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literature	Which of these eponyms, derived from Jonathan Swifts novel Gullivers Travels, means a crude person, lacking in intelligence?	[ "lilliputian", "struldbrug", "brobdingnagian", "yahoo" ]	yahoo
literature	Which of these eponyms, derived from the name of a character created by Charles Dickens, is not correctly matched with its definition?	[ "Scrooge - a stingy, miserly person", "Pickwickian - haughty, conceited", "Gradgrind - a person interested only in cold facts", "Fagin - an adult who instructs children in crime" ]	Pickwickian - haughty, conceited
literature	What Nobel Prize-winning author depicted fictional character George F. Babbitt, whose surname has become synonymous with a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to dominant middle-class standards?	[ "William Faulkner", "SAUL BELLOW", "John Steinbeck", "Sinclair Lewis" ]	Sinclair Lewis
literature	This authors best-selling novel brought the term Pollyana into the English language to describe an illogically and blindly optimistic person.	[ "Harper Lee", "Louisa May Alcott", "Laura Ingalls Wilder", "Eleanor H. Porter" ]	Eleanor H. Porter
literature	The adjective Falstaffian, meaning jovial and with zest for life, is derived from the name of the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, who is featured in this Shakespearean comedy.	[ "The Taming of the Shrew", "The Merchant of Venice", "The Merry Wives of Windsor", "The Comedy of Errors" ]	The Merry Wives of Windsor
literature	What is the definition of the term dogberrysm, which is derived from Shakespeares play Much Ado About Nothing?	[ "a seemingly small but actually crucial weakness", "trickery or deception", "striving for power at the price of spiritual values", "the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one of similar sound, usually creating a comic effect" ]	the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one of similar sound, usually creating a comic effect
literature	Tartuffe, whose name has come to mean a hypocrite, especially one who affects religious piety, is the protagonist of a comedy by this playwright.	[ "EugÃ¨ne Ionesco", "MoliÃ¨re", "Samuel Beckett", "Cyrano de Bergerac" ]	MoliÃ¨re
literature	Earnest Hemingway was born in 1899 in a Chicago suburb, and later attended this high school.	[ "Fenwick High School", "Oak Park and River Forest High School", "Carl Rogers High School", "Cook County High School" ]	Oak Park and River Forest High School
literature	At the age of seventeen Ernest Hemingway began working as a reporter for The Kansas City Star, where he remained for how long?	[ "one year", "six months", "tree years", "one month" ]	six months
literature	On what date was Ernest Hemingway wounded, while performing his duties as a WW I ambulance driver?	[ "July 9, 1918", "July 8, 1918", "May 6, 1916", "June 8, 1916" ]	July 8, 1918
literature	In 1920 Ernest Hemingway accepted a job at this Canadian newspaper, where he met Morley Callaghan.	[ "The Ottawa Sun", "The Calgary Sun", "The Quebec Star", "The Toronto Star" ]	The Toronto Star
literature	In Our Time was first published in 1925 and marked Hemingways American debut. Which of the following short story titles is not part of this collection?	[ "Indian Camp", "The Battler", "The Killers", "Out of Season" ]	The Killers
literature	In his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway tells the story of Robert Jordan, a U.S. guerrilla warrior serving in the Spanish Civil War. who is given the assignment to blow up a bridge near what Spanish city?	[ "Segovia", "Valencia", "Madrid", "Barcelona" ]	Segovia
literature	What Ernest Hemingway novel was published in 1950, following For Whom the Bell Tolls?	[ "Across the River and Into the Trees", "The Sea When Young", "The Garden of Eden", "The Old Mean and the Sea" ]	Across the River and Into the Trees
literature	The Old Man and the Sea brought Ernest Hemingway enormous success and earned him the Noble Prize in Literature in what year?	[ "1953", "1960", "1954", "1952" ]	1954
literature	This Ernest Hemingway book, published posthumously, tells the story of a bullfighter named Antonio Ordonez.	[ "Under Kilimanjaro", "A Movable Feast", "The Dangerous Summer", "Islands in the Stream" ]	The Dangerous Summer
literature	Ernest Hemingway belonged to this group of expatriate American writers, who lived in Paris from the end of World War I till the beginning of the Great Depression.	[ "The Lost Generation", "The G.I. Generation", "The Greatest Generation", "The Missionary Generation" ]	The Lost Generation
literature	The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, written by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez, was first published in Spanish. What nationality is MÃ¡rquez?	[ "Mexican", "Colombian", "Chilean", "Brazilian" ]	Colombian
literature	What dystopian novel is set in Oceania, an intercontinental super-state ruled by an enigmatic dictator?	[ "Nine Tomorrows", "Fahrenheit 451", "Nineteen Eighty-Four", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" ]	Nineteen Eighty-Four
literature	Name the author of the 19th century novels A Captain at Fifteen, Around the World in 80 Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.	[ "Jules Verne", "Arthur C. Clarke", "Ray Bradbury", "Isaac Asimov" ]	Jules Verne
literature	Which of the following novels by Agatha Christie features Belgian detective Hercule Poirot?	[ "Five Little Pigs", "Murder in Three Acts", "All of these", "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" ]	All of these
literature	This post-World War II satirist wrote a popular anti-war novel, whose title has become a commonly used idiomatic phrase, referring to a a no-win situation or a double bind.	[ "Kurt Vonnegut", "Ray Bradbury", "George Orwell", "Joseph Heller" ]	Joseph Heller
literature	Which one of the main characters, depicted by Alexandre Dumas in The Three Musketeers, has a mysterious past connecting him with Milady de Winter, the female antagonist of the novel?	[ "dArtagnan", "Athos", "Portos", "Aramis" ]	Athos
literature	The title of Ken Keseys novel One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is derived from which of the following?	[ "a country ballad", "a nursery rhyme", "a Shakespearean play", "a short story by a friend of Keseys" ]	a nursery rhyme
literature	What post-modern novel, following the experiences of Billy Pilgrim, contains the prayer, God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the differenceâ?	[ "Slaughterhouse-Five", "Fahrenheit 451", "Catch-22", "Nineteen Nineteen" ]	Slaughterhouse-Five
literature	What is the name of the fictional submarine, commanded by Captain Nemo, in the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?	[ "Gotengo", "Thundersub", "Nautilus", "Subatilus" ]	Nautilus
literature	What does the number 451 in the title of Ray Bradburys novel Fahrenheit 451 refer to?	[ "the temperature at which forests will burn", "the temperature required to melt glass", "None of these", "the temperature at which books burn" ]	the temperature at which books burn
literature	This novel by Nevil Shute is set in the future after WWIII. Due to the nuclear fallout, only land in the southern hemisphere is inhabitable.	[ "The Rainbow and the Rose", "On the Beach", "Ruined City", "The Shadowlands" ]	On the Beach
literature	In 1946 this author received the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany to a Christian missionary family that worked in India. He is best known for his novel Steppenwolf.	[ "Theodor Mommsen", "Heinrich BÃ¶ll", "Hermann Hesse", "John Kay" ]	Hermann Hesse
literature	Author Gabriel GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez stresses in this 1985 novel that love-sickness is a literal disease causing pain and other physical symptoms.	[ "Love in the Time of Cholera", "Of Love and Other Demons", "Walking with Liberty", "One Hundred Years of Solitude" ]	Love in the Time of Cholera
literature	Originally written in French, this 1949 Samuel Beckett play is about Vladimir and Estragon who expect a man, they barely know, to arrive.	[ "Imaginary Friends", "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", "Endgame", "Waiting for Godot" ]	Waiting for Godot
literature	Published in 1963, The Bell Jar is this poets only novel. It was published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.	[ "Esther Greenwood", "Sylvia Plath", "Assia Wevill", "W. D. Snodgrass" ]	Sylvia Plath
literature	In Nathanial Hawthornes The House of the Seven Gables, the destitute Hepzibah Pyncheon lives in the house and supports her brother, Clifford, who has just been released from jail. Why was he in jail?	[ "Murder", "Burglary", "Kidnapping", "Adultary" ]	Murder
literature	This 1857 collection of poems by Charles Baudelaire caused him to be convicted in France of offending the morals of the time, resulting in fines and the banning of 6 of the poems.	[ "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater", "The Flowers of Evil", "To the Reader", "Artificial Paradises" ]	The Flowers of Evil
literature	Who wrote the poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came that inspired Stephen King to write the first novel in The Drak Tower series?	[ "Robert Browning", "William Shakespeare", "Bram Stoker", "WB Yeats" ]	Robert Browning
literature	Stephen Kings novel The Gunslinger was written in five parts and published individually in which of the following?	[ "Weird Tales", "Playboy", "Realms of Fantasy", "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" ]	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
literature	How long did it take Stephen King to complete the novel The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger?	[ "5 years", "12 years", "3 years", "10 years" ]	12 years
literature	How does the book The Gunslinger by Stephen King begin?	[ "The Tower was the first thing Roland thought of when he woke and the last he thought of before sleep.", "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.", "The gunslinger sighted, cocked the pistol and prepared to kill the man in black.", "Roland looked up, the man in black was silhouetted against the sun." ]	The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
literature	In a saloon, the gunslinger from Stephen Kings self-titled novel hears a crowd singing what tune that is well known in our world?	[ "Rock Around the Clock", "Oh My Darlin Clementine", "Gimme Shelter", "Hey Jude" ]	Hey Jude
literature	In the Novel The Gunslinger, the gunslinger meets a boy called Jake. What is Jakes actual name?	[ "Jack Mort", "John Chambers", "Jake Delgado", "Juan Derer" ]	John Chambers
literature	What are Jakes final words to Roland in the novel The Gunslinger?	[ "How come I cant have a gun?", "Well met, Sir", "I have forgotten the face of my father", "Go then, there are other worlds than these." ]	Go then, there are other worlds than these.
literature	In the book The Gunslinger, a gas-pump is found in a tunnel under a mountain and is worshipped as a god. What is the gods name?	[ "Amoco", "Texaco", "Opec", "Elf" ]	Amoco
literature	Where does Roland first meet Jake in the novel The Gunslinger?	[ "An abandoned diner", "An abandoned hospital", "An abandoned way station", "An abandoned railway station" ]	An abandoned way station
literature	When Stephen King began to write The Gunslinger, he typed it on bright green paper.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
literature	What was Mark Twains birth name?	[ "Booth Tarkington", "Samuel Rogers Clinton", "George F. Scott Harrison", "Samuel L. Clemens" ]	Samuel L. Clemens
literature	Where was Mark Twain born and where did he die?	[ "Connecticut and Missouri", "Missouri and Connecticut", "Missouri and Mississippi", "Mississippi and Connecticut" ]	Missouri and Connecticut
literature	What was the name of Mark Twains wife?	[ "Amelia", "Josephine", "Olivia", "Amy" ]	Olivia
literature	At the height of his popularity, Mark Twain built one of the oddest and most elaborate homes at that time. In which eastern city was ythe nineteen-room mansion built?	[ "Hartford, Connecticut", "Elmira, New York", "Boston, Massachusetts", "Newport, Rhode Island" ]	Hartford, Connecticut
literature	It is generally accepted that the Mark Twain House was designed to resemble which of these?	[ "a tower", "a medieval castle", "a Gothic cathedral", "a Mississippi riverboat" ]	a Mississippi riverboat
literature	How many children did Mark Twain and his wife have?	[ "3 daughters and one son", "4 sons", "2 sons and 2 daughters", "5 daughters" ]	3 daughters and one son
literature	How many of Mark Twains children outlived him?	[ "three", "one", "none", "two" ]	one
literature	What was Mark Twains opinion about slavery?	[ "Being a southerner, he saw no evil in it.", "He believed it was a necessary evil", "He kept his true feelings on the subject to himself.", "He was adamantly against it." ]	He was adamantly against it.
literature	What were Mark Twains favourite animals?	[ "Horses", "Cats", "Birds", "Dogs" ]	Cats
literature	Mark Twain made several costly investment mistakes in his lifetime, and even had to declare bankruptcy. What was the invention in which he refused to invest?	[ "The automobile", "Gold mining in California", "The Paige typesetting machine", "The Telephone" ]	The Telephone
literature	What spell summons an item to the spell caster in the Harry Potter books?	[ "Anapneo", "Accio", "Aguamenti", "Aparecium" ]	Accio
literature	Which spell is used in the Harry Potter novels to unlock a door?	[ "Avada Kedavra", "Homenum Revelio", "Avis", "Alohomora" ]	Alohomora
literature	This charm helps some Harry Potter characters to breathe underwater or just to block out a bad smell.	[ "Bubble-Head Charm", "Colloportus", "Anapneo", "Aguamenti" ]	Bubble-Head Charm
literature	In the Harry Potter series of books, this spell places enormous pressure upon its target and blasts a hole.	[ "Deletrius", "Deprimo", "Defodio", "Descendo" ]	Deprimo
literature	This spell from the Harry Potter books causes objects to swell in size.	[ "Ennervate", "Engorgio", "Growth Charm", "Enlargement Charm" ]	Engorgio
literature	In the Harry Potter series of novels, this charm produces bandages and splints.	[ "Ferula", "Tergeo", "Furnunculus", "Flesh Memory" ]	Ferula
literature	What spell is used in the Harry Potter books to produce fire?	[ "Fire Charm", "Flagrate", "Incarcerous", "Incendio" ]	Incendio
literature	In the Harry Potter books this spell creates a beam of light.	[ "Illumino", "Nox", "Muffliato", "Lumos" ]	Lumos
literature	This spell was used by Hermione to create an exact replica of an object.	[ "Geminio", "The Twin curse", "Confundus Charm", "Reparo" ]	Geminio
literature	This fun little charm from the Harry Potter series produces a lovely bouquet of flowers.	[ "Confringo", "Densaugeo", "Petuniatum", "Orchideous" ]	Orchideous
literature	Entertainment Weeklys choice for the # 1book on the List of New Classics was the story of a father and son who trudge across an ashen American landscape in the wake of some unnamed apocalypse, fighting off sexually predatory bandits, scavenging for food, uncovering charnel-house horror but always moving forward toward some mirage of a better future. What is the name of this post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy?	[ "There Will Be Blood", "No Country for Young Men", "The Road", "All the Pretty Horses" ]	The Road
literature	Most writers dream of making the New York Times Best-Seller List. Which one of these books spent the most weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List?	[ "The Lovely Bones", "The Da Vinci Code", "Into Thin Air", "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" ]	The Da Vinci Code
literature	The book ranked # 9 on the Entertainment Weeklys New Classics List tells the story of a deserting Confederate soldier, Inman, and his journey back to the genteel and lovely Ada. What was the destination for the war weary and lovelorn Inman?	[ "Cold Mountain", "Bridges of Madison County", "West Point", "Cold Comfort Farm" ]	Cold Mountain
literature	This novel, that is over 850 pages, tells the story of cowboy Gus, the strong willed prostitute, Lorena and the evil murderer and rapist, Blue Duck. What is the title of this book that describes a long, long cattle drive?	[ "Lonesome Dove", "All the Pretty Horses", "No Country for Old Men", "New Riders of the Purple Sage" ]	Lonesome Dove
literature	Neil Gaiman, a fantasy and science fiction writer was asked to name his top 10 New Classic Monsters. Gaimans # 8 choice was a monster found in master horror writer Steven Kings novel It. In what shape did It come to terrorize the children of Derry?	[ "Buick 8", "Pennywise, the clown", "Cujo", "The Walking Dude" ]	Pennywise, the clown
literature	In a book that made the list of Five Memoir Shockers, which sports legend bragged that he had bedded 20,000 ladies?	[ "Jim Brown", "Wilt Chamberlain", "Willie Shoemaker", "Joe Namath" ]	Wilt Chamberlain
literature	Which novel has the opening lines, My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1963.?	[ "All She Ever Really Wanted", "The Handmaids Tale", "The Lovely Bones", "Case Histories" ]	The Lovely Bones
literature	On May 11, 1996, eight people died while trying to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, including famed mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. Jon Krakauer was one of the survivors. What is the name of Krakauers book that gives his first person account of the events that led to one of the deadest days ever on Mount Everest?	[ "Into Thin Air", "Climb", "Everest", "Into the Wild" ]	Into Thin Air
literature	In 2008, EW.com asked readers for their choice for favorite author of the last 25 years. Which author	[ "Nora Roberts", "John Grisham", "J. K. Rowling", "Steven King" ]	J. K. Rowling
literature	What is the veterinarians full name in the book All Creatures Great and Small?	[ "Dr. James Siegfried", "Dr. Calvert James", "Dr. James Tristan", "Dr. James Herriot" ]	Dr. James Herriot
literature	In the book All Creatures Great and Small, Mrs. Pumphreys dogs name is Tricki Woo.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
literature	All Creatures Great and Small comprises James Herriots first two novels, If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldnt Happen to a Vet. What is the names of the editions in which the rest of James Herriots other books were published in the United states?	[ "All Things Clean and Dirty, and All Things Sick and Gross.", "All Things Loud and Annoying, and All Things Quite and Silent.", "All Things Technical and Universal, and All Things Large and Small.", "All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful." ]	All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful.
literature	In the book All Creatures Great and Small, which of Siegfrieds possessions does Tristan keep destroying?	[ "Vehicles", "Buildings", "Pig pens", "Tools" ]	Vehicles
literature	In All Creatures Great and Small, James wanted to be a small animal surgeon before he became a veterinarian.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
literature	In the book All Creatures Great and Small, what was Angus Griers way of getting all the attention for himself?	[ "James would tell him that he was going to do something one way, then Grier would tell him to do it another way which would lead him doing it wrong, and then Grier did it the way James was going to at first.", "He treated James as a pack mule.", "James killed the animal for Grier and while the owner would go crying, Grier would get a new animal that looked exactly alike and replace it and then pretend he had revived it.", "He sacked James in front of lots of people and acted as if he were a runaway criminal." ]	James would tell him that he was going to do something one way, then Grier would tell him to do it another way which would lead him doing it wrong, and then Grier did it the way James was going to at first.
literature	In the book All Creatures Great and Small, what was Tristans favorite type of cigarettes?	[ "Woodbine", "Garshaw", "Duncan", "Red Rover" ]	Woodbine
literature	In All Creatures Great and Small, Mr. Worley had six pigs.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
literature	Who were William Shakespeares parents?	[ "John and Lyn Shakespeare", "John and Jane Shakespeare", "John and Mary Shakespeare", "William and Mary Shakespeare" ]	John and Mary Shakespeare
literature	How many siblings did William Shakespeare have?	[ "He had no siblings", "7", "3", "1" ]	7
literature	Where did William Shakespeare grow up?	[ "Bath", "London", "Stratford-upon-Avon", "Manchester" ]	Stratford-upon-Avon
literature	What were the names of William Shakespeares three children, two of whom were twins, a boy and a girl?	[ "Ophelia, Harry and Catherine", "Anne, John and Susan", "Susanna, Hamnet and Judith", "Judith, Hamlet and Juliet" ]	Susanna, Hamnet and Judith
literature	What was the name of Shakespeares theatre, where his acting company performed?	[ "The Theatre", "The Oscar Theater", "The Courtyard", "The Globe Theater" ]	The Globe Theater
literature	What did Shakespeare leave to his wife Anne in his will?	[ "30 pounds", "all his silver plate", "a silver bowl", "his second best bed" ]	his second best bed
literature	William Shakespeare died April 23, 1616.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
literature	Which of these is not one of the many pseudonyms used by American writer Dean Koontz?	[ "Deanna Dwyer", "Owen West", "Brian Coffey", "Chris McCarthy" ]	Chris McCarthy
literature	In what year did Dean Koontzs first novel debut?	[ "1981", "1972", "1968", "1977" ]	1968
literature	Dean Koontz is a confirmed bachelor.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
literature	Who is Trixie Koontz?	[ "Dean Koontz dog", "Dean Koontz niece", "Dean Koontz wife", "Dean Koontz pseudonym" ]	Dean Koontz dog
literature	Dean Koontz has undergone hair transplant surgery.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
literature	What is Dean Koontzs middle name?	[ "Roy", "He does not have a middle name.", "Ray", "Ron" ]	Ray
literature	What 70s television series did Dean Koontz write an episode for?	[ "CHiPs", "The Love Boat", "Little House on the Prairie", "All In The Family" ]	CHiPs
literature	Which of these is not one of Dean Koontzs pseudonyms?	[ "Leonard Chris", "Leigh Nichols", "Marion Marquart", "Richard Paige" ]	Marion Marquart
literature	Is fictional character Hermione Granger made a prefect?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	Yes
literature	Who does Hermione turn into, using the Polyjuice Potion in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?	[ "Millicent Bullstrodes cat", "She stays herself.", "Pansy Parkinson", "Ginny Weasleys dog" ]	Millicent Bullstrodes cat
literature	What is the occupation of Hermiones parents in the Harry Potter books?	[ "Dentists", "Waiter/Waitress", "Doctors", "Teachers" ]	Dentists
literature	Did Hermione punch Ron in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	No

literature

Which of these eponyms, derived from Jonathan Swifts novel Gullivers Travels, means a crude person, lacking in intelligence?

[ "lilliputian", "struldbrug", "brobdingnagian", "yahoo" ]

yahoo

literature

Which of these eponyms, derived from the name of a character created by Charles Dickens, is not correctly matched with its definition?

[ "Scrooge - a stingy, miserly person", "Pickwickian - haughty, conceited", "Gradgrind - a person interested only in cold facts", "Fagin - an adult who instructs children in crime" ]

Pickwickian - haughty, conceited

literature

What Nobel Prize-winning author depicted fictional character George F. Babbitt, whose surname has become synonymous with a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to dominant middle-class standards?

[ "William Faulkner", "SAUL BELLOW", "John Steinbeck", "Sinclair Lewis" ]

Sinclair Lewis

literature

This authors best-selling novel brought the term Pollyana into the English language to describe an illogically and blindly optimistic person.

[ "Harper Lee", "Louisa May Alcott", "Laura Ingalls Wilder", "Eleanor H. Porter" ]

Eleanor H. Porter

literature

The adjective Falstaffian, meaning jovial and with zest for life, is derived from the name of the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, who is featured in this Shakespearean comedy.

[ "The Taming of the Shrew", "The Merchant of Venice", "The Merry Wives of Windsor", "The Comedy of Errors" ]

The Merry Wives of Windsor

literature

What is the definition of the term dogberrysm, which is derived from Shakespeares play Much Ado About Nothing?

[ "a seemingly small but actually crucial weakness", "trickery or deception", "striving for power at the price of spiritual values", "the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one of similar sound, usually creating a comic effect" ]

the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one of similar sound, usually creating a comic effect

literature

Tartuffe, whose name has come to mean a hypocrite, especially one who affects religious piety, is the protagonist of a comedy by this playwright.

[ "EugÃ¨ne Ionesco", "MoliÃ¨re", "Samuel Beckett", "Cyrano de Bergerac" ]

MoliÃ¨re

literature

Earnest Hemingway was born in 1899 in a Chicago suburb, and later attended this high school.

[ "Fenwick High School", "Oak Park and River Forest High School", "Carl Rogers High School", "Cook County High School" ]

Oak Park and River Forest High School

literature

At the age of seventeen Ernest Hemingway began working as a reporter for The Kansas City Star, where he remained for how long?

[ "one year", "six months", "tree years", "one month" ]

six months

literature

On what date was Ernest Hemingway wounded, while performing his duties as a WW I ambulance driver?

[ "July 9, 1918", "July 8, 1918", "May 6, 1916", "June 8, 1916" ]

July 8, 1918

literature

In 1920 Ernest Hemingway accepted a job at this Canadian newspaper, where he met Morley Callaghan.

[ "The Ottawa Sun", "The Calgary Sun", "The Quebec Star", "The Toronto Star" ]

The Toronto Star

literature

In Our Time was first published in 1925 and marked Hemingways American debut. Which of the following short story titles is not part of this collection?

[ "Indian Camp", "The Battler", "The Killers", "Out of Season" ]

The Killers

literature

In his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway tells the story of Robert Jordan, a U.S. guerrilla warrior serving in the Spanish Civil War. who is given the assignment to blow up a bridge near what Spanish city?

[ "Segovia", "Valencia", "Madrid", "Barcelona" ]

Segovia

literature

What Ernest Hemingway novel was published in 1950, following For Whom the Bell Tolls?

[ "Across the River and Into the Trees", "The Sea When Young", "The Garden of Eden", "The Old Mean and the Sea" ]

Across the River and Into the Trees

literature

The Old Man and the Sea brought Ernest Hemingway enormous success and earned him the Noble Prize in Literature in what year?

[ "1953", "1960", "1954", "1952" ]

1954

literature

This Ernest Hemingway book, published posthumously, tells the story of a bullfighter named Antonio Ordonez.

[ "Under Kilimanjaro", "A Movable Feast", "The Dangerous Summer", "Islands in the Stream" ]

The Dangerous Summer

literature

Ernest Hemingway belonged to this group of expatriate American writers, who lived in Paris from the end of World War I till the beginning of the Great Depression.

[ "The Lost Generation", "The G.I. Generation", "The Greatest Generation", "The Missionary Generation" ]

The Lost Generation

literature

The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, written by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez, was first published in Spanish. What nationality is MÃ¡rquez?

[ "Mexican", "Colombian", "Chilean", "Brazilian" ]

Colombian

literature

What dystopian novel is set in Oceania, an intercontinental super-state ruled by an enigmatic dictator?

[ "Nine Tomorrows", "Fahrenheit 451", "Nineteen Eighty-Four", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" ]

Nineteen Eighty-Four

literature

Name the author of the 19th century novels A Captain at Fifteen, Around the World in 80 Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

[ "Jules Verne", "Arthur C. Clarke", "Ray Bradbury", "Isaac Asimov" ]

Jules Verne

literature

Which of the following novels by Agatha Christie features Belgian detective Hercule Poirot?

[ "Five Little Pigs", "Murder in Three Acts", "All of these", "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" ]

All of these

literature

This post-World War II satirist wrote a popular anti-war novel, whose title has become a commonly used idiomatic phrase, referring to a a no-win situation or a double bind.

[ "Kurt Vonnegut", "Ray Bradbury", "George Orwell", "Joseph Heller" ]

Joseph Heller

literature

Which one of the main characters, depicted by Alexandre Dumas in The Three Musketeers, has a mysterious past connecting him with Milady de Winter, the female antagonist of the novel?

[ "dArtagnan", "Athos", "Portos", "Aramis" ]

Athos

literature

The title of Ken Keseys novel One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is derived from which of the following?

[ "a country ballad", "a nursery rhyme", "a Shakespearean play", "a short story by a friend of Keseys" ]

a nursery rhyme

literature

What post-modern novel, following the experiences of Billy Pilgrim, contains the prayer, God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the differenceâ?

[ "Slaughterhouse-Five", "Fahrenheit 451", "Catch-22", "Nineteen Nineteen" ]

Slaughterhouse-Five

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What is the name of the fictional submarine, commanded by Captain Nemo, in the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?

[ "Gotengo", "Thundersub", "Nautilus", "Subatilus" ]

Nautilus

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What does the number 451 in the title of Ray Bradburys novel Fahrenheit 451 refer to?

[ "the temperature at which forests will burn", "the temperature required to melt glass", "None of these", "the temperature at which books burn" ]

the temperature at which books burn

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This novel by Nevil Shute is set in the future after WWIII. Due to the nuclear fallout, only land in the southern hemisphere is inhabitable.

[ "The Rainbow and the Rose", "On the Beach", "Ruined City", "The Shadowlands" ]

On the Beach

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In 1946 this author received the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany to a Christian missionary family that worked in India. He is best known for his novel Steppenwolf.

[ "Theodor Mommsen", "Heinrich BÃ¶ll", "Hermann Hesse", "John Kay" ]

Hermann Hesse

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Author Gabriel GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez stresses in this 1985 novel that love-sickness is a literal disease causing pain and other physical symptoms.

[ "Love in the Time of Cholera", "Of Love and Other Demons", "Walking with Liberty", "One Hundred Years of Solitude" ]

Love in the Time of Cholera

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Originally written in French, this 1949 Samuel Beckett play is about Vladimir and Estragon who expect a man, they barely know, to arrive.

[ "Imaginary Friends", "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", "Endgame", "Waiting for Godot" ]

Waiting for Godot

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Published in 1963, The Bell Jar is this poets only novel. It was published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.

[ "Esther Greenwood", "Sylvia Plath", "Assia Wevill", "W. D. Snodgrass" ]

Sylvia Plath

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In Nathanial Hawthornes The House of the Seven Gables, the destitute Hepzibah Pyncheon lives in the house and supports her brother, Clifford, who has just been released from jail. Why was he in jail?

[ "Murder", "Burglary", "Kidnapping", "Adultary" ]

Murder

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This 1857 collection of poems by Charles Baudelaire caused him to be convicted in France of offending the morals of the time, resulting in fines and the banning of 6 of the poems.

[ "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater", "The Flowers of Evil", "To the Reader", "Artificial Paradises" ]

The Flowers of Evil

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Who wrote the poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came that inspired Stephen King to write the first novel in The Drak Tower series?

[ "Robert Browning", "William Shakespeare", "Bram Stoker", "WB Yeats" ]

Robert Browning

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Stephen Kings novel The Gunslinger was written in five parts and published individually in which of the following?

[ "Weird Tales", "Playboy", "Realms of Fantasy", "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" ]

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

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How long did it take Stephen King to complete the novel The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger?

[ "5 years", "12 years", "3 years", "10 years" ]

12 years

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How does the book The Gunslinger by Stephen King begin?

[ "The Tower was the first thing Roland thought of when he woke and the last he thought of before sleep.", "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.", "The gunslinger sighted, cocked the pistol and prepared to kill the man in black.", "Roland looked up, the man in black was silhouetted against the sun." ]

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

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In a saloon, the gunslinger from Stephen Kings self-titled novel hears a crowd singing what tune that is well known in our world?

[ "Rock Around the Clock", "Oh My Darlin Clementine", "Gimme Shelter", "Hey Jude" ]

Hey Jude

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In the Novel The Gunslinger, the gunslinger meets a boy called Jake. What is Jakes actual name?

[ "Jack Mort", "John Chambers", "Jake Delgado", "Juan Derer" ]

John Chambers

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What are Jakes final words to Roland in the novel The Gunslinger?

[ "How come I cant have a gun?", "Well met, Sir", "I have forgotten the face of my father", "Go then, there are other worlds than these." ]

Go then, there are other worlds than these.

literature

In the book The Gunslinger, a gas-pump is found in a tunnel under a mountain and is worshipped as a god. What is the gods name?

[ "Amoco", "Texaco", "Opec", "Elf" ]

Amoco

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Where does Roland first meet Jake in the novel The Gunslinger?

[ "An abandoned diner", "An abandoned hospital", "An abandoned way station", "An abandoned railway station" ]

An abandoned way station

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When Stephen King began to write The Gunslinger, he typed it on bright green paper.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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What was Mark Twains birth name?

[ "Booth Tarkington", "Samuel Rogers Clinton", "George F. Scott Harrison", "Samuel L. Clemens" ]

Samuel L. Clemens

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Where was Mark Twain born and where did he die?

[ "Connecticut and Missouri", "Missouri and Connecticut", "Missouri and Mississippi", "Mississippi and Connecticut" ]

Missouri and Connecticut

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What was the name of Mark Twains wife?

[ "Amelia", "Josephine", "Olivia", "Amy" ]

Olivia

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At the height of his popularity, Mark Twain built one of the oddest and most elaborate homes at that time. In which eastern city was ythe nineteen-room mansion built?

[ "Hartford, Connecticut", "Elmira, New York", "Boston, Massachusetts", "Newport, Rhode Island" ]

Hartford, Connecticut

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It is generally accepted that the Mark Twain House was designed to resemble which of these?

[ "a tower", "a medieval castle", "a Gothic cathedral", "a Mississippi riverboat" ]

a Mississippi riverboat

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How many children did Mark Twain and his wife have?

[ "3 daughters and one son", "4 sons", "2 sons and 2 daughters", "5 daughters" ]

3 daughters and one son

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How many of Mark Twains children outlived him?

[ "three", "one", "none", "two" ]

one

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What was Mark Twains opinion about slavery?

[ "Being a southerner, he saw no evil in it.", "He believed it was a necessary evil", "He kept his true feelings on the subject to himself.", "He was adamantly against it." ]

He was adamantly against it.

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What were Mark Twains favourite animals?

[ "Horses", "Cats", "Birds", "Dogs" ]

Cats

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Mark Twain made several costly investment mistakes in his lifetime, and even had to declare bankruptcy. What was the invention in which he refused to invest?

[ "The automobile", "Gold mining in California", "The Paige typesetting machine", "The Telephone" ]

The Telephone

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What spell summons an item to the spell caster in the Harry Potter books?

[ "Anapneo", "Accio", "Aguamenti", "Aparecium" ]

Accio

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Which spell is used in the Harry Potter novels to unlock a door?

[ "Avada Kedavra", "Homenum Revelio", "Avis", "Alohomora" ]

Alohomora

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This charm helps some Harry Potter characters to breathe underwater or just to block out a bad smell.

[ "Bubble-Head Charm", "Colloportus", "Anapneo", "Aguamenti" ]

Bubble-Head Charm

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In the Harry Potter series of books, this spell places enormous pressure upon its target and blasts a hole.

[ "Deletrius", "Deprimo", "Defodio", "Descendo" ]

Deprimo

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This spell from the Harry Potter books causes objects to swell in size.

[ "Ennervate", "Engorgio", "Growth Charm", "Enlargement Charm" ]

Engorgio

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In the Harry Potter series of novels, this charm produces bandages and splints.

[ "Ferula", "Tergeo", "Furnunculus", "Flesh Memory" ]

Ferula

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What spell is used in the Harry Potter books to produce fire?

[ "Fire Charm", "Flagrate", "Incarcerous", "Incendio" ]

Incendio

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In the Harry Potter books this spell creates a beam of light.

[ "Illumino", "Nox", "Muffliato", "Lumos" ]

Lumos

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This spell was used by Hermione to create an exact replica of an object.

[ "Geminio", "The Twin curse", "Confundus Charm", "Reparo" ]

Geminio

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This fun little charm from the Harry Potter series produces a lovely bouquet of flowers.

[ "Confringo", "Densaugeo", "Petuniatum", "Orchideous" ]

Orchideous

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Entertainment Weeklys choice for the # 1book on the List of New Classics was the story of a father and son who trudge across an ashen American landscape in the wake of some unnamed apocalypse, fighting off sexually predatory bandits, scavenging for food, uncovering charnel-house horror but always moving forward toward some mirage of a better future. What is the name of this post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy?

[ "There Will Be Blood", "No Country for Young Men", "The Road", "All the Pretty Horses" ]

The Road

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Most writers dream of making the New York Times Best-Seller List. Which one of these books spent the most weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List?

[ "The Lovely Bones", "The Da Vinci Code", "Into Thin Air", "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" ]

The Da Vinci Code

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The book ranked # 9 on the Entertainment Weeklys New Classics List tells the story of a deserting Confederate soldier, Inman, and his journey back to the genteel and lovely Ada. What was the destination for the war weary and lovelorn Inman?

[ "Cold Mountain", "Bridges of Madison County", "West Point", "Cold Comfort Farm" ]

Cold Mountain

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This novel, that is over 850 pages, tells the story of cowboy Gus, the strong willed prostitute, Lorena and the evil murderer and rapist, Blue Duck. What is the title of this book that describes a long, long cattle drive?

[ "Lonesome Dove", "All the Pretty Horses", "No Country for Old Men", "New Riders of the Purple Sage" ]

Lonesome Dove

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Neil Gaiman, a fantasy and science fiction writer was asked to name his top 10 New Classic Monsters. Gaimans # 8 choice was a monster found in master horror writer Steven Kings novel It. In what shape did It come to terrorize the children of Derry?

[ "Buick 8", "Pennywise, the clown", "Cujo", "The Walking Dude" ]

Pennywise, the clown

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In a book that made the list of Five Memoir Shockers, which sports legend bragged that he had bedded 20,000 ladies?

[ "Jim Brown", "Wilt Chamberlain", "Willie Shoemaker", "Joe Namath" ]

Wilt Chamberlain

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Which novel has the opening lines, My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1963.?

[ "All She Ever Really Wanted", "The Handmaids Tale", "The Lovely Bones", "Case Histories" ]

The Lovely Bones

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On May 11, 1996, eight people died while trying to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, including famed mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. Jon Krakauer was one of the survivors. What is the name of Krakauers book that gives his first person account of the events that led to one of the deadest days ever on Mount Everest?

[ "Into Thin Air", "Climb", "Everest", "Into the Wild" ]

Into Thin Air

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In 2008, EW.com asked readers for their choice for favorite author of the last 25 years. Which author

[ "Nora Roberts", "John Grisham", "J. K. Rowling", "Steven King" ]

J. K. Rowling

literature

What is the veterinarians full name in the book All Creatures Great and Small?

[ "Dr. James Siegfried", "Dr. Calvert James", "Dr. James Tristan", "Dr. James Herriot" ]

Dr. James Herriot

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In the book All Creatures Great and Small, Mrs. Pumphreys dogs name is Tricki Woo.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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All Creatures Great and Small comprises James Herriots first two novels, If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldnt Happen to a Vet. What is the names of the editions in which the rest of James Herriots other books were published in the United states?

[ "All Things Clean and Dirty, and All Things Sick and Gross.", "All Things Loud and Annoying, and All Things Quite and Silent.", "All Things Technical and Universal, and All Things Large and Small.", "All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful." ]

All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful.

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In the book All Creatures Great and Small, which of Siegfrieds possessions does Tristan keep destroying?

[ "Vehicles", "Buildings", "Pig pens", "Tools" ]

Vehicles

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In All Creatures Great and Small, James wanted to be a small animal surgeon before he became a veterinarian.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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In the book All Creatures Great and Small, what was Angus Griers way of getting all the attention for himself?

[ "James would tell him that he was going to do something one way, then Grier would tell him to do it another way which would lead him doing it wrong, and then Grier did it the way James was going to at first.", "He treated James as a pack mule.", "James killed the animal for Grier and while the owner would go crying, Grier would get a new animal that looked exactly alike and replace it and then pretend he had revived it.", "He sacked James in front of lots of people and acted as if he were a runaway criminal." ]

James would tell him that he was going to do something one way, then Grier would tell him to do it another way which would lead him doing it wrong, and then Grier did it the way James was going to at first.

literature

In the book All Creatures Great and Small, what was Tristans favorite type of cigarettes?

[ "Woodbine", "Garshaw", "Duncan", "Red Rover" ]

Woodbine

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In All Creatures Great and Small, Mr. Worley had six pigs.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Who were William Shakespeares parents?

[ "John and Lyn Shakespeare", "John and Jane Shakespeare", "John and Mary Shakespeare", "William and Mary Shakespeare" ]

John and Mary Shakespeare

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How many siblings did William Shakespeare have?

[ "He had no siblings", "7", "3", "1" ]

7

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Where did William Shakespeare grow up?

[ "Bath", "London", "Stratford-upon-Avon", "Manchester" ]

Stratford-upon-Avon

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What were the names of William Shakespeares three children, two of whom were twins, a boy and a girl?

[ "Ophelia, Harry and Catherine", "Anne, John and Susan", "Susanna, Hamnet and Judith", "Judith, Hamlet and Juliet" ]

Susanna, Hamnet and Judith

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What was the name of Shakespeares theatre, where his acting company performed?

[ "The Theatre", "The Oscar Theater", "The Courtyard", "The Globe Theater" ]

The Globe Theater

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What did Shakespeare leave to his wife Anne in his will?

[ "30 pounds", "all his silver plate", "a silver bowl", "his second best bed" ]

his second best bed

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William Shakespeare died April 23, 1616.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

literature

Which of these is not one of the many pseudonyms used by American writer Dean Koontz?

[ "Deanna Dwyer", "Owen West", "Brian Coffey", "Chris McCarthy" ]

Chris McCarthy

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In what year did Dean Koontzs first novel debut?

[ "1981", "1972", "1968", "1977" ]

1968

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Dean Koontz is a confirmed bachelor.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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Who is Trixie Koontz?

[ "Dean Koontz dog", "Dean Koontz niece", "Dean Koontz wife", "Dean Koontz pseudonym" ]

Dean Koontz dog

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Dean Koontz has undergone hair transplant surgery.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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What is Dean Koontzs middle name?

[ "Roy", "He does not have a middle name.", "Ray", "Ron" ]

Ray

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What 70s television series did Dean Koontz write an episode for?

[ "CHiPs", "The Love Boat", "Little House on the Prairie", "All In The Family" ]

CHiPs

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Which of these is not one of Dean Koontzs pseudonyms?

[ "Leonard Chris", "Leigh Nichols", "Marion Marquart", "Richard Paige" ]

Marion Marquart

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Is fictional character Hermione Granger made a prefect?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

Yes

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Who does Hermione turn into, using the Polyjuice Potion in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?

[ "Millicent Bullstrodes cat", "She stays herself.", "Pansy Parkinson", "Ginny Weasleys dog" ]

Millicent Bullstrodes cat

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What is the occupation of Hermiones parents in the Harry Potter books?

[ "Dentists", "Waiter/Waitress", "Doctors", "Teachers" ]

Dentists

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Did Hermione punch Ron in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

No