LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 36
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:23 pm1 Who according to Shakespeare is, “the noblest Roman of them all”?
BRUTUS
2 Who wrote the poem Ode To A Haggis?
ROBERT BURNS
3 What species of owl is Hedwig in the Harry Potter novels?
SNOWY OWL
4 Who wrote the novel I Claudius?
ROBERT GRAVES
5 Which Lord Of The Rings character is played on film by Elijah Wood?
FRODO
6 Who wrote 89 novels about the lawyer Perry Mason?
ERLE STANLEY GARDINER
7 Which classic novel is narrated by Mr Lockwood and Nellie Deane?
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
8 How many times did Scarlet O’Hara marry in the novel Gone With The Wind?
3
9 Who was the first British author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
RUDYARD KIPLING
10 Who created the fictional character of Rumpole Of The Bailey?
JOHN MORTIMER
11 And what is the first name of Rumpole Of The Bailey?
HORACE
12 Which John Steinbeck novel gave James Dean his first starring role in a film?
EAST OF EDEN
13 What is the name of the group of youngsters, compatriots of Peter Pan?
THE LOST BOYS
14 Which literary characters motto is, “Have Bible will travel”?
FATHER BROWN
15 During which Kings reign is the novel Ivanhoe set?
RICHARD THE LIONHEART
16 In which literary shop does Little Nell live?
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
17 The name of which biblical character is also the name of a raven in Animal Farm?
MOSES
18 Which novel features a ship called The Pequod?
MOBY DICK
19 What is the first name of Miss Marple?
JANE
20 Whose amorous adventures did Daniel Defoe write about?
MOLL FLANDERS
21 Who wrote the novel The Third Man?
GRAHAM GREENE
22 Which is the only Agatha Christie novel in which the narrator is the murderer?
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD
23 Ginger and Algy are the two best friends of which literary hero?
BIGGLES
24 Which nursery rhyme character rapped at the windows and cried through the locks?
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
25 Who is the stepsister of Anastasia and Drizella?
CINDERELLA
BRUTUS
2 Who wrote the poem Ode To A Haggis?
ROBERT BURNS
3 What species of owl is Hedwig in the Harry Potter novels?
SNOWY OWL
4 Who wrote the novel I Claudius?
ROBERT GRAVES
5 Which Lord Of The Rings character is played on film by Elijah Wood?
FRODO
6 Who wrote 89 novels about the lawyer Perry Mason?
ERLE STANLEY GARDINER
7 Which classic novel is narrated by Mr Lockwood and Nellie Deane?
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
8 How many times did Scarlet O’Hara marry in the novel Gone With The Wind?
3
9 Who was the first British author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
RUDYARD KIPLING
10 Who created the fictional character of Rumpole Of The Bailey?
JOHN MORTIMER
11 And what is the first name of Rumpole Of The Bailey?
HORACE
12 Which John Steinbeck novel gave James Dean his first starring role in a film?
EAST OF EDEN
13 What is the name of the group of youngsters, compatriots of Peter Pan?
THE LOST BOYS
14 Which literary characters motto is, “Have Bible will travel”?
FATHER BROWN
15 During which Kings reign is the novel Ivanhoe set?
RICHARD THE LIONHEART
16 In which literary shop does Little Nell live?
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
17 The name of which biblical character is also the name of a raven in Animal Farm?
MOSES
18 Which novel features a ship called The Pequod?
MOBY DICK
19 What is the first name of Miss Marple?
JANE
20 Whose amorous adventures did Daniel Defoe write about?
MOLL FLANDERS
21 Who wrote the novel The Third Man?
GRAHAM GREENE
22 Which is the only Agatha Christie novel in which the narrator is the murderer?
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD
23 Ginger and Algy are the two best friends of which literary hero?
BIGGLES
24 Which nursery rhyme character rapped at the windows and cried through the locks?
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
25 Who is the stepsister of Anastasia and Drizella?
CINDERELLA
