEANEY
6. In which English county were the Bronte sisters born?
YORKSHIRE
7. Which author wrote the Philip Marlowe novels, including "The Big Sleep"?
RAYMOND CHANDLER
8. Which novellist wrote "Metroland" "Staring At The Sun" and "A History Of The World In 10½ chapters?"
JULIA BARNES
9. Which Bombay-born novellist and poet wrote "Barrack-Room Ballads" in 1892?
RUDYARD KIPLING
10. Which of Jane Austen's six novels did she write first?
SENSE OF SENSIBILITY
11. Arthur Ransome wrote a book about some children and their boating exploits – what was it called?
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
12. What educator's 1901 autobiography was titled "Up From Slavery"?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
13. What was the occupation of Mr. Chips in the novella by James Hilton?
SCHOOL TEACHER
14. Which D.H.Lawrence book was the subject of an obscenity trial?
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
15. Which good-natured braggart appears in Shakespeare’s Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor?
FALSTAFF
16. Who wrote The Shining and Misery?
STEPHEN KING
17. Which book did the Vatican condemn as blasphemous in March 1989?
SATANIC VERSES
18. Which bookseller died in June 1999 at the age of 88?
CHRISTINA FOYLE
19. Which best selling sci fi author was born in Petrovichi, USSR in 1922?
ISSAC ASIMOV
20. In the bible, who brought the walls of Jericho down with the sound of trumpets?
JOSHUA
NOT A PENNY MORE NOT A PENNY LESS
2. Who wrote the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" in 1895?
OSCAR WILDE
3. Who wrote the books "Tara Road" "The Lilac Bus" and "Light A Penny Candle?"
MAEVE BINCHY
4. Which Roald Dahl novel told the story of a boy and his pheasant-poaching father?
DANNY - THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
5. Which Irish writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995?
SEAMUS HEANEY
6. In which English county were the Bronte sisters born?
YORKSHIRE
7. Which author wrote the Philip Marlowe novels, including "The Big Sleep"?
RAYMOND CHANDLER
8. Which novellist wrote "Metroland" "Staring At The Sun" and "A History Of The World In 10½ chapters?"
JULIA BARNES
9. Which Bombay-born novellist and poet wrote "Barrack-Room Ballads" in 1892?
RUDYARD KIPLING
10. Which of Jane Austen's six novels did she write first?
SENSE OF SENSIBILITY
11. Arthur Ransome wrote a book about some children and their boating exploits – what was it called?
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
12. What educator's 1901 autobiography was titled "Up From Slavery"?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
13. What was the occupation of Mr. Chips in the novella by James Hilton?
SCHOOL TEACHER
14. Which D.H.Lawrence book was the subject of an obscenity trial?
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
15. Which good-natured braggart appears in Shakespeare’s Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor?
FALSTAFF
16. Who wrote The Shining and Misery?
STEPHEN KING
17. Which book did the Vatican condemn as blasphemous in March 1989?
SATANIC VERSES
18. Which bookseller died in June 1999 at the age of 88?
CHRISTINA FOYLE
19. Which best selling sci fi author was born in Petrovichi, USSR in 1922?
ISSAC ASIMOV
20. In the bible, who brought the walls of Jericho down with the sound of trumpets?
JOSHUA
