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1 trivia quiz  More Australian Authors icon
This is my second quiz on Australian authors. As with the previous quiz, I have read and can recommend all of these authors.
Tough 10Q
90 plays
Dec 11 07
smartie44
2 trivia quiz  19th Century Massachusetts Literary Scene icon
19th Century Massachusetts was a hotbed for American literary talent. This quiz deals with information regarding some of the major names of the scene.
Tough 10Q
174 plays
Mar 26 06
firemaple783
3 trivia quiz  Authors from India and of Indian Origin coolicon
Indians have won a number of prestigious literary awards over the years. This quiz deals with some of the more popular authors and their works.
Average 10Q
171 plays
Feb 04 07
zorba_scank
4 trivia quiz  Australian Authors coolicon
I'll give you some clues about a well-known Australian author. See if you can identify him or her.
Tough 10Q
192 plays
Dec 03 07
smartie44
5 trivia quiz  Famous Authors: What Nationality?
I'll name a well known author, and you select the correct nationality. (Note: All nationalities refer to modern countries.)
Average 10Q
3441 plays
Mar 20 01
ravenskye
6 trivia quiz  Authors: British or American?
I will give you the author's name and you tell me if that author is British or American.
Average 20Q
3594 plays
Apr 06 00
JaniceC
7 trivia quiz  The Hemingway House icon
This is a quiz dedicated to Hemingway's house and his love of cats!
Tough 10Q
201 plays
Feb 29 04
cmshearman
8 trivia quiz  Poets From?
I give you the poet. You select the country they are from.
Average 10Q
1593 plays
Mar 14 01
cryptix
9 trivia quiz  Writers And Where They Lived icon
Authors just as normal earthlings need houses to live in. Some had very impressive, very romantic or very unusual houses, or they simply were very much attached to them. - In this quiz all questions have a link with such a house.
Average 10Q
1089 plays
May 19 01
chrissie_26
10 trivia quiz  Authors Birthplaces
Do you know where these authors were born?
Average 10Q
1605 plays
Jun 18 00
blacksheep0

Some sample questions from this category:

* In what country was Margaret Laurence born?
* In what country was Truman Capote born?
* In what Country was Joseph Conrad born?
* In what country was Gustave Flaubert born?
* In what country was Dante Alighieri born?
* In what country was Anton Chekhov born?
* In what country was Homer born?
* In what Country was Jonathan Swift born?
* In what country was Sylvia Plath born?
* In what country was Ernest Hemingway born?
* Robert Service (where he resided for most of his life, not where he was born!)
* Samuel Beckett, who wrote 'Waiting for Godot' was what nationality?
* Miguel de Cervantes, author of 'Don Quixote,' was what?
* Henrik Ibsen, who wrote 'A Doll's House' and 'Hedda Gabler,' had which national origin?
* The poet Omar Khayyam, who wrote 'The Rubaiyat,' was what nationality?
* Erich Maria Remarque, who wrote 'All Quiet On the Western Front,' came from which ethnic background?
* Sigmund Freud, who wrote 'The Interpretation of Dreams,' was ?
* 907 Whitehead Street, Key West was his address. Sloppy Joe's bar his home from home. Martha Gelhorn one of his lovers. Who is this macho guy?
* She had an abandoned English castle for a home, together with her husband she added a wonderful garden to it and was a friend of Virginia Woolf's. Who is this daughter of Eve?
* This Welsh poet lived for quite some time in a Boat House with a view of the sea. He died at the end of a lecture tour in USA 1953. His name?

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