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 Midnight Ride of Paul Revere The Highwayman The Charge of the Light Brigade

#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 Lew Wallace Mark Twain Charles Dickens

#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) "Die Hard" (1989) "Batman" (1989) "Nothing Lasts Forever" (1982)

#5. Literature Mixture. Player kaddarsgirl asks:

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

#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? Rock Strait Beach Falls

#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? Nurse Actress Dancer Teacher

#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? Jules Verne Émile Zola Victor Hugo 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 Richard Llewellyn Franz Kafka Patrick O'Brian

#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? Robinson Crusoe Gulliver's Travels Tom Jones The Vicar of Wakefield