Literature
Know your Kafka from your Kerouac? Your Dickens from your Dickinson? Hopefully you kept good notes in English class because you'll need some novel ideas to answer these questions.
Who wrote ‘Paradise Lost’?
What was the name of the broken-down, partially blind old horse Ichabod Crane rode in Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
What name connects a Shakespearean King, a 19th century poet and painter, and a manufacturer of jet aircraft?
The Flying Nun was based on which book?
How many lovers are named in Casanova’s memoirs, Story of My Life, first published in their complete form in the early 1960s?
Which poet died while helping the Greeks fight for their independence?
What first name did Arthur Conan Doyle give to his famous detective before he came up with Sherlock?
Who was the Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream’?
To whom did writer John le Carre dedicate his 1991 spy thriller The SecretPilgrim?
What was the first name of New Zealand novelist Ms Marsh?
What is the name of the central family in the classic novel Pride and Prejudice?
Which US President was linked with the ‘Star Wars’ policy?
Parker and Barrow were the surnames of which famous couple?
What does C stand for in IRC?
Adam West and Burt Ward played which characters in a tv series?
What is Bill Clinton’s next first name after William?
According to the nursery rhyme what did the third little piggy have?
Who was Nigeria’s first President and has been described as the father of modern Nigeria?
What was Mickey Rooney’s first sitcom where he was not called Mickey?
Who wrote the poem ‘Twas the Night before Christmas?
In the film Tommy which rock star played the Preacher?
Who had a UK number one with “Baby Jump” in 1971?
What film title is this? F*ND*NG N*M*
Who had a US number one hit with “Dominique” in 1963?
Which song written by the poet Banjo Paterson is Australia’s most widely known folk song?
Who had a UK number one with “Written in the Stars” in 2010?
What movie has Billy Crystal say of tough guy Jack Palance; “Did you see how leathery he was?
In Children’s cartoons, who does Sylvester chase?
Who wrote ‘Under Milk Wood’?
What was the first shopping mall o the Internet called?
How do we better know Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru who embody a famous proverb?
Phonetically spelled out what does Esso mean in Japan?
Which famous French engineer provided the iron skeleton for the Statue of Liberty which stands in New York harbor?
What twosome starred in Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Casino?
Sean O’ Feeney worked under what name as a movie director?
Lolly Willowes, a novel about a spinster who realizes her vocation as a witch, won what unique honor when it was published in 1926?
Who had a UK number one with “Saviour’s Day” in 1990?
Name William Shakespeare’s son.
In 1978, who played the role of Michael Vronsky in the film titled The Deer Hunter?
Who was overthrown in a 1971 coup by Idi Amin as President of Uganda?
Phonetically spelled out what does Esso mean in Japan?
Judge Roy Bean gained fame as the Law West of the Pecos. What was his brother, Josh known for?
What was the nickname of the first official Presidential airplane (a C-45 piloted by Major Henry T. Myers in 1944)?
What was the name of Captain Pugwash’s ship?
What was the only wood used by famed London cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale?
Syracuse is part of New York, but where does it exist in Europe?
Who said “An alcoholic is someone you don’t like who drinks as much as you do”?
What woman’s name did rock star Vincent Furnier adopt?
Who was Richard Nixon’s first Vice President?
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