Monday 3 October 2011

Literature - 03/10/11

Literature

1. Which 1847 novel was recently made into a movie starring Mia Wasikowksa and Michael Fassbender?
Jane Eyre

2. In one of Dr. Seuss’s famous books, what are the food items that the narrator is quite insistent he does not like whether he’s on a boat, with a goat, in the rain or on a train?
Green Eggs and Ham

3. Whose recently published memoirs are called “Happy Accidents”?
Jane Lynch

4. According to Spike Milligan’s poem, what noise do the cows make “On the Ning Nang Nong”?
Bong

5. Which author wrote the “Perfect Ponies” and “Mermaid & Pirates” book series, and has other books including “Angel” and “Paradise”?
Jordan/Katie Price

6. Jude Law and Morgan Freeman have both played which character from a famous book series in recent TV and film adaptations?
Doctor Watson (from Sherlock Holmes)

7. What is special about the penguins at the centre of kid’s book “And Tango Makes Three” that made it the most complained about book in America in 2010?
Tango has two dads – the penguins are gay parents.

8. Who wrote The Two Gentlemen of Verona?
William Shakespeare

9. What name links the owner of the workhouse where Oliver Twist lived, the nickname of retired cricketer David Lloyd and a bee in Fifi and the Flowertots?
Bumble

10. What is the stage name of musician Richard Melville Hall, which was inspired by a famous book by his namesake Herman Melville?
Moby

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