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1 trivia quiz  Famous Authors Best Known by their Initials icon
Do you know what the 'J.K.' stands for in J.K.Rowling? How many other authors' initials are unknown to you? Try this quiz and find out. All authors are well known.
Average 10Q
1320 plays
Nov 25 03
miss g
2 trivia quiz  Authors' Initials 2
This authors' initials quiz is harder than the first, so I've given you a little help here and there. If you get them all you're a literature genius.... or you've looked them up! Just the last name in the answers.
Average 10Q
3096 plays
Jul 05 00
minch editor
3 trivia quiz  Authors' Initials icon
Some authors are generally known by their initials and last name. You are given their full first names. Give their last name. Start with a capital!
Tough 10Q
2928 plays
Jun 29 00
minch editor
4 trivia quiz  Given Names of Authors
You are given the penname, give the real name of the author.
Average 10Q
2562 plays
Feb 19 00
finlady
5 trivia quiz  Literary Anagrams - Not Too Tough
You should get at least some of these - give it a try!
Difficult 10Q
945 plays
Jan 14 01
robert362
6 trivia quiz  Name These Children's Authors icon
With homage to Minch's quiz called "Authors' Initials." I give you a children's author's first two (or three) names. You type in the writer's surname. For example, if the clue is "Joanne Kathleen," you type "Rowling."
Average 10Q
747 plays
Jul 14 03
robynraymer
7 trivia quiz  Authors Behind Initials icon
Guys seem to like to hide behind initialled first names. Sometimes we end up knowing the initials but no longer what first names were behind them. Have a try.Is J.R.R. Tolkien : John Ruben Romuald T. No, it's .. . Well hadn't you better try the quiz?
Tough 10Q
915 plays
May 15 01
flem-ish
8 trivia quiz  Author's Pseudonyms icon
Quite a few authors write under other names. I will list the author's real name and you pick out the pseudonym.
Average 5Q
1932 plays
May 07 01
mizlentz
9 trivia quiz  Authors,also known as.... icon
Famous authors, less famously known as......
Tough 5Q
1125 plays
Sep 12 00
Ruma
10 trivia quiz  Author Anagrams
All of these anagrams are the names of authors. All are two words - first and last names (except for the last one).
Difficult 10Q
492 plays
Dec 06 00
robert362

Some sample questions from this category:

* What is O. Henry's given name?
* Who doesn't know Agatha Christie? Her books featuring detectives Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tuppence and Tommy Beresford and Harley Quin, are famous. Do you know that she also tried her hand at gothic romances under this nom de plume?
* Ed McBain wrote the gripping series of police detective novels about the detectives of the fictional 87th precinct, and others about Matthew Hope .Few people know that he is also the writer named:
* Victoria Holt is famous with gothic romance fans.Her well-known novels include 'Bride of Pendorric', 'On the Night of the Seventh Moon', and 'Shadow of the Lynx'. She also wrote novels based on the lives of famous kings and queens, under the pen name of:
* What first names hide behind : L.P. Hartley?
* ...and last but not least what first names hide behind the initials of J.R.R.Tolkien??
* Let's start with a name we've all heard of. What does the 'J.R.R.' stand for in J.R.R. Tolkien?
* What does the 'J.B.' stand for in J.B. Priestley?
* What does the 'D.H.' stand for in D.H. Lawrence?
* What does 'P.D.' stand for in P.D. James?
* What does the 'J.D.' stand for in J.D. Salinger's name?
* What is E. Nesbit's first name?
* What does the 'H.G.' stand for in H.G. Wells' name?
* What does the 'C.S' stand for in C.S. Lewis' name?
* What does the 'E.M.' stand for in E.M. Forster?
* And finally, everyone knows Winnie the Pooh, but who knows what the 'A.A.' stands for in A.A. Milne's name?

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