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First Lines of Famous Novels Trivia Quiz

Welcome to my quiz about the opening lines of some of the most famous novels in the world. I'll give you the first line of a famous book and all you have to do is tell me which book it is from. Have fun and good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by freddy_krueger. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
freddy_krueger

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
140,056

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
8268

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

1. "When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton" Hint

'The Shining' - Stephen King

'The Hobbit' - J. R. R. Tolkien

'The Fellowship of the Ring' - J. R. R. Tolkien

'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' - J. K. Rowling

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Question 2 of 15

2. "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were." Hint

'The Last of the Mohicans' - James Fenimore Cooper

'War and Peace' - Leo Tolstoy

'The Count of Monte Cristo' - Alexandre Dumas

'Gone With The Wind' - Margaret Mitchell

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Question 3 of 15

3. "Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin."

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 4 of 15

4. "Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy." Hint

'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' - C. S. Lewis

'Of Mice and Men' - John Steinbeck

'To Kill A Mockingbird' - Harper Lee

'Anne of Green Gables' - Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Question 5 of 15

5. "All children, except one, grow up." Hint

'Stuart Little' - E.B. White

'Peter Pan' - J.M. Barrie

'The Time Machine' - H.G. Wells

'Matilda' - Roald Dahl

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Question 6 of 15

6. "Not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine." Hint

'The Great Gatsby' - F. Scott Fitzgerald

'Beloved' - Toni Morrison

'Cujo' - Stephen King

'Lamb to the Slaughter' - Roald Dahl

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Question 7 of 15

7. "Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that." Hint

'A Christmas Carol' - Charles Dickens

'The Maltese Falcon' - Dashiell Hammett

'The Hound of the Baskervilles' - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'The Great Gatsby' - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Question 8 of 15

8. "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug." Hint

'Orlando' - Virginia Woolf

'A Christmas Carol' - Charles Dickens

'Little Women' - Louisa May Alcott

'Madame Bovary' - Gustave Flaubert

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Question 9 of 15

9. "The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail." Hint

'Treasure Island' - Robert Louis Stevenson

'Jaws' - Peter Benchley

'Moby Dick' - Herman Melville

'Brideshead Revisted' - Evelyn Waugh

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Question 10 of 15

10. "Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice "without pictures or conversation?" Hint

'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland' - Lewis Carroll

'Madeline' - Ludwig Bemelmans

'Charlotte's Web' - E.B. White

'Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang' - Ian Fleming

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Question 11 of 15

11. "Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York Criminal Court Number 3 and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruelly hurt his daughter, who had tried to dishonor her." Hint

'Love Story' - Erich Segal

'2001: A Space Odyssey'- Arthur C. Clarke

'The Godfather' - Mario Puzo

'True Grit' - Charles Portis

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Question 12 of 15

12. "You better not never tell nobody but God." Hint

'The Big Sleep' - Raymond Chandler

'To Kill A Mockingbird' - Harper Lee

'The Color Purple' - Alice Walker

'The Green Mile' - Stephen King

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Question 13 of 15

13. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." Hint

'David Copperfield' - Charles Dickens

'The Red Badge of Courage' - Stephen Crane

'Fahrenheit 451' - Ray Bradbury

'The Catcher in the Rye' - J.D. Salinger

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Question 14 of 15

14. "It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips." Hint

'Animal Farm' - George Orwell

'The Pearl' - John Steinbeck

'The Time Machine' - H. G. Wells

'The Jungle Book' - Rudyard Kipling

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Question 15 of 15

15. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Hint

'The Mirror Crack'd' - Agatha Christie

'The Maltese Falcon' - Dashiell Hammett

'The Hound of the Baskervilles' - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'Rebecca' - Daphne DuMaurier

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: 'The Fellowship of the Ring' - J. R. R. Tolkien

'Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' tells of the young Frodo Baggins, a hobbit of the Shire, and his quest to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power.

2. "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were."

Answer: 'Gone With The Wind' - Margaret Mitchell

'Gone With The Wind' was made into a movie starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in 1939. The movie went on to win ten Academy Awards. The author of 'Gone With The Wind', Margaret Mitchell, also won the Pulitzer for the novel.

3. "Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin."

Answer: Winnie The Pooh

'Winnie the Pooh' was first published in 1926 and was later made popular by the Walt Disney corporation. A. A. Milne based his stories in the Hundred Acre Wood on toys owned by his son, Christopher Robin.

4. "Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy."

Answer: 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' - C. S. Lewis

'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' is one of the many published books in the famous 'Chronicles of Narnia' series by C. S. Lewis. The other books include: 'Prince Caspian', 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader', 'The Silver Chair', 'The Horse and His Boy', 'The Magician's Nephew', and 'The Last Battle'.

5. "All children, except one, grow up."

Answer: 'Peter Pan' - J.M. Barrie

'Peter Pan' was also made into a movie by Walt Disney in 1953. The book was written by Barrie for a group of young boys that he knew.

6. "Not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine."

Answer: 'Cujo' - Stephen King

Other works by Stephen King are 'IT', 'The Shining' and 'Misery'.

7. "Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that."

Answer: 'A Christmas Carol' - Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens' tale tells of Ebenezer Scrooge's change from an evil skinflint to a kind-hearted charitable man overnight, with the help of three ghosts.

8. "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug."

Answer: 'Little Women' - Louisa May Alcott

'Little Women' tells the story of four sisters, and their mother, living in the USA at the time of the American Civil War. The novel was made into a movie starring Winona Ryder in 1994.

9. "The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail."

Answer: 'Jaws' - Peter Benchley

'Jaws' tells of the devastation caused by one single shark in a beach town in the USA. A movie of the book was later made, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Answer: 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland' - Lewis Carroll

'Alice in Wonderland' tells of the adventures that a young girl named Alice has after she attempts to follow a white rabbit through a rabbit hole. The novel was brought to life through animation by Walt Disney in 1951.

11. "Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York Criminal Court Number 3 and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruelly hurt his daughter, who had tried to dishonor her."

Answer: 'The Godfather' - Mario Puzo

'The Godfather' was later made into a movie starring the fantastic Marlon Brando.

12. "You better not never tell nobody but God."

Answer: 'The Color Purple' - Alice Walker

This feminist novel tells of the life of a woman called Celie, living in the south of the USA, during a time when men were in charge and segregation was still an issue within communities.

Answer: 'The Catcher in the Rye' - J.D. Salinger

'The Catcher in the Rye' was first published in 1951 and is one of the most famous novels in American literature.

Answer: 'The Jungle Book' - Rudyard Kipling

'The Jungle Book' is a novel which follows the story of a baby named Mowgli, who is adopted by wolves.

15. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."

Answer: 'Rebecca' - Daphne DuMaurier

Other works by Daphne DuMaurier are 'Jamaica Inn' and 'Frenchman's Creek'. The novel was made into a movie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in 1940.

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