Some sample questions from this category:
* Who is the only Australian to have won a Nobel Prize for Literature?
* 'The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith' is a well-known novel by whom?
* 'Beach Burial' is a famous poem by:
* Which of the following novels is by Tim Winton?
* Nick Earls is a popular writer of fiction that has much comic content. Which of these book's DIDN'T he write?
* 'More Please' is an autobiography by which Australian?
* Alright - what's the name of Clive James' first volume of memoirs?
* The greatest literary scandal of the twentieth century in Australia is known as the Angry ________ Affair.
* Where does Peter Carey (author of Illywhacker, Bliss, Oscar and Lucinda) now live?
* In the picture book "The Paw" by Natalie Jane Prior, with what do the burglars menace the old man?
* Jenny calls her great-grandmother by her first name. What is the name of Jenny's great-grandmother in "The Web" by Nette Hilton?
* ?Banjo? Paterson was well known for his humourous works, and one of these is ?Mulga Bill?s Bicycle?. What happened to Bill and his bicycle in this very funny poem?
* One of the greatest Australian poems ever written was ?The Man from Snowy River?. Which American actor had a starring role in the 1982 film version?
* ?The Sentimental Bloke?, by C.J. Dennis tells of a date where he and Doreen watched a stage production of a classic Shakespearean play. Which play?
* ?How M?Dougall Topped the Score?, by Thomas Spencer is about a game between the townships of Piper?s Flat and Molongo. What game were they playing?
* Which Australian bush poet is the only one to have a bust erected in his honour in Poet?s Corner, Westminster Abbey?
* Which poem, also by Banjo Paterson, tells of a young Aboriginal boy's theories about snow?
* ?The Man from Ironbark? tells the tale of a bushie who comes to the city, and wants to return home as a ?..Sydney toff.? What change to his appearance does he think will impress the yokels back in Ironbark?
* In ?Been There Before?, written by Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson, the locals bet a stranger that he could not do what?
* Another hilarious Paterson poem tells the story of ?A Bush Christening?. The ?victim? was Maginnis Magee, but how did he come by his unusual Christian name?
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