LITERATURE QUIZ NO.33

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What was Lady Chatterley’s Christian name?
CONSTANCE
2 In which Shakespeare play does a ghost walk on the battlements?
HAMLET
3 Which Hungarian born American editor (1847 - 1911) left funds for a now famous literary prize?
JOSEPH PULITZER
4 Mrs Bardell sued for breach of promise in which Charles Dickens novel?
PICKWICK PAPERS
5 Which romantic novelist died in 2000 at the age of 98?
BARBARA CARTLAND
6 Which Hemingway novel has a hero named Robert Jordan and is set in the Spanish Civil War?
FROM WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
7 Which television comedian and actor's autobiography was called Its Hello From Him?
RONNIE BARKER
8 Marnie is the story of a compulsive thief based on a novel by which author?
WINSTON GRAHAM
9 What nationality was the poet WB Yeats?
IRISH
10 Which animal in the poem by Blake was described as "burning bright"?
TIGER
11 In which country is George Orwell's 1984 set?
OCEANIA
12 The novel The Eagle Has Landed was based around a plot to kidnap who?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
13 In Harry and the Prisoner of Azkaban, what frightens Professor Lupin the most?
MOON
14 Who wrote Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr Chips?
JAMES HILTON
15 Ring of Bright Water is a book about with creature?
OTTER
16 What was the name of Shylock's wife in The Merchant Of Venice?
LEAH
17 What is the name of the pig in Charlotte's Web?
WILBUR
18 Who created Billy Bunter?
FRANK RICHARDS
19 At which school did Mr Chips teach Latin?
BROOKFIELD
20 Which French literary character's name when translated means half formed?
QUASIMODO

[Thiele]

17. Wilbur

[magpie in the 80's]

17. Wilbur

CORRECT JT

[johntheclaret]

7 ronnie Barker

[magpie in the 80's]

7 ronnie Barker

CORRECT JTC

[godoubleblues]

Q12 - Winston Churchill

[magpie in the 80's]

Q12 - Winston Churchill

CORRECT GDB

[Kahuna]

2/ Hamlet
3/ Pulitzer
5/ Barbara Cartland
6/ A Call To Arms
9/ Irish?
10/ Tiger

[FlyingHigh]

1/ Connie
11/ England

[magpie in the 80's]

2/ Hamlet
3/ Pulitzer
5/ Barbara Cartland
6/ A Call To Arms...INCORRECT
9/ Irish?
10/ Tiger

ALL OTHERS CORRECT K

[magpie in the 80's]

1/ Connie....CLOSE ENOUGH
11/ England...KIND OF BUT NOT FULLY

[JAS]

Q6 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Q15 An otter

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q6 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Q15 An otter

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[Peterxtc]

11. Oceania

[Peterxtc]

20. Quasimodo?

[magpie in the 80's]

11. Oceania

CORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

20. Quasimodo?

CORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

LAST DAYS FOR THIS QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What was Lady Chatterley’s Christian name?
CONSTANCE
2 In which Shakespeare play does a ghost walk on the battlements?
HAMLET
3 Which Hungarian born American editor (1847 - 1911) left funds for a now famous literary prize?
JOSEPH PULITZER
4 Mrs Bardell sued for breach of promise in which Charles Dickens novel?
PICKWICK PAPERS
5 Which romantic novelist died in 2000 at the age of 98?
BARBARA CARTLAND
6 Which Hemingway novel has a hero named Robert Jordan and is set in the Spanish Civil War?
FROM WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
7 Which television comedian and actor's autobiography was called Its Hello From Him?
RONNIE BARKER
8 Marnie is the story of a compulsive thief based on a novel by which author?
WINSTON GRAHAM
9 What nationality was the poet WB Yeats?
IRISH
10 Which animal in the poem by Blake was described as "burning bright"?
TIGER
11 In which country is George Orwell's 1984 set?
OCEANIA
12 The novel The Eagle Has Landed was based around a plot to kidnap who?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
13 In Harry and the Prisoner of Azkaban, what frightens Professor Lupin the most?
MOON
14 Who wrote Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr Chips?
JAMES HILTON
15 Ring of Bright Water is a book about with creature?
OTTER
16 What was the name of Shylock's wife in The Merchant Of Venice?
LEAH
17 What is the name of the pig in Charlotte's Web?
WILBUR
18 Who created Billy Bunter?
FRANK RICHARDS
19 At which school did Mr Chips teach Latin?
BROOKFIELD
20 Which French literary character's name when translated means half formed?
QUASIMODO

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

END OF QUIZ