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This is an untimed game, created by the FunTrivia QuizBot using questions submitted by players. Take your time, and please consider submitting questions of your own when you are done!

#1. Literature Mixture. Player wildmatz asks:
  What sort of stylistic device is "forward retreat"?

    personification
    tautology
    oxymoron
    alliteration

#2. Literature Mixture. Player nottmscouse asks:
  I am going down to the tavern tonight for a few drinks. I am meeting Little John, Wil Scarlet and Maid Marian, who is my sweetheart. Who am I?

    Alan a Dale
    The Sheriff of Nottingham
    Robin Hood
    Friar Tuck

#3. Literature Mixture. Player portgleep asks:
  What close friend of J.R.R. Tolkien wrote "The Chronicles of Narnia"?

    Lemony Snicket
    C.S. Lewis
    Roald Dahl
    James Patterson

#4. Literature Mixture. Player ceejaybee asks:
  R.D. Wingfield created which Detective Inspector with the same name as a winter favourite?

    Ebenezer Scrooge
    Santa Claus
    Jack Frost
    Grinch

#5. Literature Mixture. Player spiggy asks:
  "Das Kapital", one of the most influential books ever, was written by whom?

    Groucho Marx
    Karl Marx
    Richard Marx
    Harpo Marx

#6. Literature Mixture. Player apathy100 asks:
  Which of the following is a series of instructional books that are easily recognizable due to their yellow and black covers?

    Permacharts
    Bayport Companion
    Merriam-Webster
    For Dummies

#7. Literature Mixture. Player mcdubb asks:
  February 6, 2018, SpaceX launched Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster into solar orbit on the maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy. The words "Don't Panic", displayed on the car's center console, were in reference to which of the following literary works?

    A Tale of Two Cities
    War and Peace
    The Art of War
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

#8. Literature Mixture. Player ckharding asks:
  Many movies are inspired by books. Which author wrote the books that were made into the movies "Get Shorty", "3:10 to Yuma", and "Out of Sight"?

    Elmore Leonard
    William Shakespeare
    Stephen King
    Anne Rice

#9. Literature Mixture. Player LadyNym asks:
  What iconic classic of fantasy literature influenced the creation of the character of Dorothy Gale in Frank L. Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"?

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    The Hobbit
    Peter Pan
    The Wind in the Willows

#10. Literature Mixture. Player OldManJack asks:
  "Cannibalism in the Cars" is a lesser known short story by which former steamboat pilot?

    Herman Melville
    Mark Twain
    Jules Verne
    Jack London