Quiz 4:



Identify the authors:

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Round 2: Identify the last lines of these books (5 questions)

1 So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

2 The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

3 Tomorrow, I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.

4 For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate.

5 He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.

Round 3: Trivia (10 questions)

1 Which author’s glasses were recently stolen at a book launch and held for ransom?

2 Donna Tartt has published two novels. Name them both.

3 What nationality was author Jorge Luis Borges?

4 Which two books do castaways automatically receive on Desert island discs?

5 What is the name of the friendly faun in The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe?

6 What did Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis have in common, along with an unfortunate US President?

7 French writer Sully Prudhomme was the first winner of what prize in 1901?

8 What was Charles Dicken’s first published novel?

9 The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker is set during which war?

10 Which British poet spent 30 years working as a librarian in The University of Hull?

Round 4: Science Fiction (10 questions)

1 Which science fiction author first coined the term “Cyberspace”?

2 Which Philip K Dick novel deals with a parallel world in which Germany and Japan won World War II?

3 The Voices of Mars was written by which popular astronomer?

4 In The Day of The Triffids, what causes the majority of the Earth’s population to go blind?

5 Which science fiction novel by Stanislaw Lem has been filmed by both Andrei Tarkovsky and Steven Soderburgh?

6 Which science fiction writer was responsible for 1959’s Starship Troopers?

7 What precious commodity makes the planet Arrakis so valuable?

8 Which Margaret Atwood novel describes a dystopian future in which women are enslaved?

9 In HG Well’s The War of the Worlds, from which planet do the alien invaders originate?

10 The character of Billy Pilgrim was created by which writer?

Round 5: Simon Trivia (10 questions)

1 What was the name of Quint’s boat in Peter Benchley’s novel Jaws?

2 In July 2010, who was announced as the first author to sell more than one million books in Amazon's Kindle electronic bookstore?

3 What is the only play of Shakespeare with 'love' in its title?

4 Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese artist best known as the creator of which celebrated manga (anime) character?

5 In literature, what were Vladimir and Estragon doing?

6 In the Bible, how many people went onto Noah's Ark?

7 What is the name of Caractacus Potts’ 12- cylinder, eight-litre, supercharged Paragon Panther?

8 Which novel opens: “It was 348 years, six months and 19 days ago today that the citizens of Paris were awakened by the pealing of all the bells in the triple precincts of the City, the University and the Town”?

9 Which Children’s author’s first book was Child Whispers?

(there were actually 10 questions in this round but one has gone missing)

Round 6: Detectives and creators, link them together

Carolyn Keene Batman

Micky Spillane Perry Mason

Michael Dibden Father Brown

Dashiell Hammett Easy Rawlins

GK Chesterton Sam Spade

Erle Stanley Gardner Adam Dalgliesh

P. D. James Aurelio Zen

Ian Rankin Nancy Drew

Bob Kane Mike Hammer

Walter Mosley John Rebus

Round 7: Brontes

1 In which Yorkshire village did the Bronte sisters grow up and write the majority of their novels?

2 How old was Emily Bronte when she died?

3 Arrange the three literary Bronte sisters in order of age, from youngest to oldest.

4 Which Indian-born popstar played Heathcliffe in a 1990s musical stage adaptation?

5 What was Anne Bronte’s first novel?

6 In 1966 a prequel to Jane Eyre was written by Jean Rhys. What was its title?

7 Which famous sentence begins chapter 38 of Jane Eyre?

8 Which Charlotte Bronte novel was written before Jane Eyre but only published posthumously?

9 Who is the 14-year-old protagonist of Charlotte Bronte’s Vilette?

10 The Eyre Affair, published in 2001, is a loose retelling of Jane Eyre and marked the debut of detective Thursday Next. Who wrote it?

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