British Literature
Do you know the ABCs of British Literature – Austen, Byron, and Chaucer? Take a Swift look at these questions. You might even be crowned a trivia king or queen by the time you're Donne with them.
What was Gulliver’s first name in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels?
Who was the author of Spy Catcher in 1987? It was banned by the British government.
What is the title of the 3rd book in the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy series?
What first name did Arthur Conan Doyle give to his famous detective before he came up with Sherlock?
To whom did writer John le Carre dedicate his 1991 spy thriller The SecretPilgrim?
Who wrote the novel Gulliver’s Travels?
Which country had the guns of Naverone installed?
Criticizing which author for her lack of passion did Charlotte Bronte write “Her business is not half so much with the human heart as with the human eyes, mouth, hands and feet.”?
What is the first name of P G Wodehouse’s character Cheesewright?
Which writer did Sean O’ Casey describe as English Literature’s performing flea?
What was the particular link between Jean Plaidy, Phillipa Carr and Victoria Holt?
Who wrote Babel Tower?
Who is the novelist whose works have been filmed the most?
Who wrote ‘Paradise Lost’?
In the 70s who put a Message In A Bottle?
Stingray Bay named by Cook is now known as what?
Which rodeo professional was Ronald Reagan’s secretary of commerce from 1981 to 1987?
What does C stand for in IRC?
In which ocean are the Canary Islands?
AZT is used in the treatment of which disease?
When ‘X’ III is completed in 2011, which organization for whose campaigns ships play a vital role will own three vessels called The Esperanza, Arctic Sunrise and ‘X’ III?
Discovered in the 30s, Jonker and President Vargas were types of what?
How old was Charlie Watts when he took part in the Rolling Stones 1999 tour?
What “revolution” saw almost every Chinese citizen to a copy of Mao Zedong’s Little Red Book?
How do we better know Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru who embody a famous proverb?
What is the subject of specialty publishing company Haynes?
WHAT ‘GC WROTE THE CANTERBURY TALES?
Who was overthrown in a 1971 coup by Idi Amin as President of Uganda?
Which year marked the bi-centenary of Kentucky joining the Union?
WHAT WAS LADY CHATTERLY’S FIRST NAME?
Who was Richard Nixon’s first Vice President?
Judge Roy Bean gained fame as the Law West of the Pecos. What was his brother, Josh known for?
WHAT BOOKER PRIZE WINNING NOVELIST WROTE THE SLOGAN “THAT’LL DO NICELY” FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS?
What film had this line? Life Is A State Of Mind.
What twosome starred in Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Casino?
What is the name of the central family in the classic novel Pride and Prejudice?
Petri Lindroos’s the lead singer for what group?
In Children’s cartoons, who does Sylvester chase?
Name the main horse in Animal Farm.
In 1992, who played the role of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in the film titled Scent of a Woman?
Who had a UK number one with “Saviour’s Day” in 1990?
WHO PLAYS THE LEAD ROLE IN “THE VICAR OF DIBLEY”?
Who was the first to take home a Best Actor Oscar for a musical, in 1943?
What’s the name of the nightclub in Bugsy Malone?
Who defeated Oliver McCall in 1995 to become WBC Heavyweight champion?
In the film The Wrestler, what role did Mickey Rourke play? (Clue they won an Academy Award in 2008 for the role)
David Vanian’s the lead singer for what group?
What three names were given to more than half the females christened in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s?
Who attained the highest altitude for a woman astronaut in 1993?
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