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  • George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in which year?
    1949
  • How many novels did Roald Dahl write?
    19
  • In which country was Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code banned?
    Lebanon
  • Carrie and The Shining were both successful films. Who wrote the novels on which they were based?
    Stephen King
  • The autobiography 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' is by which American writer and poet?
    Maya Angelou
  • Which author wrote the Picture of Dorian Gray?
    Oscar Wilde
  • What George Orwell's book is Winston Smith a main character in?
    1984
  • "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." Which book is this the opening line of?
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • Which country is Aesop’s Fables believed to originate from?
    Greece
  • Homer is known for The Illiad and which other work?
    The Oddisey
  • Name 3 film adaptations based on classic fairy tales.
    The Beauty and the Beast Cinderella The Sleeping Beauty (examples)
  • Name the character who visits Lilliput and Brobdingnag.
    Gulliver
  • According to Aesop's Fable, which animal did the tortoise beat in a race?
    A hare
  • What nationality is Pablo Neruda?
    Chilean
  • What is the name of the fourth book in the Harry Potter series?
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • In a 17th-century novel, Don Quixote decides to become a knight. What does he begin attacking because he mistakes them for a row of giants?
    Windmills
  • Daisy Buchanan is a main character in which F. Scott Fitzgerald novel?
    The Great Gatsby
  • In what London street did Sherlock Holmes live?
    Baker
  • In Pride and Prejudice, who does Jane Bennet marry?
    Charles Bingley
  • What nationality is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
    Colombian