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Books Never Written -- Yet Written About
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This is a quiz about books never written, but mentioned in real-world fiction books. REAL books not obscure, most questions can be answered correctly by well-read persons with SOME knowledge about the book or author. Being well and broadly read REQUIRED.
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Very Difficult
25 Q
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xaosdog
Dec 21 01
2103 plays
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The Half-Open Cellar Door...
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Cellars play an important role in many novels and stories. See if you can answer these questions about tales that contain real or figurative cellars, basements and dungeons!
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Average
10 Q
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shuehorn
Dec 04 11
234 plays
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A Journey Through My Bookshelves
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See if you can figure out the books on my overcrowded bookshelves from the clues given.
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Difficult
10 Q
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StarStruck60
Mar 11 09
1614 plays
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Novel Cuisine
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This is in answer to Highfell's challenge, and I hope both you and he approve. If not, I'll just have to sit down and read another novel...while I eat, of course.
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Average
10 Q
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habitsowner
Dec 04 11
336 plays
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Connect Four Literature
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I will list four items that have a literary connection. You simply identify what that connection is.
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Average
10 Q
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poeticliesense
Nov 15 06
3291 plays
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You Expect Me to Buy This?
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If you want a book to be sold, you have to give it a catchy title. Let's look at some authors that came up with some strange names to put their books out there.
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Average
10 Q
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James25
Feb 21 12
1854 plays
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Once Upon A Time When I Was Young
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A nostalgic look back at some of the classic children's books I read when I was young.
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Tough
10 Q
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Christinap
Jan 23 12
318 plays
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The BBC Big Read
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In 2003, the BBC published a list of the nation's best loved books. This quiz contains a question about each book in the top 20.
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Average
20 Q
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psc3kh
Sep 27 05
1962 plays
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The Write Stuff
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This quiz is a little Shakespeare-centric, but I have included questions about my favorite books and my favorite authors.
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Difficult
10 Q
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nahs386
Jun 09 12
258 plays
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The Best Books I've Ever Read
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As an English major, I was required to read a lot, and these are some of my favorites, required and recreational.
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Average
10 Q
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fancy_pants
May 10 07
4401 plays
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Groundbreaking Books of the 20th Century
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This quiz covers ten influential books of the 20th century, all ten of which have caused us to look at things in a different way than we did previously.
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Tough
10 Q
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chessart
Aug 31 08
1824 plays
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These Are a Few of My Favourite (Childhood) Books
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I've been a voracious reader since early childhood (I learned to read when I was three and I've never stopped). Can you determine from the descriptions given some of the books I read between the ages of five and 15?
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Difficult
15 Q
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Cymruambyth
Mar 09 10
711 plays
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Reading with the Rockers
Team quiz by Rock the Clock
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Come for a wander round the bookshelves of the Rock the Clock team members. Learn a little about our favourite books and authors.
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Tough
10 Q
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tezza1551
Jun 28 11
270 plays
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The Ransom Demands For Our Gerbil, "Geronimo"
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It was a Tuesday when it was noticed that Geronimo, a most affable 2-year-old bookstore mascot, was not in his little cage. The fear and sadness was tangible amongst us booksellers. Then, the ransom notes came...and our mission to find him began...
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Gatsby722
Jun 03 07
348 plays
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What's On My Bookshelves?
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This quiz is about books on my bookshelves. Credit for this idea goes to StarSruck60's quiz, "A Journey Through My Bookshelves". This was a great quiz so I decided to try one. Good luck!
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Tough
10 Q
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wandev
Mar 27 09
819 plays
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You Now OWN the Bookstore!
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What a journey it has been! Just a few years ago a sales clerk, then a manager, then (after college and a few bucks) you bought the bookstore! Alas, though, bigger job but similar questions await you...
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Difficult
10 Q
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Gatsby722
Dec 09 06
849 plays
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The Rolling English Drunkard Gives Directions
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G. K. Chesterton's famous poem 'The Rolling English Road' has inspired this literary tour of England. Your challenge is to identify the authors, works or places from the drunken clues.
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Tough
10 Q
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bracklaman
Nov 10 06
432 plays
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Very Easy Literature Questions
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Take an easy stroll down the literature path.
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Very Easy
15 Q
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itsfun4u2c
Aug 19 06
4272 plays
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Top Ten Best-Sellers
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Surely no-one can identify the top ten best-selling books of all time but this quiz is based on the list in Russel Ash's book, "The Top 10 of Everything 2002". This list is generally agreed upon by many sources including Booksellers World.
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Tough
10 Q
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MotherGoose
Aug 24 05
1704 plays
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Books from my Bookshelf
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I decided that a set of questions based on a random selection from my personal home library would be a good basis for an eclectic literature quiz. Try my quiz and see if you agree with me?
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Average
10 Q
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bracklaman
Jun 17 08
969 plays
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Welcome To My Bookshop!
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If you love books of all different genres, then this is the place to be. You have a list of books to find, and the shelves are in alphabetical order, so you should have no problems!
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Average
20 Q
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buffy_anne
Sep 15 04
3024 plays
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Literary Alphabet
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This is a quiz of character names, authors and book names for every letter of the alphabet from A-Y.
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Average
25 Q
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wizequizgenius
May 17 04
2958 plays
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World Literature
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A Literature Trivia Quiz (Difficult) from Classics to Contemporary.
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Difficult
10 Q
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scgriff
Jun 09 11
399 plays
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Books
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See how well you know your books.
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Average
10 Q
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hopalong davo
Aug 20 02
4710 plays
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My World Cup Literary Eleven
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So I thought, why not see what sort of Soccer team I could put together from the characters in the novels, history books, plays and poems on my bookshelf. See if you can identify the players I've selected for Bracklaman's World Cup Literary Eleven?
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Tough
10 Q
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bracklaman
Jun 12 06
822 plays
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Twit Lit
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On Twitter, tweets are limited to 140 characters. What would have happened to great literature if Twitter had always been around? Wonder no more as you try to figure out what's being tweeted below. ("Great" is at the discretion of the quiz writer.)
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Average
10 Q
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Tchochkekop
Nov 10 09
549 plays
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The Bard or The Bible?
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Many common phrases are based on the Bible. Others are well-known because they appear in the works of The Bard, a common nickname of the great William Shakespeare. Can you tell them apart?
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Difficult
15 Q
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unbelievable1
Jul 28 08
1209 plays
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An Assortment of Books
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Here's a quiz on all sorts of books... everything from Hemingway to Crichton and a few odd others. How well read are you?
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Tough
20 Q
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val9000
Apr 13 00
6222 plays
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A Mixture of Literature!
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These are random questions from a selection of books on my shelves ranging from Penguin Classics to Helen Fielding! Enjoy!
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Tough
15 Q
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Anduril_Narsil
Jan 03 07
1305 plays
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A Miscellany of Literature
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Ten questions on literature from days of yore to the late 20th century (and with absolutely no Harry Potter!).
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Tough
10 Q
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MrSheen
Jan 22 11
483 plays
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