LITERATURE QUIZ NO.46
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:27 pm1 Which private detective made his final literary appearance in the 1958 novel Playback?
PHILIP MARLOWE
2 Who directly preceded John Betjeman as Poet Laureate?
CECIL DAY LEWIS
3 Which British Olympic hero penned the autobiography A Golden Age?
SIR STEVE REDGRAVE
4 Home Again is the title of the final chapter of which novel?
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
5 Where is Ruth sandwiched by Judges and Samuel?
IN THE BIBLE - OLD TESTAMENT
6 Which Booker Prize winning novel by Michael Ondaatje was later adapted into an Oscar winning film?
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
7 On which thoroughfare do the Dursley family live in the Harry Potter books?
PRIVET AVE.
8 Which is the only animal mentioned in the title of a Shakespeare play?
SHREW - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
9 Which coffee house chain took its name from a character in Moby Dick?
STARBUCKS
10 Which novel by Mario Puzo inspired an award winning film trilogy?
THE GODFATHER
11 In the nursery rhyme which character could eat no fat?
JACK SPRAT
12 Whose novels were mainly set around the fictional village of Darrowby?
JAMES HERRIOT
13 Who celebrated his eleventy first birthday in Lord of the Rings?
BILBO BAGGINS
14 Which author, a cousin of Stanley Baldwin, refused to accept the Order of Merit on three occasions?
RUDYARD KIPLING
15 Which Dickens character has been played on film by Robert Newton and Oliver Reed?
BILL SPIKES
16 Which poem by Tennyson includes the line, “All in the valley of death rode the 600”?
CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
17 Which two books of the Bible begin with the letter L?
LEVITICUS AND LUKE
18 Which was the first Stephen King novel to be filmed?
CARRIE
19 Whose first name was revealed in the novel Death Is Now My Neighbour?
ENDEAVOUR MORSE
20 Which novel opens with the line, “Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museums Grand Gallery”?
THE DA VINCI CODE
PHILIP MARLOWE
2 Who directly preceded John Betjeman as Poet Laureate?
CECIL DAY LEWIS
3 Which British Olympic hero penned the autobiography A Golden Age?
SIR STEVE REDGRAVE
4 Home Again is the title of the final chapter of which novel?
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
5 Where is Ruth sandwiched by Judges and Samuel?
IN THE BIBLE - OLD TESTAMENT
6 Which Booker Prize winning novel by Michael Ondaatje was later adapted into an Oscar winning film?
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
7 On which thoroughfare do the Dursley family live in the Harry Potter books?
PRIVET AVE.
8 Which is the only animal mentioned in the title of a Shakespeare play?
SHREW - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
9 Which coffee house chain took its name from a character in Moby Dick?
STARBUCKS
10 Which novel by Mario Puzo inspired an award winning film trilogy?
THE GODFATHER
11 In the nursery rhyme which character could eat no fat?
JACK SPRAT
12 Whose novels were mainly set around the fictional village of Darrowby?
JAMES HERRIOT
13 Who celebrated his eleventy first birthday in Lord of the Rings?
BILBO BAGGINS
14 Which author, a cousin of Stanley Baldwin, refused to accept the Order of Merit on three occasions?
RUDYARD KIPLING
15 Which Dickens character has been played on film by Robert Newton and Oliver Reed?
BILL SPIKES
16 Which poem by Tennyson includes the line, “All in the valley of death rode the 600”?
CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
17 Which two books of the Bible begin with the letter L?
LEVITICUS AND LUKE
18 Which was the first Stephen King novel to be filmed?
CARRIE
19 Whose first name was revealed in the novel Death Is Now My Neighbour?
ENDEAVOUR MORSE
20 Which novel opens with the line, “Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museums Grand Gallery”?
THE DA VINCI CODE
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