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literature	A speaker who had a huge opinion of himself gave a long and boring speech after dinner. And then made the mistake of turning to Oscar Wilde, and asking him, How would you have delivered that speech? . What was Oscar Wildes reply?	[ "In a dress", "Parcel post", "Under an assumed name", "I wouldnt have" ]	Under an assumed name
literature	Finish this statement made by Oscar Wilde: America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without .............................	[ "shame", "missing a stride", "civilization in between", "looking back" ]	civilization in between
literature	Finish this witty remark made by playwright Oscar Wilde: We are all in the gutter, but some of us ............	[ "make the best of it", "are looking at the stars", "are gutter rats", "claw our way out" ]	are looking at the stars
literature	How does this Oscar Wilde quote end: My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. ................................ ?	[ "I will shred it off the walls if I have to", "One or other of us has got to go", "I have counted every flower twice", "One or the other will win the battle" ]	One or other of us has got to go
literature	Finish this quote by Oscar Wilde: Anyone who lives within their means suffers from ...................................	[ "a lack of friends with money", "a lack of debtors", "a lack of imagination", "a lack of wealthy family members" ]	a lack of imagination
literature	Finish this line from Oscar Wildes play The Importance of Being Earnest: To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both ................................	[ "is fortunate", "is foolish", "looks like abandonment", "looks like carelessness" ]	looks like carelessness
literature	Complete this Oscar Wilde quote: We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course ..........................	[ "language", "class", "the meaning of chips", "they are barbarians" ]	language
literature	Complete this quote by Oscar Wilde: But what is the difference between literature and journalism?........................................	[ "Literature is art and journalism is rubbish. That is all.", "Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.", "Journalism is an account of facts and literature is fiction. That is all.", "Literature is the only thing worth reading. That is all." ]	Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.
literature	Complete this remark made by Irish author Oscar Wilde: There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating ..................	[ "people who owe you money, and people you avoid", "people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.", "people with a thirst for knowledge, and idiots", "people who care, and people who dont give a damn" ]	people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
literature	The protagonist of this Shakespearean tragedy is a Moor in the service of the Republic of Venice.	[ "King Lear", "Macbeth", "Othello", "Hamlet" ]	Othello
literature	This tragedy, often referred to as The Scottish Play, opens with the appearance of three witches amid thunder and lightning.	[ "Anthony and Cleopatra", "The Tempest", "Macbeth", "King Lear" ]	Macbeth
literature	What Shakespeare play opens with a street brawl in Verona between the servants of two feuding noble families?	[ "The Taming of the Shrew", "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Two Noble Kinsmen" ]	Romeo and Juliet
literature	This history play by Shakespeare, focusing on a kings Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent reign of terror, contains the following exchange:	[ " beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. ", "t I know none, and therefore am no beast.", "King John", "Julius Caesar", "Henry V", "Richard III" ]	Richard III
literature	What Shakespearean tragedy, set in Denmark, explores the themes of treachery and revenge?	[ "Hamlet", "Winters Tale", "Romeo and Juliet", "Othello" ]	Hamlet
literature	This comedy by Shakespeare, characterized by a lot of mix-ups and witty dialogue, involves two sets of identical twins.	[ "As You Like It", "Taming of the Shrew", "The Comedy of Errors", "The Merchant of Venice" ]	The Comedy of Errors
literature	One of the major themes of this romantic comedy, incorporating mythological elements, is summed up in Lysanders comment, âThe course of true love never did run smoothâ.	[ "The Tempest", "Twelfth Night", "Much Ado About Nothing", "A Midsummer Nights Dream" ]	A Midsummer Nights Dream
literature	Shakespeares history play Henry V depicts events occurring immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt. During which war was this battle fought?	[ "the Austro-Hungarian War", "the Prussian War", "the Hundred Years War", "the War of the Rough Wooing" ]	the Hundred Years War
literature	This pastoral comedy contains one of Shakespeares most quoted monologues, which opens with the lines, All the worlds a stage,	[ "d all the men and women merely players.", "The Winters Tale", "A Midsummer Nights Dream", "As You Like It", "The Merry Wives of Windsor" ]	As You Like It
literature	What Shakespearean play features a character who possesses magical powers?	[ "Hamlet", "The Tempest", "Othello", "Richard III" ]	The Tempest
literature	In the novel Pride and Prejudice, how many daughters do Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have?	[ "four", "five", "six", "three" ]	five
literature	Who does Lydia run away with in Jane Austins book Pride and Prejudice?	[ "Bingley", "Wickham", "Darcy", "Forster" ]	Wickham
literature	How many marriage proposals does Elizabeth receive in the book Pride and Prejudice?	[ "1", "4", "3", "2" ]	3
literature	Which of these characters from the novel Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennets neighbour and friend?	[ "Mrs. Hurst", "Miss Bingley", "Mrs. Gardner", "Charlotte Lucas" ]	Charlotte Lucas
literature	Which sister has an uncontrollable cough in the beginning of the novel Pride and Prejudice?	[ "Lydia", "Elizabeth", "Mary", "Katherine" ]	Katherine
literature	Which Bennet sister loves to exhibit her talent at parties according to the novel Pride and Prejudice?	[ "Katherine", "Lydia", "Jane", "Mary" ]	Mary
literature	Which of these professions has Mr. Wickham not tried in the book Pride and Prejudice?	[ "Law", "Clergy", "Military", "Groundskeeper" ]	Groundskeeper
literature	In the book Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Wickham has his wife write a letter to Elizabeth asking for money.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
literature	What is the real name of the American author and humorist whose nickname was a common riverboat phrase, meaning the water is two fathoms?	[ "Theodore Geisel", "Eric Blair", "Samuel Clemens", "William Porter" ]	Samuel Clemens
literature	What was the pen name of Eric Blair, the author of the novel Animal Farm, which satirizes totalitarian government and human stupidity?	[ "Lewis Carroll", "George Orwell", "Daniel Defoe", "O. Henry" ]	George Orwell
literature	This Polish-born novelist, whose surname was Korzeniowski, wrote the influential work Heart of Darkness that inspired the movie Apocalypse Now.	[ "George Eliot", "George Orwell", "Ayn Rand", "Joseph Conrad" ]	Joseph Conrad
literature	Which of these is not the pen name of a female author?	[ "George Sand", "Saki", "Carson McCullers", "George Eliot" ]	Saki
literature	What prominent Victorian author began his career writing humorous sketches for The Morning Chronicle, using the pen-name Boz?	[ "D. H. Lawrence", "Charles Dickens", "Thomas Hardy", "Oscar Wilde" ]	Charles Dickens
literature	How were the authors, writing under the pen names Ellis Bell, Acton Bell and Currer Bell, related?	[ "They were sisters.", "It was the same person.", "They were brothers.", "They were not related." ]	They were sisters.
literature	Which of these is both the name of a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two co-writers of detective fiction?	[ "Mary Westmacott", "Jack Higgins", "Ellery Queen", "Rosamund Smith" ]	Ellery Queen
literature	Which of the following is one of the six novels by Agatha Christie, written under the pen name Mary Westmacott?	[ "Murder on the Orient Express", "The Body in the Library", "Absent in the Spring", "Death on the Nile" ]	Absent in the Spring
literature	What is the pen name of the Russian-born American novelist known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged?	[ "Ayn Rand", "Edith Van Dyne", "Pearl S Buck", "Silence Dogood" ]	Ayn Rand
literature	Which of these is a pseudonym used by Theodor Geisel, the iconic American author of over 60 childrens books including Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat?	[ "All of these", "Rosetta Stone", "Theo. LeSieg", "Dr. Seuss" ]	All of these
literature	Finish this popular thought by Mark Twain: Compliments embarass me - I always feel that they...	[ "make me feel old and too revered.", "praise me insincerely.", "havent said enough.", "give me too much credit for things other people have done." ]	havent said enough.
literature	Which is the correct ending of this quotation by Mark Twain: A classic is something everybody wants to have read and...?	[ "everybody easily understands.", "nobody wants to read.", "nobody has ever willingly read.", "everybody should have already read." ]	nobody wants to read.
literature	FInish the popular quote by Mark Twain: ...each place has its advantages - heaven for climate and hell for...	[ "seeing ones enemies.", "punishment.", "pleasure.", "society." ]	society.
literature	What is the correct answer to the following question according to writer an humorist Mark Twain: Whatâs the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector?	[ "The taxidemist only takes your skin.", "The tax collector is an elected official.", "There is no difference. They both skin you.", "The tax collector has no warm blood." ]	The taxidemist only takes your skin.
literature	Finish this humors remark by Mark Twain: The report of my death was...	[ "an exaggeration.", "based on rumor and hearsay.", "a bit premature.", "only wishful thinking." ]	an exaggeration.
literature	What is the correct ending of the following quote by Mark Twain: Always obey your parents - especially when...?	[ "they are in striking distance.", "they are still alive.", "they are present.", "they are younger than you." ]	they are present.
literature	Finish this popular thought by humorist and author Mark Twain:Always do right. This will gratify some people and...	[ "be an example to others.", "get you into heaven.", "shock the world.", "astonish the rest." ]	astonish the rest.
literature	How does this thought by Mark Twain end: Man is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--?	[ "several of them.", "a guilty conscience.", "money.", "and endlessly betrays it." ]	several of them.
literature	What is the correct ending of the following thought by Mark Twain: Everybody talks about the weather, but...?	[ "thats all they do...talk.", "no one understands it.", "the weather doesnt really care.", "no one does anything about it." ]	no one does anything about it.
literature	How does this thought by Mark Twain end: To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and...?	[ "is no trouble.", "saintly.", "practically impossible.", "more rewarding." ]	is no trouble.
literature	Agatha Christie wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
literature	Agatha Christie has been called by the Guinness Book of World Records the 2nd best-selling author of all time.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
literature	Three authors were said to have influenced Agatha Christie. Which of these is not one of them?	[ "Anna Katherine Green", "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow", "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle", "Edgar Allen Poe" ]	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
literature	In 1979, this actress played the part of Agatha Christie in the film Agatha.	[ "Caroline Sullivan", "Vanessa Redgrave", "Lynn Redgrave", "Katherine Hepburn" ]	Vanessa Redgrave
literature	Agatha Christie died in 1985 at the age of 76.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
literature	What was the occupation of Agatha Christies second husband?	[ "naval engineer", "archaeologist", "playwright", "physician" ]	archaeologist
literature	Which detective novel by Agatha Christie introduced Miss Marple to readers?	[ "The Murder at the Vicarage", "Death On The Nile", "Murder on The Orient Express", "And Then There Were None" ]	The Murder at the Vicarage
literature	Agatha Christie met her second husband at a theatre entrance in London, England.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
literature	Agatha Christies birth name was Mary Katherine Francis.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
literature	What romantic period author created the Byronic hero, Heathcliff?	[ "Lord Byron", "Emily Bronte", "Charlotte Bronte", "Victor Hugo" ]	Emily Bronte
literature	Who wrote the play, The Jew of Malta?	[ "Shakespeare", "Marlowe", "Gardner", "Jonson" ]	Marlowe
literature	Name the Faulknerian character from As I Lay Dying who states the following: My mother is a fish.	[ "Darl", "Jewel", "Anse", "Vardaman" ]	Vardaman
literature	Kurt Vonnegut created the character Billy Pilgrim in his novel Breakfast of Champions.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
literature	Which modern author created the character Ari Ben Canaan?	[ "Saul Bellow", "Albert Camus", "Leon Uris", "Chaim Potok" ]	Leon Uris
literature	Which Shakespearean tragic hero had a run in with cannibals?	[ "Othello", "Julius Caesar", "Pericles", "Hamlet" ]	Othello
literature	Which Faulknerian character confuses his mother with a horse?	[ "Cash", "Darl", "Vardaman", "Jewel" ]	Jewel
literature	Which of these is an innocent and ignorant protagonist created by Dostoevsky?	[ "Forrest Gump", "Mischkin", "Boo Radley", "Lenny" ]	Mischkin
literature	Which philosopher-writer created a character who later renames himself to Prometheus?	[ "Nietzche", "Ayn Rand", "Albert Camus", "Voltaire" ]	Ayn Rand
literature	In which of William Shakespeares tragedies does a minor character disappear in Act III with no explanation given?	[ "King Lear", "Macbeth", "Othello", "Hamlet" ]	King Lear
literature	Which author created a series about a teenager who discovers he is a wizard and goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?	[ "J. K. Rowling", "James Patterson", "Jules Verne", "J. R. R. Tolkien" ]	J. K. Rowling
literature	Which of the following movies is a remake of a 1954 Japanese movie?	[ "The Seventh Sign", "Se7en", "The Magnificent Seven", "Seven Sinners" ]	The Magnificent Seven
literature	Which of these is not one of the seven dwarfs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first American animated feature film?	[ "Dopey", "Doc", "Sleazy", "Happy" ]	Sleazy
literature	The author of the autobiographical account Seven Pillars of Wisdom is popularly known by this name.	[ "Lawrence of Arabia", "Robin of Loksley", "J. R. Tolkien", "Dalai Lama" ]	Lawrence of Arabia
literature	The movie The Seven Year Itch contains the iconic scene, in which Marilyn Monroe has her dress blown up by a passing train. What line does she deliver when this happens?	[ "Isnt it too windy?", "Isnt this sweet?", "Isnt it fantastic?", "Isnt it delicious?" ]	Isnt it delicious?
literature	What book in the popular Harry Potter series contains a chapter titled The Seven Potters?	[ "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" ]	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
literature	Jean-Jacques Annauds movie Seven Years in Tibet is based on the experiences of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, who befriends the Tibetan spiritual leader, known as the Dalai Lama. The word lama is generally translated as guro or teacher. What does the word dalai mean in Mongolian?	[ "ocean", "mighty", "wise", "spirit" ]	ocean
literature	This 1990s song, which is supposed to describe apocalyptic events, ends with the line one day all 7 will die.	[ "7", "7 Shades of Black", "Seventh Heaven", "Love Is the Seventh Wave" ]	7
literature	In the crime thriller Se7en, that deals with a series of murders inspired by the seven deadly sins, Joe Doe, the murderer, admits that he, himself, is guilty of this sin.	[ "wrath", "none of these", "envy", "pride" ]	envy
literature	What bands 7th studio album was titled Seventh Son of a Seventh Son?	[ "The Rolling Stones", "Judas Priest", "Iron Maiden", "Led Zeppelin" ]	Iron Maiden
literature	In the Seinfeld episode The Seven, this character revealed that he wanted to name his first child Seven.	[ "George Costanza", "George Steinbrenner", "Jerry Seinfeld", "Cosmo Kramer" ]	George Costanza
literature	Fannie Flag wrote this 1991 Academy Award-nominated movie, starring Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy, which was based on her best selling-novel written 4 years earlier.	[ "Misery", "Scent of a Woman", "Driving Miss Daisy", "Fried Green Tomatoes" ]	Fried Green Tomatoes
literature	Based on a Pulitzer prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham this 2002 movie featured Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore.	[ "Home at the End of the World", "The Others", "The Hours", "Mrs Dalloway" ]	The Hours
literature	This film directed by Taylor Hackford was based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman and featured Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron.	[ "The Devils Advocate", "Sweet November", "Monster", "The Long Walk Home" ]	The Devils Advocate
literature	This 1999 film, based on the novel The Positronic Man, was co-written by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg and starred Robin Williams. It was nominated for Academy award for best make-up.	[ "S1m0ne", "Bicentennial Man", "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence", "I, Robot" ]	Bicentennial Man
literature	This remake of a Dino Risi film from 1974 was based on the Italian novel Il buio e il miele (Darkness and Honey) by Giovanni Arpino, starred Al Pacino and was nominated for four Academy awards, winning one of them.	[ "The Godfather: Part III", "Carlitos Way", "Scent of a Woman", "The Devils Advocate" ]	Scent of a Woman
literature	This 1994 film, nominated for four Academy Awards and directed and produced by Robert Redford was based on Richard Goodwins book Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties.	[ "Promised Land", "Quiz Show", "Ordinary People", "Accelerating America" ]	Quiz Show
literature	The biography of Nobel prize winning economist and mathematician John Nash, written by Sylvia Nasar, inspired this 2001 movie directed by Ron Howard, which was nominated for 8 Academy awards and won four of them.	[ "Higher Learning", "Beautiful Mind", "The Missing", "Cinderella Man" ]	Beautiful Mind
literature	This 1990 film featuring Harrison Ford and Brian Dennehy was an adaptation of the Scott Turows novel of the same name about of a prosecutor charged with the murder of his female colleague.	[ "Presumed Innocent", "The Burden of Proof", "The Pelican Brief", "The Fugitive" ]	Presumed Innocent
literature	Based on a 1983 book by Dick King-Smith, this 1995 Australian film directed by Chris Noonan was nominated for seven Academy Awards.	[ "Shine", "Sophie", "Crocodile Dundee", "Babe" ]	Babe
literature	This 1997 science fiction movie directed by Robert Zemeckis was adapted from Carl Sagans novel of the same title.	[ "Cosmos", "Back to the Future", "Contact", "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" ]	Contact
literature	This authors Pulitzer Prize-winning novel American Pastoral and his 1969 bestseller Portnoys Complaint were both included in Time magazines 100 Best Novels list.	[ "Philip Roth", "Jack Kerouac", "John Fowles", "Joseph Heller" ]	Philip Roth
literature	This novel by Theodore Dreiser, included in Time magazines 100 Best Novels list, tells the story of a young man, Clyde Griffiths and deals with subjects such as religion, abortion and capital punishment.	[ "The Stoic", "An American Tragedy", "Death Comes for the Archbishop", "Midnights Children" ]	An American Tragedy
literature	This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set in the fictional tired old town of Maycomb, Alabama, is narrated by six-year-old Scout Finch.	[ "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "To the Lighthouse", "The Sound and the Fury" ]	To Kill a Mockingbird
literature	This British authors novels Brideshead Revisited and A Handful of Dust both appeared on the list of Time magazines list of 100 Greatest Novels.	[ "Ian McEwan", "Evelyn Waugh", "Martin Amis", "Salman Rushdie" ]	Evelyn Waugh
literature	What allegorical novel, included on Time magazines 100 Greatest Novels list, follows a group of young boys marooned on a desert tropical island?	[ "Native Son", "The Lord of the Rings", "American Pastoral", "Lord of the Flies" ]	Lord of the Flies
literature	This novel by Jack Kerouac, regarded as the defining work of the Beat Generation, is based on the spontaneous trips made by the author and his friends.	[ "Naked Lunch", "A Passage to India", "On the Road", "Midnights Children" ]	On the Road
literature	Midnights Children, one of the books on Time magazines list of 100 Greatest Novels, was written by this author, who was sentenced to death following the publication of one of his literary works.	[ "J.D. Salinger", "Kazuo Ishiguro", "Salman Rushdie", "Zadie Smith" ]	Salman Rushdie
literature	Which of the following acknowledged literary works was left out of the list of 100 Best English-language Novels, published in Time magazine in 2006?	[ "War and Peace", "Moby Dick", "all of these", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" ]	all of these
literature	What novel on Time magazines Best Novels list follows Holden Caulfield, a character that has come to be associated with teenage angst and rebellion?	[ "The Moviegoer", "The Blind Assassin", "A Clockwork Orange", "The Catcher in the Rye" ]	The Catcher in the Rye
literature	What fantasy novel, focusing on the adventures of the Pevensie siblings and set approximately in 1940, appeared on Time magazines 100 Best English-language Novels?	[ "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", "The Painted Bird", "The Lord of the Rings", "The Chronicles of Prydain" ]	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
literature	What 18th century English writer depicted Man Friday, whose name has become an expression used to describe a loyal male personal assistant?	[ "Daniel Defoe", "Robert Louis Stephenson", "Johnathan Swift", "Sir Walter Scott" ]	Daniel Defoe
literature	A neurological condition, characterised by altered perceptions of body image and visual illusions, was named after this character from childrens literature.	[ "Pinocchio", "Peter Pan", "Alice in Wonderland", "Peter Rabbit" ]	Alice in Wonderland
literature	This economic term, derived from the name of a folklore hero, refers to income redistribution.	[ "Robin Hood effect", "King Arthur effect", "Sir Galahad effect", "Sir Lancelot effect" ]	Robin Hood effect

literature

A speaker who had a huge opinion of himself gave a long and boring speech after dinner. And then made the mistake of turning to Oscar Wilde, and asking him, How would you have delivered that speech? . What was Oscar Wildes reply?

[ "In a dress", "Parcel post", "Under an assumed name", "I wouldnt have" ]

Under an assumed name

literature

Finish this statement made by Oscar Wilde: America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without .............................

[ "shame", "missing a stride", "civilization in between", "looking back" ]

civilization in between

literature

Finish this witty remark made by playwright Oscar Wilde: We are all in the gutter, but some of us ............

[ "make the best of it", "are looking at the stars", "are gutter rats", "claw our way out" ]

are looking at the stars

literature

How does this Oscar Wilde quote end: My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. ................................ ?

[ "I will shred it off the walls if I have to", "One or other of us has got to go", "I have counted every flower twice", "One or the other will win the battle" ]

One or other of us has got to go

literature

Finish this quote by Oscar Wilde: Anyone who lives within their means suffers from ...................................

[ "a lack of friends with money", "a lack of debtors", "a lack of imagination", "a lack of wealthy family members" ]

a lack of imagination

literature

Finish this line from Oscar Wildes play The Importance of Being Earnest: To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both ................................

[ "is fortunate", "is foolish", "looks like abandonment", "looks like carelessness" ]

looks like carelessness

literature

Complete this Oscar Wilde quote: We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course ..........................

[ "language", "class", "the meaning of chips", "they are barbarians" ]

language

literature

Complete this quote by Oscar Wilde: But what is the difference between literature and journalism?........................................

[ "Literature is art and journalism is rubbish. That is all.", "Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.", "Journalism is an account of facts and literature is fiction. That is all.", "Literature is the only thing worth reading. That is all." ]

Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.

literature

Complete this remark made by Irish author Oscar Wilde: There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating ..................

[ "people who owe you money, and people you avoid", "people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.", "people with a thirst for knowledge, and idiots", "people who care, and people who dont give a damn" ]

people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

literature

The protagonist of this Shakespearean tragedy is a Moor in the service of the Republic of Venice.

[ "King Lear", "Macbeth", "Othello", "Hamlet" ]

Othello

literature

This tragedy, often referred to as The Scottish Play, opens with the appearance of three witches amid thunder and lightning.

[ "Anthony and Cleopatra", "The Tempest", "Macbeth", "King Lear" ]

Macbeth

literature

What Shakespeare play opens with a street brawl in Verona between the servants of two feuding noble families?

[ "The Taming of the Shrew", "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Two Noble Kinsmen" ]

Romeo and Juliet

literature

This history play by Shakespeare, focusing on a kings Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent reign of terror, contains the following exchange:

[ " beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. ", "t I know none, and therefore am no beast.", "King John", "Julius Caesar", "Henry V", "Richard III" ]

Richard III

literature

What Shakespearean tragedy, set in Denmark, explores the themes of treachery and revenge?

[ "Hamlet", "Winters Tale", "Romeo and Juliet", "Othello" ]

Hamlet

literature

This comedy by Shakespeare, characterized by a lot of mix-ups and witty dialogue, involves two sets of identical twins.

[ "As You Like It", "Taming of the Shrew", "The Comedy of Errors", "The Merchant of Venice" ]

The Comedy of Errors

literature

One of the major themes of this romantic comedy, incorporating mythological elements, is summed up in Lysanders comment, âThe course of true love never did run smoothâ.

[ "The Tempest", "Twelfth Night", "Much Ado About Nothing", "A Midsummer Nights Dream" ]

A Midsummer Nights Dream

literature

Shakespeares history play Henry V depicts events occurring immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt. During which war was this battle fought?

[ "the Austro-Hungarian War", "the Prussian War", "the Hundred Years War", "the War of the Rough Wooing" ]

the Hundred Years War

literature

This pastoral comedy contains one of Shakespeares most quoted monologues, which opens with the lines, All the worlds a stage,

[ "d all the men and women merely players.", "The Winters Tale", "A Midsummer Nights Dream", "As You Like It", "The Merry Wives of Windsor" ]

As You Like It

literature

What Shakespearean play features a character who possesses magical powers?

[ "Hamlet", "The Tempest", "Othello", "Richard III" ]

The Tempest

literature

In the novel Pride and Prejudice, how many daughters do Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have?

[ "four", "five", "six", "three" ]

five

literature

Who does Lydia run away with in Jane Austins book Pride and Prejudice?

[ "Bingley", "Wickham", "Darcy", "Forster" ]

Wickham

literature

How many marriage proposals does Elizabeth receive in the book Pride and Prejudice?

[ "1", "4", "3", "2" ]

3

literature

Which of these characters from the novel Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennets neighbour and friend?

[ "Mrs. Hurst", "Miss Bingley", "Mrs. Gardner", "Charlotte Lucas" ]

Charlotte Lucas

literature

Which sister has an uncontrollable cough in the beginning of the novel Pride and Prejudice?

[ "Lydia", "Elizabeth", "Mary", "Katherine" ]

Katherine

literature

Which Bennet sister loves to exhibit her talent at parties according to the novel Pride and Prejudice?

[ "Katherine", "Lydia", "Jane", "Mary" ]

Mary

literature

Which of these professions has Mr. Wickham not tried in the book Pride and Prejudice?

[ "Law", "Clergy", "Military", "Groundskeeper" ]

Groundskeeper

literature

In the book Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Wickham has his wife write a letter to Elizabeth asking for money.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

literature

What is the real name of the American author and humorist whose nickname was a common riverboat phrase, meaning the water is two fathoms?

[ "Theodore Geisel", "Eric Blair", "Samuel Clemens", "William Porter" ]

Samuel Clemens

literature

What was the pen name of Eric Blair, the author of the novel Animal Farm, which satirizes totalitarian government and human stupidity?

[ "Lewis Carroll", "George Orwell", "Daniel Defoe", "O. Henry" ]

George Orwell

literature

This Polish-born novelist, whose surname was Korzeniowski, wrote the influential work Heart of Darkness that inspired the movie Apocalypse Now.

[ "George Eliot", "George Orwell", "Ayn Rand", "Joseph Conrad" ]

Joseph Conrad

literature

Which of these is not the pen name of a female author?

[ "George Sand", "Saki", "Carson McCullers", "George Eliot" ]

Saki

literature

What prominent Victorian author began his career writing humorous sketches for The Morning Chronicle, using the pen-name Boz?

[ "D. H. Lawrence", "Charles Dickens", "Thomas Hardy", "Oscar Wilde" ]

Charles Dickens

literature

How were the authors, writing under the pen names Ellis Bell, Acton Bell and Currer Bell, related?

[ "They were sisters.", "It was the same person.", "They were brothers.", "They were not related." ]

They were sisters.

literature

Which of these is both the name of a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two co-writers of detective fiction?

[ "Mary Westmacott", "Jack Higgins", "Ellery Queen", "Rosamund Smith" ]

Ellery Queen

literature

Which of the following is one of the six novels by Agatha Christie, written under the pen name Mary Westmacott?

[ "Murder on the Orient Express", "The Body in the Library", "Absent in the Spring", "Death on the Nile" ]

Absent in the Spring

literature

What is the pen name of the Russian-born American novelist known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged?

[ "Ayn Rand", "Edith Van Dyne", "Pearl S Buck", "Silence Dogood" ]

Ayn Rand

literature

Which of these is a pseudonym used by Theodor Geisel, the iconic American author of over 60 childrens books including Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat?

[ "All of these", "Rosetta Stone", "Theo. LeSieg", "Dr. Seuss" ]

All of these

literature

Finish this popular thought by Mark Twain: Compliments embarass me - I always feel that they...

[ "make me feel old and too revered.", "praise me insincerely.", "havent said enough.", "give me too much credit for things other people have done." ]

havent said enough.

literature

Which is the correct ending of this quotation by Mark Twain: A classic is something everybody wants to have read and...?

[ "everybody easily understands.", "nobody wants to read.", "nobody has ever willingly read.", "everybody should have already read." ]

nobody wants to read.

literature

FInish the popular quote by Mark Twain: ...each place has its advantages - heaven for climate and hell for...

[ "seeing ones enemies.", "punishment.", "pleasure.", "society." ]

society.

literature

What is the correct answer to the following question according to writer an humorist Mark Twain: Whatâs the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector?

[ "The taxidemist only takes your skin.", "The tax collector is an elected official.", "There is no difference. They both skin you.", "The tax collector has no warm blood." ]

The taxidemist only takes your skin.

literature

Finish this humors remark by Mark Twain: The report of my death was...

[ "an exaggeration.", "based on rumor and hearsay.", "a bit premature.", "only wishful thinking." ]

an exaggeration.

literature

What is the correct ending of the following quote by Mark Twain: Always obey your parents - especially when...?

[ "they are in striking distance.", "they are still alive.", "they are present.", "they are younger than you." ]

they are present.

literature

Finish this popular thought by humorist and author Mark Twain:Always do right. This will gratify some people and...

[ "be an example to others.", "get you into heaven.", "shock the world.", "astonish the rest." ]

astonish the rest.

literature

How does this thought by Mark Twain end: Man is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--?

[ "several of them.", "a guilty conscience.", "money.", "and endlessly betrays it." ]

several of them.

literature

What is the correct ending of the following thought by Mark Twain: Everybody talks about the weather, but...?

[ "thats all they do...talk.", "no one understands it.", "the weather doesnt really care.", "no one does anything about it." ]

no one does anything about it.

literature

How does this thought by Mark Twain end: To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and...?

[ "is no trouble.", "saintly.", "practically impossible.", "more rewarding." ]

is no trouble.

literature

Agatha Christie wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

literature

Agatha Christie has been called by the Guinness Book of World Records the 2nd best-selling author of all time.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

literature

Three authors were said to have influenced Agatha Christie. Which of these is not one of them?

[ "Anna Katherine Green", "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow", "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle", "Edgar Allen Poe" ]

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

literature

In 1979, this actress played the part of Agatha Christie in the film Agatha.

[ "Caroline Sullivan", "Vanessa Redgrave", "Lynn Redgrave", "Katherine Hepburn" ]

Vanessa Redgrave

literature

Agatha Christie died in 1985 at the age of 76.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

literature

What was the occupation of Agatha Christies second husband?

[ "naval engineer", "archaeologist", "playwright", "physician" ]

archaeologist

literature

Which detective novel by Agatha Christie introduced Miss Marple to readers?

[ "The Murder at the Vicarage", "Death On The Nile", "Murder on The Orient Express", "And Then There Were None" ]

The Murder at the Vicarage

literature

Agatha Christie met her second husband at a theatre entrance in London, England.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

literature

Agatha Christies birth name was Mary Katherine Francis.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

literature

What romantic period author created the Byronic hero, Heathcliff?

[ "Lord Byron", "Emily Bronte", "Charlotte Bronte", "Victor Hugo" ]

Emily Bronte

literature

Who wrote the play, The Jew of Malta?

[ "Shakespeare", "Marlowe", "Gardner", "Jonson" ]

Marlowe

literature

Name the Faulknerian character from As I Lay Dying who states the following: My mother is a fish.

[ "Darl", "Jewel", "Anse", "Vardaman" ]

Vardaman

literature

Kurt Vonnegut created the character Billy Pilgrim in his novel Breakfast of Champions.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

literature

Which modern author created the character Ari Ben Canaan?

[ "Saul Bellow", "Albert Camus", "Leon Uris", "Chaim Potok" ]

Leon Uris

literature

Which Shakespearean tragic hero had a run in with cannibals?

[ "Othello", "Julius Caesar", "Pericles", "Hamlet" ]

Othello

literature

Which Faulknerian character confuses his mother with a horse?

[ "Cash", "Darl", "Vardaman", "Jewel" ]

Jewel

literature

Which of these is an innocent and ignorant protagonist created by Dostoevsky?

[ "Forrest Gump", "Mischkin", "Boo Radley", "Lenny" ]

Mischkin

literature

Which philosopher-writer created a character who later renames himself to Prometheus?

[ "Nietzche", "Ayn Rand", "Albert Camus", "Voltaire" ]

Ayn Rand

literature

In which of William Shakespeares tragedies does a minor character disappear in Act III with no explanation given?

[ "King Lear", "Macbeth", "Othello", "Hamlet" ]

King Lear

literature

Which author created a series about a teenager who discovers he is a wizard and goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

[ "J. K. Rowling", "James Patterson", "Jules Verne", "J. R. R. Tolkien" ]

J. K. Rowling

literature

Which of the following movies is a remake of a 1954 Japanese movie?

[ "The Seventh Sign", "Se7en", "The Magnificent Seven", "Seven Sinners" ]

The Magnificent Seven

literature

Which of these is not one of the seven dwarfs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first American animated feature film?

[ "Dopey", "Doc", "Sleazy", "Happy" ]

Sleazy

literature

The author of the autobiographical account Seven Pillars of Wisdom is popularly known by this name.

[ "Lawrence of Arabia", "Robin of Loksley", "J. R. Tolkien", "Dalai Lama" ]

Lawrence of Arabia

literature

The movie The Seven Year Itch contains the iconic scene, in which Marilyn Monroe has her dress blown up by a passing train. What line does she deliver when this happens?

[ "Isnt it too windy?", "Isnt this sweet?", "Isnt it fantastic?", "Isnt it delicious?" ]

Isnt it delicious?

literature

What book in the popular Harry Potter series contains a chapter titled The Seven Potters?

[ "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" ]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

literature

Jean-Jacques Annauds movie Seven Years in Tibet is based on the experiences of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, who befriends the Tibetan spiritual leader, known as the Dalai Lama. The word lama is generally translated as guro or teacher. What does the word dalai mean in Mongolian?

[ "ocean", "mighty", "wise", "spirit" ]

ocean

literature

This 1990s song, which is supposed to describe apocalyptic events, ends with the line one day all 7 will die.

[ "7", "7 Shades of Black", "Seventh Heaven", "Love Is the Seventh Wave" ]

7

literature

In the crime thriller Se7en, that deals with a series of murders inspired by the seven deadly sins, Joe Doe, the murderer, admits that he, himself, is guilty of this sin.

[ "wrath", "none of these", "envy", "pride" ]

envy

literature

What bands 7th studio album was titled Seventh Son of a Seventh Son?

[ "The Rolling Stones", "Judas Priest", "Iron Maiden", "Led Zeppelin" ]

Iron Maiden

literature

In the Seinfeld episode The Seven, this character revealed that he wanted to name his first child Seven.

[ "George Costanza", "George Steinbrenner", "Jerry Seinfeld", "Cosmo Kramer" ]

George Costanza

literature

Fannie Flag wrote this 1991 Academy Award-nominated movie, starring Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy, which was based on her best selling-novel written 4 years earlier.

[ "Misery", "Scent of a Woman", "Driving Miss Daisy", "Fried Green Tomatoes" ]

Fried Green Tomatoes

literature

Based on a Pulitzer prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham this 2002 movie featured Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore.

[ "Home at the End of the World", "The Others", "The Hours", "Mrs Dalloway" ]

The Hours

literature

This film directed by Taylor Hackford was based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman and featured Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron.

[ "The Devils Advocate", "Sweet November", "Monster", "The Long Walk Home" ]

The Devils Advocate

literature

This 1999 film, based on the novel The Positronic Man, was co-written by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg and starred Robin Williams. It was nominated for Academy award for best make-up.

[ "S1m0ne", "Bicentennial Man", "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence", "I, Robot" ]

Bicentennial Man

literature

This remake of a Dino Risi film from 1974 was based on the Italian novel Il buio e il miele (Darkness and Honey) by Giovanni Arpino, starred Al Pacino and was nominated for four Academy awards, winning one of them.

[ "The Godfather: Part III", "Carlitos Way", "Scent of a Woman", "The Devils Advocate" ]

Scent of a Woman

literature

This 1994 film, nominated for four Academy Awards and directed and produced by Robert Redford was based on Richard Goodwins book Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties.

[ "Promised Land", "Quiz Show", "Ordinary People", "Accelerating America" ]

Quiz Show

literature

The biography of Nobel prize winning economist and mathematician John Nash, written by Sylvia Nasar, inspired this 2001 movie directed by Ron Howard, which was nominated for 8 Academy awards and won four of them.

[ "Higher Learning", "Beautiful Mind", "The Missing", "Cinderella Man" ]

Beautiful Mind

literature

This 1990 film featuring Harrison Ford and Brian Dennehy was an adaptation of the Scott Turows novel of the same name about of a prosecutor charged with the murder of his female colleague.

[ "Presumed Innocent", "The Burden of Proof", "The Pelican Brief", "The Fugitive" ]

Presumed Innocent

literature

Based on a 1983 book by Dick King-Smith, this 1995 Australian film directed by Chris Noonan was nominated for seven Academy Awards.

[ "Shine", "Sophie", "Crocodile Dundee", "Babe" ]

Babe

literature

This 1997 science fiction movie directed by Robert Zemeckis was adapted from Carl Sagans novel of the same title.

[ "Cosmos", "Back to the Future", "Contact", "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" ]

Contact

literature

This authors Pulitzer Prize-winning novel American Pastoral and his 1969 bestseller Portnoys Complaint were both included in Time magazines 100 Best Novels list.

[ "Philip Roth", "Jack Kerouac", "John Fowles", "Joseph Heller" ]

Philip Roth

literature

This novel by Theodore Dreiser, included in Time magazines 100 Best Novels list, tells the story of a young man, Clyde Griffiths and deals with subjects such as religion, abortion and capital punishment.

[ "The Stoic", "An American Tragedy", "Death Comes for the Archbishop", "Midnights Children" ]

An American Tragedy

literature

This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set in the fictional tired old town of Maycomb, Alabama, is narrated by six-year-old Scout Finch.

[ "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "To the Lighthouse", "The Sound and the Fury" ]

To Kill a Mockingbird

literature

This British authors novels Brideshead Revisited and A Handful of Dust both appeared on the list of Time magazines list of 100 Greatest Novels.

[ "Ian McEwan", "Evelyn Waugh", "Martin Amis", "Salman Rushdie" ]

Evelyn Waugh

literature

What allegorical novel, included on Time magazines 100 Greatest Novels list, follows a group of young boys marooned on a desert tropical island?

[ "Native Son", "The Lord of the Rings", "American Pastoral", "Lord of the Flies" ]

Lord of the Flies

literature

This novel by Jack Kerouac, regarded as the defining work of the Beat Generation, is based on the spontaneous trips made by the author and his friends.

[ "Naked Lunch", "A Passage to India", "On the Road", "Midnights Children" ]

On the Road

literature

Midnights Children, one of the books on Time magazines list of 100 Greatest Novels, was written by this author, who was sentenced to death following the publication of one of his literary works.

[ "J.D. Salinger", "Kazuo Ishiguro", "Salman Rushdie", "Zadie Smith" ]

Salman Rushdie

literature

Which of the following acknowledged literary works was left out of the list of 100 Best English-language Novels, published in Time magazine in 2006?

[ "War and Peace", "Moby Dick", "all of these", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" ]

all of these

literature

What novel on Time magazines Best Novels list follows Holden Caulfield, a character that has come to be associated with teenage angst and rebellion?

[ "The Moviegoer", "The Blind Assassin", "A Clockwork Orange", "The Catcher in the Rye" ]

The Catcher in the Rye

literature

What fantasy novel, focusing on the adventures of the Pevensie siblings and set approximately in 1940, appeared on Time magazines 100 Best English-language Novels?

[ "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", "The Painted Bird", "The Lord of the Rings", "The Chronicles of Prydain" ]

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

literature

What 18th century English writer depicted Man Friday, whose name has become an expression used to describe a loyal male personal assistant?

[ "Daniel Defoe", "Robert Louis Stephenson", "Johnathan Swift", "Sir Walter Scott" ]

Daniel Defoe

literature

A neurological condition, characterised by altered perceptions of body image and visual illusions, was named after this character from childrens literature.

[ "Pinocchio", "Peter Pan", "Alice in Wonderland", "Peter Rabbit" ]

Alice in Wonderland

literature

This economic term, derived from the name of a folklore hero, refers to income redistribution.

[ "Robin Hood effect", "King Arthur effect", "Sir Galahad effect", "Sir Lancelot effect" ]

Robin Hood effect