American Literature
If you think you have a Thoreau understanding of trivia, these American Literature questions are the Wright ones for you. Hopefully you've been Twain-ing long enough, but we'll Lee-ave it up to you.
CHARLIE WATTS BOOKS ‘ODE TO A FLYING BIRD’ IS A TRIBUTE TO WHICH JAZZMAN?
IN WHICH US STATE WAS THE MENTAL ASYLUM OF ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST?
What was the title of Kitty Kelly’s book about Elizabeth Taylor?
J D Sallenger wrote Catcher in the Rye, what’s the J D stand for?
In the film Tommy which rock star played the Preacher?
What film had this line? Well, Isn’t That A Coincidence? We’re Going To Albany. I Wonder If Bruce Can Put Us Up?…say, Why Don’t You Carry That In Your Hand?
WHICH FILM AND TELEVISION LAWYER WAS CREATED BY NOVELIST ERLE STANLEY GARDNER?
DR DEIDRICH KNICKERBOCKER INVENTED WHICH FAMOUS CHARACTER?
Who penned the autobiography The Happy Hooker?
Which novel features the central character… Holly Golightly
Point Clue: In 1999 I was seriously injured in a road accident that left me unable to walk for several months. Who am I?
What famous opera was inspired by a short story written in 1898 by Philadelphia lawyer John Luther Long?
Which author wrote ‘Patriot Games’, ‘Clear And Present Danger’ and ‘The Hunt For Red October’?
Which Raymond wrote the novel The Big Sleep?
Who completed his novel Omerta shortly before his death?
What was the title of Kitty Kelley’s book about Elizabeth Taylor?
What political pundit’s second book, See, I Told You So, included the Beach Boys parody The Little First Lady with Meg’lomania?
A mysterious figure called ‘X toaster’ pays an annual tribute on Jan 19th to which American author by visiting the author’s original grave marker in Baltimore?
What sci-fi author praised the Internet as “a waste of time, and that’s exactly what’s right about it”?
WHO IS THE AMERICAN AUTHOR OF COUPLES AND THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK?
WHAT KIND OF DOG WAS ‘CHARLEY’ WHO BELONGED TO JOHN STEINBECK?
Who created the literary character of Brer Rabbit?
Which novel features the central character… Captain Yossarian
Point Clue: In 1974 I had my first novel published and this book was later adapted into a film directed by Brian De Palma. Who am I?
What was the name of the Indian chief referred to in the title of James Fenimore Cooper’s 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans?
What does Rex Stout’s cerebral sleuth Nero Wolfe do for exercise?
What book did Aristotle Onassis keep on his desk in his multimillion-dollar yacht Christina?
Who wrote Gone With the Wind?
Which American author wrote the classics “East of Eden”, “Of Mice and Men” and “The Grapes of Wrath”?
Whose novels include Go Tell It On The Mountain?
What is the name of the author who wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
About which author did Graham Greene say “It was as though X had put all his writing in a sieve out of which all the adjectives and adverbs fell out”?
WHICH ERNEST HEMMINGWAY NOVEL WAS FILMED IN 1958 STARRING SPENCER TRACY?
WHO WROTE THE DUNE SERIES OF SF NOVELS?
Which Peter Benchley novel was set on Amity Island?
Who is the author of the book… What Katy Did
Point Clue: I have written several novels under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman and the majority of my novels are set in my home state of Maine. Who am I?
How is Truman Streckfus Persons better known?
What musical instrument was referred to as the “stomach Steinway” by Mark Twain?
What classic adventure story did author William Styron reject when he was a reader for the McGraw-Hill – a mistake he had his narrator, Stingo, repeat in his novel Sophie’s Choice?
Who is the only playwright to have won four Pulitzer Prizes?
Whose Complete Guide To Running is credited with beginning the craze for jogging?
Hemmingway said there’s only 3 sports, Bullfighting, Car Racing and what?
What was the name of the ocean liner that provided the setting for Katherine Anne Porter’s novel A Ship of Fools?
Who was the subject of the 1968 biography Always on Sunday? A :Ed Sullivan.
WHICH ‘IA’ IS THE AMERICAN SCIENCE-FICTION WRITER WITH HIS OWN SCI-FI MAGAZINE?
WHICH AMERICAN AUTHOR WROTE THE NOVEL (ROOTS)?
Who wrote the poem The Raven?
Who is the author of the book… Jurassic Park
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