Trivia Bliss

Over 100,000 Free Trivia Questions & Answers with Printable Quizzes

  • Trivia Categories
  • Random Trivia
    • Generator
    • List
  • Games
    • HQ Trivia
    • Trivial Pursuit
    • Other Board Games
  • Trivia Nights
  • About
    • Contact
Home / Literature / American Literature

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.

Who wrote “Jaws”?

December 19, 2017 By

Show Answer
Peter Benchley

What single word is missing in the titles of the following book series? …, Run, … Redux, … Is Rich, … At Rest, … Remembered.

December 19, 2017 By

Show Answer
Rabbit All works of John Updike, of course

To whom did Helen Keller dedicate her autobiography, The Story of My Life?

December 18, 2017 By

Show Answer
To inventor Alexander Graham Bell, who helped direct her education and considered himself, first and foremost, a teacher of the deaf.

William Sidney Porter, Who we know as O. Henry, spent some time in Honduras. What was he doing there?

December 18, 2017 By

Show Answer
Fleeing prosecution on embezzlement charges. When he returned to the U.S., he served time in jail–where he began writing the adventure stories that made him famous.

What famous American novelist has written several mysteries under the pen name Edgar Box?

December 18, 2017 By

Show Answer
Gore Vidal

What was the name of Dick and Jane’s baby sister in elementary school primers of old?

December 18, 2017 By

Show Answer
Sally.

What do the initials J. D. stand for in author J. D. Salinger’s name?

December 18, 2017 By

Show Answer
Jerome David.

Which book had the longest stay on the New York Times paperback bestsellers list?

December 18, 2017 By

Show Answer
A Life Less Ordinary (M Scott Peck).

Who wrote The Da Vinci Code?

December 18, 2017 By

Show Answer
Dan Brown

Who wrote the novel Jurassic Park, which the Spielberg film was based on?

December 18, 2017 By

Show Answer
Michael Crichton
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 42
  • Next Page »

Categories

Random Questions

  • WHAT LANGUAGE SPEAKERS WERE SHOT IN RUSSIA AND GERMANY 1930S?
  • Who was the first American to win a Noble Prize?
  • Clue: Unreasonable

Follow Trivia Bliss

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • pinterest
  • google

Search for Questions

Recent Posts

  • How Do You Get Extra Lives in HQ Trivia and Are They Worth It?
  • Two Great Board Games for Seinfeld Trivia – Plus Online Quizzes
  • What is HQ Trivia’s Business Model and How Do They Make Money?
  • Why Are There No Official Trivial Pursuit Mobile Apps? What Alternatives Do You Have?
  • 10 Music Board Games Ranked

Copyright © 2021 TriviaBliss.com · Privacy · Terms

TriviaBliss.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com and its affiliates.