INQUIZITION QUIZ NO. 68 LITERARY
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:01 pm1 Who created the literary sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey?
DOROTHY L SAYERS
2 On The Banks Of Plum Creek is a sequel to which novel?
THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
3 Which novel is narrated by Charles Ryder?
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
4 Which Agatha Christie character has a nephew called Raymond West?
MISS MARPLE
5 Sarah Woodruff is the lead female character in which novel, filmed in 1981?
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANTS WOMAN
6 What is the pen name of the author Barbara Vine?
RUTH RENDELL
7 Catriona is a sequel to which adventure novel?
KIDNAPPED
8 The novels Prince Caspian and The Silver Chair are both set in which mythical land?
NARNIA
9 Which lawyer made his literary debut in the novel The Case of the Velvet Claws?
PERRY MASON
10 Who penned the play Shirley Valentine?
WILLY RUSSELL
11 Who did Sherlock Holmes refer to as, “the Napoleon of crime”?
PROFESSOR MORIARTY
12 What begins with The Knight’s Tale and ends with The Parson’s Tale?
THE CANTERBURY TALES
13 During which king’s reign was the novel Ivanhoe set?
RICHARD I
14 Which novel opens with the line, “The family of Dashwood has long been settled in Sussex”?
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
15 Which Harry Potter character is played on film by Alan Rickman?
SEVERUS SNAPE
DOROTHY L SAYERS
2 On The Banks Of Plum Creek is a sequel to which novel?
THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
3 Which novel is narrated by Charles Ryder?
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
4 Which Agatha Christie character has a nephew called Raymond West?
MISS MARPLE
5 Sarah Woodruff is the lead female character in which novel, filmed in 1981?
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANTS WOMAN
6 What is the pen name of the author Barbara Vine?
RUTH RENDELL
7 Catriona is a sequel to which adventure novel?
KIDNAPPED
8 The novels Prince Caspian and The Silver Chair are both set in which mythical land?
NARNIA
9 Which lawyer made his literary debut in the novel The Case of the Velvet Claws?
PERRY MASON
10 Who penned the play Shirley Valentine?
WILLY RUSSELL
11 Who did Sherlock Holmes refer to as, “the Napoleon of crime”?
PROFESSOR MORIARTY
12 What begins with The Knight’s Tale and ends with The Parson’s Tale?
THE CANTERBURY TALES
13 During which king’s reign was the novel Ivanhoe set?
RICHARD I
14 Which novel opens with the line, “The family of Dashwood has long been settled in Sussex”?
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
15 Which Harry Potter character is played on film by Alan Rickman?
SEVERUS SNAPE
