LITERATURE QUIZ 4

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Whose birth date of April 2 is celebrated as International Children’s Book Day?
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
2 Which DH Lawrence novel had the working title of Paul Morel?
SONS AND LOVERS
3 What was the best selling novel in the USA in the 19th century?
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
4 Which Stephen King novel features a temperamental writer called Jack Torrance?
THE SHINING
5 Which novel features a wealthy prostitute called Belle Watling?
GONE WITH THE WIND
6 Which autobiographical novel by Lucy Irving was adapted into a 1986 film with Amanda Donahoe playing the role of Lucy?
CASTAWAY
7 The Sunless Sea is located in which mythical realm?
NARNIA
8 He put a glass to his lips and drank one gulp. A cry followed, he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on. Which character is this text referring to?
DR. JEKYLL
9 The opening line of which novel mentions the Parish of Oare, the county of Somerset and the character of John Ridd?
LORNA DOONE
10 Which Shakespeare play opens with the line, “When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning or rain”?
MACBETH
11 Whose final novel published in 1899 was entitled Resurrection?
LEO TOLSTROY
12 What is the most famous creation of the children’s author Anne Wood?
TELE TUBBIES
13 The beginning of which novel describes a building called the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre?
BRAVE NEW WORLD
14 Which Shakespeare character delivers the line, “Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war”?
ORTHELLO
15 In which 19th century novel did the lead character accept a £20,000 wager at the Reform Club?
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
16 Genesis Chapter 19 chronicles the destruction of which two cities?
SODOM AND GOMORRAH
17 Which publishing company was founded by Sir Allen Lane in 1935?
PENGUIN
18 Which renowned writer lived in a house called Green Edges?
ENID BLYTON
19 What four animals are the lead characters in The Wind In The Willows?
TOAD, RAT, MOLE AND BADGER
20 In the Bible who is said to have been cured of seven demons by Jesus?
MARY MAGDALENE

[JAS]

Morning Mags...happy mums day Mags mum

Q2 Lady Chatterly's Lover
Q3 Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Q4 The Shining
Q8 Dr Jekyll
Q10 Macbeth
Q14 Othello
Q15 Around the World in 80 Days
Q16 Sodom and Gamorah (sp)
Q19 Toad, mole, ratty and badger

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Morning Mags...happy mums day Mags mum

Q2 Lady Chatterly's Lover..................incorrect
Q3 Legend of Sleepy Hollow...............incorrect
Q4 The Shining
Q8 Dr Jekyll
Q10 Macbeth
Q14 Othello
Q15 Around the World in 80 Days
Q16 Sodom and Gamorah (sp)
Q19 Toad, mole, ratty and badger

Regards
JAS

all others correct jas

[JAS]

Q2 How about Sons and Lovers then....got one more if this fails
Q3 Moby Dick

Regards
JAS

[Dogwatcher]

17 - Penguin?

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 How about Sons and Lovers then....got one more if this fails .CORRECT
Q3 Moby Dick INCORRECT

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

17 - Penguin?

CORRECT DW

[Dogwatcher]

Woo hoo - that was a total guess.
I love trivia!

[Kahuna]

Would 3 be either Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn?

[magpie in the 80's]

Would 3 be either Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn?

NO K

[godoubleblues]

Q1 - Hans Christian Anderson

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 - Hans Christian Anderson

CORRECT GDB

[JAS]

Q3 oh Maaaaags any chance of a bit of a hint...are we looking for an American author/novel or was it an import
Q5 Keep thinking Clark Gable...Gone with the Wind

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q3 oh Maaaaags any chance of a bit of a hint...are we looking for an American author/novel or was it an import ....................AMERICAN NOVEL ..............................................I THINK
Q5 Keep thinking Clark Gable...Gone with the Wind................CORRECT

Regards
JAS

[JAS]

Thank you Mags...bugger hoped it might be someone like Dickens...don't know many American ones.

Q3 How about the anti-slavery one Uncle Tom's Cabin even though it was written by a woman which was probably frowned on back then.

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Thank you Mags...bugger hoped it might be someone like Dickens...don't know many American ones.

Q3 How about the anti-slavery one Uncle Tom's Cabin even though it was written by a woman which was probably frowned on back then.

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[JAS]

Thank you Mags...bugger hoped it might be someone like Dickens...don't know many American ones.

Q3 How about the anti-slavery one Uncle Tom's Cabin even though it was written by a woman which was probably frowned on back then.

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

wooohooo...I was all set to start on Edgar Allen Poe next haha...never really thought it would be a female author.

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

DONE TO JUST 7 Q'S TO GO

[Pseudo]

13 - Brave New World

[magpie in the 80's]

13 - Brave New World

CORRECT PSEUDO