A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

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#1. Literature Mixture. Player Incubus_Dreams asks:

Vladimir Nabokov's third novel "The Defense", involves which activity? emigration rugby chess military conflict

#2. Literature Mixture. Player chessart asks:

The lines "Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die." come from which famous poem? The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The Charge of the Light Brigade The Highwayman The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

#3. Literature Mixture. Player robbieh asks:

Which author wrote "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ", from which the 1959 film starring Charlton Heston was adapted? Ernest Hemingway Charles Dickens Mark Twain Lew Wallace

#4. Literature Mixture. Player 1nn1 asks:

Roderick Thorp wrote "Nothing Lasts Forever" in 1979. This novel was the inspiration for a movie which spawned multiple sequels. What was the name of the first movie (Yipee Ki-yay)? "Rocky" (1976) "Nothing Lasts Forever" (1982) "Batman" (1989) "Die Hard" (1989)

#5. Literature Mixture. Player kaddarsgirl asks:

Which of the following dystopian novels has classes of people called Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons? "Nineteen Eighty-Four" - George Orwell "Lord of the Flies" - William Golding "The Handmaid's Tale" - Margaret Atwood "Brave New World" - Aldous Huxley

#6. Literature Mixture. Player MJoan asks:

A character in a novel I read recently named his unfortunate children Gibraltar, Bering, and Dover to match their surname. What is this geographical surname? Falls Rock Strait Beach

#7. Literature Mixture. Player ramonesrule asks:

At the age of twenty, Emily Bronte worked for a short stint at what profession, before leaving due to ill health? Actress Nurse Teacher Dancer

#8. Literature Mixture. Player LadyNym asks:

Published in 1885, the novel "Germinal" is a harshly realistic account of a coal miners' strike. Which major French author, also known for his involvement in the Dreyfus affair, wrote it? Émile Zola Victor Hugo Jules Verne Alexandre Dumas

#9. Literature Mixture. Player Chavs asks:

Which author wrote the 1939 novel "How Green Was My Valley", set in Wales? Simone de Beauvoir Patrick O'Brian Franz Kafka Richard Llewellyn

#10. Literature Mixture. Player LadyNym asks:

The life of Scottish privateer Alexander Selkirk was one of the main sources of inspiration for what well-known 18th century novel? Tom Jones Robinson Crusoe Gulliver's Travels The Vicar of Wakefield