LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 9

[magpie in the 80's]

1 In which range of mountains does Heidi live?
THE ALPS
2 Who did Sherlock Holmes describe as the Napoleon of Crime?
PROFESSOR MORIATY
3 Which literary character proclaimed “I am the master of all I survey”?
ROBINSON CRUSOE
4 Which novel was inspired by the sinking of the SS Politician off the coast of Scotland?
WHISKEY GALORE
5 Which amateur sleuth made a final appearance in the 1976 story Sleeping Murder?
MISS MARPLE
6 Which Jules Verne novel became the basis of a concept album by Rick Wakeman?
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
7 Which creature can Harry Potter converse with when speaking Parseltongue?
SNAKES
8 Who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962?
JOHN STEINBECK
9 Who penned his most famous work in Seething Lane, London?
SAMUEL PEPYS
10 Which novel by Michael Ondaatje won the Booker Prize and went on to be adapted into an Oscar winning film?
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
11 Which actor is the son of a Poet Laureate who held the title from 1967 to 1972?
DANIEL DAY LEWIS
12 Who wrote under the nom de plume of Acton Bell?
ANNE BRONTE
13 What is the first surname to be mentioned in the first line of the first Harry Potter novel?
DURSLEY
14 Which two Shakespeare plays have an Italian city in the title? (Not including ROMEo and Juliet)
VENICE AND VERONA
15 Which outlaw the subject of a novel by Sir Walter Scott was played on film by Liam Neeson?
ROB ROY
16 Who wrote the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
WASHINGTON IRVING
17 Which Shakespeare character speaks the most lines, 1422 in total?
HAMLET
18 Which novel contains no named female characters after the author followed the instructions of his stepson Lloyd Osbourne who wrote a note that read “No women in the story”?
TREASURE ISLAND
19 The first name of which Harry Potter character was chosen by JK Rowling after one of the characters in The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare?
HERMIONE
20 Name the four novels of Dan Brown that were simultaneously in the Top Ten Best Sellers List in 200
THE DA VINCI CODE, DECEPTION POINT, ANGELS AND DEMONS AND DIGITAL FORTRESS

[Hazbeen]

15. Rob Roy

[Interceptor]

6 Which Jules Verne novel became the basis of a concept album by Rick Wakeman? Journey to the Centre of the Earth

[godoubleblues]

Q20 - Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code and Deception Point

[Turkeywizz]

5 MISS MARPLE??
9 DICKENS??
14 VENICE, VERONA
17 HAMLET

[Mr66]

2/ Prof.Moriarty

[Mr66]

14/ The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merchant of Venice & Othello, the Moor of Venice(its FULL title).

[Mr66]

5/ Miss Marple

[magpie in the 80's]

15. Rob Roy

CORRECT HB

[magpie in the 80's]

6 Which Jules Verne novel became the basis of a concept album by Rick Wakeman? Journey to the Centre of the Earth

CORRECT INTERCEPTOR

[magpie in the 80's]

Q20 - Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code and Deception Point

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

5 MISS MARPLE??
9 DICKENS??............INCORRECT
14 VENICE, VERONA
17 HAMLET

ALL OTHERS CORRECT TW

[magpie in the 80's]

2/ Prof.Moriarty

CORRECT MR66

[magpie in the 80's]

14/ The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merchant of Venice & Othello, the Moor of Venice(its FULL title).

CORRECT MR66

[magpie in the 80's]

5/ Miss Marple

CORRECT MR66

[Turkeywizz]

7 Snakes
1 Swiss Alps
10 The English Patient
12 Anne Bronte
13 Dursley
18 Treasure Island
19 Hermione

[magpie in the 80's]

7 Snakes
1 Swiss Alps
10 The English Patient
12 Anne Bronte
13 Dursley
18 Treasure Island
19 Hermione

ALL CORRECT TW

[JAS]

Q4 Hope it was the same as the film...Whiskey Galore
Q16 Washington Irving

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q4 Hope it was the same as the film...Whiskey Galore
Q16 Washington Irving

Regards
JAS

BOTH CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

1 In which range of mountains does Heidi live?
THE ALPS
2 Who did Sherlock Holmes describe as the Napoleon of Crime?
PROFESSOR MORIATY
3 Which literary character proclaimed “I am the master of all I survey”?
ROBINSON CRUSOE
4 Which novel was inspired by the sinking of the SS Politician off the coast of Scotland?
WHISKEY GALORE
5 Which amateur sleuth made a final appearance in the 1976 story Sleeping Murder?
MISS MARPLE
6 Which Jules Verne novel became the basis of a concept album by Rick Wakeman?
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
7 Which creature can Harry Potter converse with when speaking Parseltongue?
SNAKES
8 Who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962?
JOHN STEINBECK
9 Who penned his most famous work in Seething Lane, London?
SAMUEL PEPYS
10 Which novel by Michael Ondaatje won the Booker Prize and went on to be adapted into an Oscar winning film?
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
11 Which actor is the son of a Poet Laureate who held the title from 1967 to 1972?
DANIEL DAY LEWIS
12 Who wrote under the nom de plume of Acton Bell?
ANNE BRONTE
13 What is the first surname to be mentioned in the first line of the first Harry Potter novel?
DURSLEY
14 Which two Shakespeare plays have an Italian city in the title? (Not including ROMEo and Juliet)
VENICE AND VERONA
15 Which outlaw the subject of a novel by Sir Walter Scott was played on film by Liam Neeson?
ROB ROY
16 Who wrote the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
WASHINGTON IRVING
17 Which Shakespeare character speaks the most lines, 1422 in total?
HAMLET
18 Which novel contains no named female characters after the author followed the instructions of his stepson Lloyd Osbourne who wrote a note that read “No women in the story”?
TREASURE ISLAND
19 The first name of which Harry Potter character was chosen by JK Rowling after one of the characters in The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare?
HERMIONE
20 Name the four novels of Dan Brown that were simultaneously in the Top Ten Best Sellers List in 200
THE DA VINCI CODE, DECEPTION POINT, ANGELS AND DEMONS AND DIGITAL FORTRESS

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ