LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 29

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Which bird did the Ancient Mariner kill?
ALBATROSS
2. Whose schoolmates were Bob Cherry, Frank Nugent and Harry Wharton?
BILLY BUNTER
3. Which heroine, a member of an outlaw family, falls in love with John Rudd in a famous novel?
LORNA DOONE
4. In Wuthering Heights, what is Cathy’s surname?
EARNSHAW
5. In which H.G. Wells novel do invading aliens get killed by the common cold?
WAR OF THE WORLDS
6. Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
DANIEL DEFOE
7. Who wrote Blott on the Landscape?
TOM SHARPE
8. Which film star’s autobiography was called "My Wicked Wicked Ways"?
ERROL FLYNN
9. What was the name of the Bronte sister’s only brother?
BRANWELL
10. Who was the Yorkshire vet who wrote "All Creatures Great and Small"?
JAMES HERRIOTT

Which authors created the following fictional characters ?

11. Dracula
BRAM STOKER
12. The Scarlet Pimpernel
BARONESS ORCZY
13. Tommy and Tuppence
AGATHA CHRISTIE
14. Mike Hammer
MICKEY SPILLANE
15. Gemima Puddleduck
BEATRIX POTTER
16. Billy Bunter
FRANK RICHARDS
17. Bilbo Baggins
JRR TOLKIEN
18. Harry Palmer
LEN DEIGHTON
19. Hal 9000
ARTHUR C. CLARKE
20. Augustus Snodgrass
CHARLES DICKENS

[Interceptor]

5. In which H.G. Wells novel do invading aliens get killed by the common cold? War of the Worlds
8. Which film star’s autobiography was called "My Wicked Wicked Ways"? Errol Flynn?
11. Dracula Bram Stoker
17. Bilbo Baggins Tolkien
19. Hal 9000 Arthur C. Clarke

[Kahuna]

1/ Albatross
6/ Daniel Defoe
10/ James Herriott
14/ Mickey Spillane

[magpie in the 80's]

5. In which H.G. Wells novel do invading aliens get killed by the common cold? War of the Worlds
8. Which film star’s autobiography was called "My Wicked Wicked Ways"? Errol Flynn?
11. Dracula Bram Stoker
17. Bilbo Baggins Tolkien
19. Hal 9000 Arthur C. Clarke

CORRECT INTER

[magpie in the 80's]

1/ Albatross
6/ Daniel Defoe
10/ James Herriott
14/ Mickey Spillane

CORRECT K

[Pseudo]

4 - Earnshaw
15 - Beatrix Potter

[magpie in the 80's]

4 - Earnshaw
15 - Beatrix Potter

CORRECT PSEUDO

[JAS]

Q3 Lorna Doone
Q7 Tom Sharpe?
Q9 Branwell
Q13 Agatha Christie
Q18 Len Deighton

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q3 Lorna Doone
Q7 Tom Sharpe?
Q9 Branwell
Q13 Agatha Christie
Q18 Len Deighton

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Which bird did the Ancient Mariner kill?
ALBATROSS
2. Whose schoolmates were Bob Cherry, Frank Nugent and Harry Wharton?
BILLY BUNTER
3. Which heroine, a member of an outlaw family, falls in love with John Rudd in a famous novel?
LORNA DOONE
4. In Wuthering Heights, what is Cathy’s surname?
EARNSHAW
5. In which H.G. Wells novel do invading aliens get killed by the common cold?
WAR OF THE WORLDS
6. Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
DANIEL DEFOE
7. Who wrote Blott on the Landscape?
TOM SHARPE
8. Which film star’s autobiography was called "My Wicked Wicked Ways"?
ERROL FLYNN
9. What was the name of the Bronte sister’s only brother?
BRANWELL
10. Who was the Yorkshire vet who wrote "All Creatures Great and Small"?
JAMES HERRIOTT

Which authors created the following fictional characters ?

11. Dracula
BRAM STOKER
12. The Scarlet Pimpernel
BARONESS ORCZY
13. Tommy and Tuppence
AGATHA CHRISTIE
14. Mike Hammer
MICKEY SPILLANE
15. Gemima Puddleduck
BEATRIX POTTER
16. Billy Bunter
FRANK RICHARDS
17. Bilbo Baggins
JRR TOLKIEN
18. Harry Palmer
LEN DEIGHTON
19. Hal 9000
ARTHUR C. CLARKE
20. Augustus Snodgrass
CHARLES DICKENS

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

END OF QUIZ