The Ultimate Literature Quiz

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81. In George Orwell’s 1984, what was the official language of Oceania?
  • Heretic
  • Newspeak
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82. Who wrote The Secret?
  • Loral Langemeier
  • Rhonda Byrne
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83. Who wrote Lolita?
  • Alexander Pushkin
  • Anna Akhmatova
  • Leo Tolstoy
  • Vladimir Nabokov
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84. Name three Mario Puzo books:
  • Fools Die
  • Inner Nevada
  • Many Tombs to Germany
  • The Black Stadium
  • The Friends
  • The Godfather
  • The Runaway Summer of Davie Shaw
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  1. In George Orwell’s 1984, what was the official language of Oceania?
    Newspeak
  2. Who wrote The Secret?
    Rhonda Byrne
  3. Who wrote Lolita?
    Vladimir Nabokov
  4. Name three Mario Puzo books:
    I Shall Wear Midnight, Mort, & The Wee Free Men
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85. Who wrote the poem The Night Before Christmas?
  • Clement Clarke Moore
  • Douglas Gorsline
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86. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, who was Scrooge’s dead business partner?
  • Bob Cratchit
  • Fred
  • Jacob Marley
  • Tim
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87. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, what presents does Father Christmas give Lucy?
  • Bow & Arrows
  • Dagger
  • Healing Cordial
  • Shield
  • Sword
  • Turkish Delight
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  1. Who wrote the poem The Night Before Christmas?
    Clement Clarke Moore
  2. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, who was Scrooge’s dead business partner?
    Jacob Marley
  3. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, what presents does Father Christmas give Lucy?
    Dagger & Healing Cordial
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88. What carries Gerda to the Snow Queen’s palace in the Hans Christian Andersen story?
  • A Polar Bear
  • A Reindeer
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89. Letters from Father Christmas is a book in the form of a collection of letters written and illustrated by which author between 1920 and 1943?
  • F Scott Fitzgerald
  • J R R Tolkien
  • Samuel Dashiell Hammett
  • William Faulkner
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90. Name two Laurie Lee books:
  • A Bit of Combat
  • Cider with Rosie
  • I Won’t Remain Here
  • The Eldest
  • Village Christmas
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  1. What carries Gerda to the Snow Queen’s palace in the Hans Christian Andersen story?
    A Reindeer
  2. Letters from Father Christmas is a book in the form of a collection of letters written and illustrated by which author between 1920 and 1943?
    J R R Tolkien
  3. Name two Laurie Lee books:
    Cider with Rosie & Village Christmas
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Our ninth Literature Knight in Shining Pages for this series is…
Littlefeets

Congrats @Littlefeets!
As you’ve already got Dungeon access, who would you like to give your Dungeon access to?

As for everyone else, will you be able to take down our knight this month or will she keep her helmet?

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And this one will also go to @DandelionKate again!

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Questions

91. In which book is blind monastic librarian Jorge de Burgos a murderer?
  • The Da Vinci Code
  • The Name of the Rose
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92. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, What colour are the White Rabbit’s eyes?
  • Blue
  • Grey
  • Purple
  • Red
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93. In Shakespeare’s play, who are King Lear’s three daughters?
  • Cordelia
  • Desdemona
  • Gertrude
  • Goneril
  • Helena
  • Ophelia
  • Portia
  • Regan
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  1. In which book is blind monastic librarian Jorge de Burgos a murderer?
    The Name of the Rose
  2. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, What colour are the White Rabbit’s eyes?
    Red
  3. In Shakespeare’s play, who are King Lear’s three daughters?
    Cordelia, Goneril, & Regan
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94. Which fictional book character has featured as a major character in more films than any other?
  • Dracula
  • Sherlock Holmes
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95. Jim Grant was born in England in 1954, and has published many popular crime thrillers. By which pen name is he better known?
  • John Le Carré
  • Ken Follett
  • Lee Child
  • Michael Connelly
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96. Name two Ray Bradbury books:
  • Anything Evil That Direction Came
  • Dandelion Wine
  • Entire Winter in 24 Hours
  • There Will Come Soft Rains
  • Unlit We Are, and Yellow-Orbed
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  1. Which fictional book character has featured as a major character in more films than any other?
    Sherlock Holmes
  2. Jim Grant was born in England in 1954, and has published many popular crime thrillers. By which pen name is he better known?
    Lee Child
  3. Name two Ray Bradbury books:
    Dandelion Wine & There Will Come Soft Rains
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97. The Diana Chronicles is a book about the former Princess of Wales by which author?
  • Lisa Birnbach
  • Tina Brown
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98. J What name follows The Miseducation of . . . in the title of a lesbian coming-of-age novel by Emily M Danforth?
  • Cameron Post
  • Fingersmith
  • Plain Bad Heroines
  • The Little Stranger
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99. Jamie Oliver was Britain’s biggest selling non-fiction writer of the 2000s. Can you name three of his books?
  • Cooking with Friends
  • Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories
  • Everyday Super Food
  • Feast
  • Humble Pie
  • Playing with Fire
  • The Naked Chef
  • Together: Memorable Meals Made Easy
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100. Which two authors won the Booker Prize in 2019?
  • Anna Burns
  • Bernardine Evaristo
  • Margaret Atwood
  • Paul Beatty
  • Yann Martel
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  1. The Diana Chronicles is a book about the former Princess of Wales by which author?
    Tina Brown
  2. J What name follows The Miseducation of . . . in the title of a lesbian coming-of-age novel by Emily M Danforth?
    Cameron Post
  3. Jamie Oliver was Britain’s biggest selling non-fiction writer of the 2000s. Can you name three of his books?
    Everyday Super Food, The Naked Chef, & Together: Memorable Meals Made Easy
  4. Which two authors won the Booker Prize in 2019?
    Bernardine Evaristo & Margaret Atwood
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Lovely book. Read it in high school.

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Our tenth Literature Knight in Shining Pages for this series is…
Littlefeets

Congrats @Littlefeets!
As you’ve already got Dungeon access, who would you like to give your Dungeon access to?

As for everyone else, will you be able to take down our knight this month or will she keep her helmet?

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Same as before, I’ll give it to @DandelionKate

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Questions

101. David Bowman & Frank Poole are the two astronauts in which sci-fi novel?
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The War of the Worlds
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102. What type of books were written by American novelist Zane Gray?
  • Historical
  • Mysteries
  • Thrillers
  • Westerns
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^^^ Hey @ChampionQuizzers, wanna answer the literature questions?

Also, we have three more too - Cinema & Screen, History, and General Knowledge.

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  1. David Bowman & Frank Poole are the two astronauts in which sci-fi novel?
    2001: A Space Odyssey
  2. What type of books were written by American novelist Zane Gray?
    Westerns
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