FunTrivia Literature Mix: Vol 9 Quiz

Answer: Ocean

Bearing the real full title "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale", "Moby-Dick" is the tale of an all-consuming desire for revenge, even to the loss of one's life. It contains one of literature's most famous opening lines, "Call me Ishmael." In a famous Hollywood movie version, Gregory Peck plays Captain Ahab, who is driven to kill the whale that was the cause of his loss of a leg.

The story is one of the great 19th century American novels about character flaws and strengths.

Question by player mehaul

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs was a resident of Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He requested and was granted the status of foreign correspondent, making him one of the oldest correspondents.

Question by player JOEACE

Answer: Philip Marlowe

Philip Marlowe is one of the defining characters of the detective novel genre. His integrity, good looks, and indefatigability are almost proverbial.

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Answer: "Life of Pi" (2001)

"Life of Pi" (2001) is written by Canadian author Yann Martel. Dan Brown is an American author whose works include "Angels & Demons" (2000), "The Da Vinci Code" (2003), "The Lost Symbol" (2009), "Inferno" (2013), and "Origin" (2017).

Question by player Matthew_07

Answer: The Picture of Dorian Gray

This was first published in serial form in "Lippincott's Monthly Magazine". Wilde later revised and expanded it before publishing it as a novel.

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Answer: Virgil

Virgil's full name was Publius Vergilius Maro. He lived from 70 BCE to 19 BCE.

Question by player Nammage

Answer: The Great Gatsby

"The Great Gatsby" is by F Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald and Hemingway began as close friends, but later grew apart, not helped by Hemingway's insulting behaviour towards his one-time friend.

Question by player stedman

Answer: both your houses (Both families)

This line is said after Mercutio is mortally wounded in a duel. He was killed when well meaning Romeo blocked his view, and his opponent Tybalt took advantage of this momentary weakness. Later Romeo finds Tybalt and kills him as revenge, but is then exiled as punishment for killing Tybalt.

Question by player Halt

Answer: John le Carré

Le Carré's first novel, 'Call for the Dead', introduced his most famous character, George Smiley, memorably played on television by Alec Guinness in 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and 'Smiley's People'.

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Answer: Henry VI Part II

There are over sixty characters in this play, which contains the famous line "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" during an uprising. By contrast, the comedy "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" contains the smallest cast, with fewer than twenty named characters (plus a dog).

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