LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 40
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:08 pm 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE
1 Who created the literary spy Harry Palmer?
LENDEIGHTON
2 In which novel is Britain called Airstrip One?
1984
3 Which football team does the lead character in the novel Fever Pitch support?
ARSENAL
4 Which literary train departs from platform 93/4?
HOGWARTS EXPRESS
5 Who wrote the novel The Lord of the Flies?
WILLIAM GOLDING
6 Who received the Booker Prize in 1981 for the novel Midnight’s Children?
SALMON RUSHDIE
7 The Hunt for Red October was the first novel of which author?
TOM CLANCY
8 Who created the character of Billy Liar?
KEITH WATERHOUSE
9 Which comedian penned the novel Gridlock?
BEN ELTON
10 Who wrote the best seller Flowers In the Attic?
VIRGINIA ANDREWS
GENERAL
11 The novel A Brave New World is set in the year 632 AF. What does the AF stand for?
AFTER FOR
12 Which Stephen King tale told the story of a rabid St Bernard dog?
CUJO
13 The TV series The Darling Buds Of May was based on whose books?
HE BATES
14 Who wrote the play on which the musical My Fair Lady was based?
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
15 On what day of the week did the nursery rhyme character Solomon Grundy die?
SATURDAY
16 What is the last name of Katy in the book What Katy Did?
CARR
17 Billy Pilgrim is the name of the hero in which novel?
SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5
18 In the Beatrix Potter tales what kind of animal is Aunt Dorcas?
PIG
19 Which novel by Alex Garland was adapted into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio?
THE BEACH
20 During which war was the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls set?
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
1 Who created the literary spy Harry Palmer?
LENDEIGHTON
2 In which novel is Britain called Airstrip One?
1984
3 Which football team does the lead character in the novel Fever Pitch support?
ARSENAL
4 Which literary train departs from platform 93/4?
HOGWARTS EXPRESS
5 Who wrote the novel The Lord of the Flies?
WILLIAM GOLDING
6 Who received the Booker Prize in 1981 for the novel Midnight’s Children?
SALMON RUSHDIE
7 The Hunt for Red October was the first novel of which author?
TOM CLANCY
8 Who created the character of Billy Liar?
KEITH WATERHOUSE
9 Which comedian penned the novel Gridlock?
BEN ELTON
10 Who wrote the best seller Flowers In the Attic?
VIRGINIA ANDREWS
GENERAL
11 The novel A Brave New World is set in the year 632 AF. What does the AF stand for?
AFTER FOR
12 Which Stephen King tale told the story of a rabid St Bernard dog?
CUJO
13 The TV series The Darling Buds Of May was based on whose books?
HE BATES
14 Who wrote the play on which the musical My Fair Lady was based?
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
15 On what day of the week did the nursery rhyme character Solomon Grundy die?
SATURDAY
16 What is the last name of Katy in the book What Katy Did?
CARR
17 Billy Pilgrim is the name of the hero in which novel?
SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5
18 In the Beatrix Potter tales what kind of animal is Aunt Dorcas?
PIG
19 Which novel by Alex Garland was adapted into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio?
THE BEACH
20 During which war was the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls set?
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
