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Literature-thou shall rule! Trivia Quiz

Respect thy ruler and answer these...!

A multiple-choice quiz by ankan. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ankan

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
110,854

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1644

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'Yahoo' is an uncouth tribe mentioned in which book? Hint

Tom Thumb

Pride and Prejudice

Moby Dick

Gulliver's Travels

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Agatha Christie novel features Poirot's last case? Hint

The Dying Detective

Lord Edgware Dies

Curtain

Murder on the Orient Express

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Question 3 of 10

3. W.B.Yeats introduced Rabindranath Tagore to the west. Many years later, which Indian writer did Graham Greene introduce to the west? Hint

V.S. Naipaul

Ruskin Bond

Salman Rushdie

R.K.Narayan

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Question 4 of 10

4. With reference to Shakespeare, what is common to Bassanio in 'The Merchant of Venice' and Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'? Hint

Both were tempted to do wrong things

They both have wives called Portia

Both died in the end

Both had happy endings

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Question 5 of 10

5. Sherlock Holmes features in only four of Conan Doyle's novels.
'The Hound of the Baskervilles' and The 'Valley of Fear' are two. What are the rest? Hint

The Bosnian Tiger and Nelson's Dance

The Red Headed League and The Big Four

The Sign of Four and A Study in Scarlet

Sherlock Holmes featured in only two novels.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is the author of 'Pride and Prejudice'? Hint

Stephen King

Jane Austen

Barbera Siddel

Sidney Sheldon

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is the author of 'War and Peace'? Hint

Victor Hugo

Mulk Raj Anand

Count Leo Tolstoy

Luigi Pirandello

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who is the author of 'Kiss Kiss'? Hint

Franz Kafka

Enid Blyton

Roald Dahl

Gabriel Garcia

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who among these is a detective story writer? Hint

Arundhati Roy

Emile Gaboriau

Franz Kafka

Jonathan Agnew

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is so special about Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland'? Hint

It is ninety percent 'Gibberish'

It contains mathematical facts

The mathematical aspects are untrue

The author knew nothing about Mathematics

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Yahoo' is an uncouth tribe mentioned in which book?

Answer: Gulliver's Travels

This is a well known classic written by Jonathan Swift.

2. Which Agatha Christie novel features Poirot's last case?

Answer: Curtain

'Short, egg-shaped head, BIG moustache, Belgian accent'. You know who this is? Eh, bien! This is Hercule Poirot!

3. W.B.Yeats introduced Rabindranath Tagore to the west. Many years later, which Indian writer did Graham Greene introduce to the west?

Answer: R.K.Narayan

Narayan is the author of the world famous book- 'Malgudi Days'. V.S. Naipaul, although of Indian ethnicity, is actually from Trinidad.

4. With reference to Shakespeare, what is common to Bassanio in 'The Merchant of Venice' and Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'?

Answer: They both have wives called Portia

Not the same though!

5. Sherlock Holmes features in only four of Conan Doyle's novels. 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' and The 'Valley of Fear' are two. What are the rest?

Answer: The Sign of Four and A Study in Scarlet

The invincible detective who was not allowed to die by the Readers!

6. Who is the author of 'Pride and Prejudice'?

Answer: Jane Austen

It's now being made into a movie by Gurinder Chaddha, the director of 'Bend It Like Beckham'.

7. Who is the author of 'War and Peace'?

Answer: Count Leo Tolstoy

It was written by the Russian in 1869.

8. Who is the author of 'Kiss Kiss'?

Answer: Roald Dahl

The master of the sting-in-the-tail.

9. Who among these is a detective story writer?

Answer: Emile Gaboriau

I haven't read many of Emile Gaboriau's books but they are splendid.

10. What is so special about Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland'?

Answer: It contains mathematical facts

Lewis Carroll was one of the greatest mathematicians. If observed carefully, all the 'Maths' in 'Alice in Wonderland' are POSSIBLE IDEAS.
They are all wonderfully thought out.

Source: Author ankan

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