1. Which book is subtitled “The Modern Prometheseus”?
Frankenstein
2. In which epic would you find the monster “Grendel”?
Beowulf
3. In the Roald Dahl book, what to do the witches try to transform all the children into?
Mice
4. Which writer, as well as his more famous poems, write the short stores “The Telltale Heart,” “The masque of the Red Death,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
Edgar Allen Poe
5. Which horror book, made into a 1990 film, features the character Pennywise the Dancing Clown?
It
6. Which character in literature sacrificed himself to defeat the Balrog?
Gandalf (the Grey)
7. Which science fiction author created the monster Cthulu?
HP Lovecraft
8. Complete the title of the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith: Pride, Prejudice and WHAT?
Zombies
9. What connects Darren Shan, Bella Swann and Lady Margalotta?
All vampires
10. Which monster has “terrible tusks and terrible claws and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws”?
The Gruffalo
Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
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Monday, 31 October 2011
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
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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