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48 quizzes and 522 trivia questions.
1.
  A Literary Tour   best quiz  
Fun Fill-It
 12 Qns
Place Names in Book Titles
Many well known novels have the names of places in their titles, with countries, continents, cities and towns among them. I've woven the titles into a narrative where each blank refers to a place name in a book. Work them out from the clues in the story.
Easier, 12 Qns, rossian, Mar 29 24
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Mar 29 24
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  This Quiz Does Not Exist   best quiz  
Collection Quiz
 15 Qns
Fictional Places in Literature
This quiz does not exist, and neither do the correct answers of this quiz. All of these locales have been included in famous pieces of literature. Your job is to separate the locations based on real-life places and the ones that have been invented.
Easier, 15 Qns, trident, Jan 11 24
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Jan 11 24
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  A Literary Tour of the World   best quiz  
Label Quiz
 10 Qns
Settings of Novels
Here are ten novels which are primarily set in, or are associated with, a particular country. With just the title to help, can you match each of them to the correct number on the map?
Easier, 10 Qns, rossian, Nov 01 24
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Nov 01 24
297 plays
4.
  Did the Sun Ever Set?   top quiz  
Classification Quiz
 20 Qns
Novels Set in Various Parts of the British Empire
It was said that the sun never set on the British Empire, and though that may no longer be the case, many novels and stories are still available that are set all around it . Your task is to place these titles in the appropriate part of the world.
Average, 20 Qns, spanishliz, Oct 29 24
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Oct 29 24
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5.
  A Perfect World!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Somebody is always seeking a perfect society or trying to devise one.
Tough, 10 Qns, astorian, Dec 16 07
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1091 plays
6.
Fictional Islands
  Fictional Islands   best quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
What is it about islands in novels? Why are there so many? And why are there so many fictional islands? Haven't we got enough real ones without imagining new ones? Let's examine why fictional islands occupy a disproportionate amount of literary space.
Easier, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Feb 14 23
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Feb 14 23
479 plays
7.
Places Everyone
  Places, Everyone!   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Can you guess the real-world setting of some of these well-known pieces of literature with the help of some photographs and maps?
Easier, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, Feb 12 17
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8.
  Famous Places That Never Existed editor best quiz   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on the many imaginary places in well known tales. All aboard, we're going to leave.
Average, 10 Qns, zordy, Jun 10 21
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Jun 10 21
12328 plays
9.
  Perfect Places   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
One of the wonders of literature is the magical places authors take you to. They can create perfect or, at least, different worlds from the one we live in. Can you match the author to the world each created?
Easier, 10 Qns, rossian, Apr 02 21
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Apr 02 21
1353 plays
10.
Literature Places
  Literature Places   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Some real and some fictional, but all have featured in literature over the centuries.
Average, 10 Qns, ozzz2002, Oct 19 17
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trivia question Quick Question
Margaret Mitchell's civil war epic 'Gone With the Wind' includes a detailed description of the fall of which southern city?

From Quiz "Cities in Literature"




11.
Location Location Location
  Location! Location! Location!    
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
The location a novel takes place in can be very important to the plot, or merely a trivial note. Where did these novels happen? Do you remember?
Easier, 10 Qns, dcpddc478, Nov 26 23
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Nov 26 23
1419 plays
12.
  Location Hunting in Literature   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Spanning diverse genres, the only thing these books have in common is a place name in the title.
Easier, 10 Qns, zorba_scank, Dec 30 20
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Dec 30 20
699 plays
13.
Settings in American Short Fiction
  Settings in American Short Fiction   best quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
How well can you recognize these American short stories from descriptions of their settings and photographs of locales that represent those settings?
Average, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, Feb 08 16
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14.
  Mister Topsy-Turvy editor best quiz   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some of the greatest writers the world has ever seen have created some "worlds" where Mr. Topsy-Turvy would be most happy to reside. Can you identify the author or the worlds from the clues provided?
Average, 10 Qns, coachpauly, Mar 08 12
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15.
Fictional Places in Literature 2
  Fictional Places in Literature (2)   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Many novels are set in real life places. For others, the author creates a whole fictional environment. Use the photos and the clues to identify the fictional locations.
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Jan 16 16
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16.
  Are You Sure This Land is Magical?   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Do you believe in magic and the supernatural? Do enchanted lands and lost kingdoms appeal to you? Then come with me on a tour of sites that have been used in literature as plot elements and settings. Magical or real? That's for you to decide.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Whitney37, Jul 31 16
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17.
  Write Around England   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some classic works of literature are famously associated with the landscapes or cities they are set in. This quiz is about ten such works which have connections to specific areas around England.
Average, 10 Qns, Fifiona81, Feb 08 14
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18.
  Writing About the Desert   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
The desert has been an important location, sometimes amounting to a character in its own right, in many books of fiction and non-fiction over the years. Can you identify the author of each of these ten examples?
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jan 22 18
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19.
  Mars    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Mars...Earth's next frontier, but the scientists will not be the first there. Our authors have already done that job with these great tales. Match the author with their story.
Easier, 10 Qns, Triviaballer, Feb 01 19
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Feb 01 19
363 plays
20.
  Dreaming of Paradise editor best quiz   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My eyelids droop as I read the final pages of Thomas More's "Utopia". If only such a place were real! As I drift off, my thoughts go to all those literary paradises I have read of, and I imagine myself on a journey...
Average, 10 Qns, reedy, Jun 03 23
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Jun 03 23
1455 plays
21.
  The Places You Go   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
...When You Read. Can you identify these imaginary places from different types of literature? I'm sure you can. Have fun.
Average, 20 Qns, shvdotr, Jan 11 15
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22.
  Follow the Directions    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Check the map and make your way through these fantastical places. Which book will you end up in?
Easier, 10 Qns, AcrylicInk, Feb 01 19
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Feb 01 19
410 plays
23.
  Fantasy Lands    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the fantasy place with the creator.
Easier, 10 Qns, gme24, May 05 19
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May 05 19
376 plays
24.
  If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How many of these famous literary residences (and their residents) do you remember?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Sep 24 24
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Sep 24 24
1983 plays
25.
  Houses in Fiction   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Sometimes the house plays as big a role in the story do as the human characters. Do you remember the names of all these fictional homes, manors and estates?
Tough, 15 Qns, annaheldfan, Feb 08 14
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563 plays
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  Cities in Literature   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ten questions about cities in literature, real and imagined.
Tough, 10 Qns, Snowman, Apr 26 14
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1540 plays
27.
  State the Book or Book the State Part 1    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the novel with the US state in which the novel is set.
Average, 10 Qns, bernie73, Jan 08 20
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Jan 08 20
340 plays
28.
  It Was the Best of Times...Utopias   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about literary perfect places--otherwise known as Utopias. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, john_sunseri, Sep 09 10
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640 plays
29.
  North America's Top Literary Cops   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match these top literary cops to the places where the operated. *Note: some of the locations were changed in movie or TV adaptations, it is the book locations that are needed.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jul 23 16
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206 plays
30.
  Haunted Houses - Up an Old Staircase    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Beware literature's spooky houses. Enter if you dare, and think twice before you climb the stairs.
Average, 10 Qns, amcoffice, Oct 23 16
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283 plays
31.
  Fictional Places in Literature   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many novels are set in real life places. For others, the author creates a whole fictional environment. Can you identify some of those fictional locations?
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Dec 08 15
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603 plays
32.
  Authors Write about Wisconsin    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Wisconsin has been the scene of action for both novels and non-fiction. Here are some of the more notable authors who have written about the Badger State.
Average, 10 Qns, parrotman2006, Apr 07 24
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Apr 07 24
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  Imaginary Places    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are places that were created in literature and do not exist in the real world. How many can you identify?
Average, 10 Qns, mhuirnin, May 04 07
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34.
  A Pen and a Prayer   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There are many works of fiction set in and around monasteries, cathedrals, convents and other religious buildings. How many of them do you know?
Tough, 10 Qns, helen295, Feb 08 14
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341 plays
35.
  Ideal Countries In Literature    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Literature being a matter for dreamers,at least in the popular view, it's not surprising that you can find in poetry and novels quite a few descriptions of Ideal Countries and Promised Lands. See which of these you have heard of already.
Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Aug 21 13
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36.
  Unreal-Estate and Classified Ads - Tribute Quiz editor best quiz   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz is based on bullymom's inspired original, which you can find in the Mythology and Legends section. Questions are in the form of ads; you identify the literary place, object or character advertised.
Difficult, 15 Qns, alkmene, Jun 18 14
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37.
  The Literary Polymath    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This time, the Polymath is masquerading as a literature quiz, but you'll need to exercise your geography, song lyrics and history muscles as well. All of the answers are geographical locations.
Average, 10 Qns, frankmcvey, Feb 08 14
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398 plays
38.
  Imaginative Writers, Imaginary Places    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you identify these imaginary places and the authors who wrote about them? I'm sure you can. Have fun!
Tough, 10 Qns, shvdotr, Nov 17 15
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39.
  The Half-Open Cellar Door...    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Cellars play an important role in many novels and stories. See if you can answer these questions about tales that contain real or figurative cellars, basements and dungeons!
Average, 10 Qns, shuehorn, Oct 19 23
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Oct 19 23
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40.
  Through The Literary Keyhole    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Whether it's a mansion or a farmhouse, a cave or a castle, the 15 homes featured in this quiz have all played a big part in literature throughout the years.
Average, 15 Qns, helen295, Jan 26 13
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  Location, location, location    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
See what you remember about the settings for some classic works of literature.
Average, 10 Qns, chicagojanet, Jul 29 12
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575 plays
42.
  State the Book or Book the State Part 2    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the novel with the US state where it (primarily) takes place.
Tough, 10 Qns, bernie73, Jan 08 20
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Jan 08 20
176 plays
43.
  Famous Places That Never Existed. Part Two.    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is the second part of our journey to places you can find only in books (and sometimes films).
Tough, 10 Qns, zordy, Dec 22 07
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44.
  Places in Literature    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about places named in works of literature. Some are real places and some are fictitious. The range is anything from Winnie the Pooh to John Keats so there should be something for everybody!
Tough, 10 Qns, aggymemnon, Sep 06 09
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45.
  Pubs In Literature   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For my first attempt at a Fun Trivia quiz, I've selected a subject that combines two of my main interests in life!
Difficult, 10 Qns, TabbyTom, Feb 08 14
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  Literary Locations    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ten literary classics, ten locations. No need to get out the atlas, you're memory will serve you nicely, I'm sure. Enjoy!
Tough, 10 Qns, wytchwood, Feb 25 22
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Feb 25 22
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  Where Angels Fear to Tread    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All the books in this quiz feature somewhat 'twisted' and darker versions of the city of London. How many of them do you know?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Feb 08 14
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  Literary Locales    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Take a brief tour of some places that are prominent in literary works
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Feb 28 14
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Places in Literature Trivia Questions

1. In Jacquelyn Mitchard's "The Deep End of the Ocean" (1999), a family deals with the aftermath of what crime?

From Quiz
Authors Write about Wisconsin

Answer: Kidnapping

"The Deep End of the Ocean" focuses on Beth Cappadora and the kidnapping of her son. The family lives near Madison, Wisconsin. Years later, a young man who looks like her abducted son arrives. The novel deals with the consequences of his return. The novel was Oprah Winfrey's first selection for her book club in September 1996. Jacquelyn Mitchard was a columnist at the Milwaukee Journal for over two decades and also taught at the University of Wisconsin. The idea for "The Deep End of the Ocean" came to her in a dream and the novel was published in June 1996. It was a New York Times bestseller.

2. Which fictional character(s) lived in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh?

From Quiz Fictional Places in Literature

Answer: Doctor Dolittle

Hugh John Lofting was born in 1886 in Maidenhead, Berkshire and served with the Irish Guards during World War I, but he is best-remembered today as the author of the popular children's books featuring Doctor Dolittle. The character first appeared in letters written from the trenches of WWI and the first of Lofting's twelve books, "The Story of Doctor Dolittle", was published in 1920. The full title of the book was actually "The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts Never Before Printed". Lofting died in 1947 and the final three books were published posthumously over the following five years. The final installment, published in 1952, was "Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures".

3. The first stop on our voyage to imaginary literary places is "a stately pleasure-dome" located on "twice five miles of fertile ground" along with "gardens bright with sinuous rills" and "forests ancient as the hills." What is this place?

From Quiz The Places You Go

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Xanadu

The story is that Coleridge wrote his poem "Kubla Khan" in 1797 following a dream he had under the influence of opium. It was almost twenty years after the writing of the unfinished poem that Coleridge published it at the urging of Lord Byron.

4. What fanciful world of magic and talking animals, accessed through a wardrobe, is the creation of British author C. S. Lewis?

From Quiz Are You Sure This Land is Magical?

Answer: Narnia

Lewis created the world of Narnia, a landmass "fronting The Great Eastern Ocean" as a setting for his series of seven children's novels titled "The Chronicles of Narnia." The first book in the series is "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Aslan, a lion with the power of speech, is the main character in the "Narnia" series. Avalon is an island in the medieval tale of Arthur Pendragon, a legendary king who purportedly saved Britain from the Saxons. In Norse mythology Valhalla is a vast regal hall, ruled by the god Odin, where soldiers killed in battle go in the afterlife.

5. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" - so opens "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier. As well as the second Mrs. De Winter, it is home to a sinister housekeeper; what is her name?

From Quiz If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now!

Answer: Mrs Danvers

"Rebecca" was first published in 1938, and remained in print throughout the twentieth century. In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock produced perhaps the most famous film version of the story, starring Joan Fontaine and Sir Laurence Olivier as Mr and Mrs De Winter.

6. This historical mystery novel is set in an Italian monastery during the fourteenth century and follows the investigations of William of Baskerville and Adso of Melk. What is the title of this novel?

From Quiz A Pen and a Prayer

Answer: The Name of the Rose

"The Name of the Rose" was written by Umberto Eco and originally published in Italian under the title "Il nome della rosa". In 1986 the book was made into a film starring Sean Connery as William of Baskerville and Christian Slater as Adso of Melk. The novel has also inspired several play adaptations, video games and a board game.

7. Homer's "Iliad" describes the siege of a city that people thought was imaginary until Heinrich Schliemann discovered its ruins in 1868. Name the city.

From Quiz Location, location, location

Answer: Troy

Schlieman was an amateur archaeologist who used descriptions in the epic poem to locate the ruins. Ilium is another name for the city.

8. It takes a war to teach our heroine that her father was right; nothing is as important as land. The need to preserve and restore her family plantation becomes the driving force in her life. What's the name of her beloved home in this famous novel?

From Quiz Houses in Fiction

Answer: Tara

In Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel 'Gone with the Wind,' the house on Tara, a Georgia cotton plantation, was a rambling structure that didn't much resemble the palatial residence that appeared in the movie. Nonetheless, it's the idea of Tara that keeps Scarlett going. Through her efforts, Tara survives and prospers, but she herself loses everything in the process. Seven Oaks, of course, is Ashley's home, which is destroyed by the Yankees. The exterior used for the movie Tara was built on a lot at Selznick Studios, and there is some mystery as to what exactly happened to it. It certainly bears a close resemblance to the Selznick mansion, which has cause a lot of confusion over the years. The exterior for Seven Oaks was only a matte painting and the barbeque scenes were filmed in Busch Gardens.

9. Which author wrote the story where the reader is introduced to the tiny people of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, the flying island of Laputa, and the Houyhnhnms horse people?

From Quiz Mister Topsy-Turvy

Answer: Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift wrote and published "Gulliver's Travels" in 1726. Its original title contained 24 words: "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships." The book was an immediate success and is accepted as one of the true masterpieces of English literature.

10. Which Edgar Allan Poe tale features a deadly wine cellar?

From Quiz The Half-Open Cellar Door...

Answer: The Cask of Amontillado

In "The Cask of Amontillado", a bitter and envious man tricks his neighbor, Fortunato, into going to his wine cellar to try an expensive wine to determine if it is authentic or not. Fortunato agrees to go, tempted by the prospect of savoring the rare Amontillado, and indeed drinks his fill of the valuable grog, while the trickster bricks shut the entry to the room in the wine cellar, thereby trapping Fortunato and condemning him to an agonizing death. The other stories listed are all by Poe, but they do not have a wine cellar as a central plot element.

11. London Below is a very dangerous place for travellers, and the only Angel there is insane and locked away to save the world from his evil plans. In which book do we meet the murderous Angel Islington?

From Quiz Where Angels Fear to Tread

Answer: Neverwhere

"Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman was first published in 1996, and was nominated for a British Fantasy Society Award. It was also made into a BBC television series, in which the Angel was played by Oscar winning actor Peter Capaldi.

12. Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes place in what fictional Alabama town?

From Quiz Literary Locations

Answer: Maycomb

Lee claims she based the characters and events on those found in and around her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.

13. From where, according to Keats, did Cortez and all his men stare at the Pacific?

From Quiz Places in Literature

Answer: A peak in Darien

"Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He star'd at the Pacific - and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise - Silent, upon a peak in Darien." John Keats - "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer". 1816

14. This island lies south-west of Sumatra and the Sunda Straits. It was discovered in 1699 by Lemuel Gulliver. Its inhabitants are less than six inches tall.

From Quiz Famous Places That Never Existed

Answer: Lilliput

It's the small men island depicted by J. Swift in his "Gulliver's Travels" (1726). Everything is on a small scale in Lilliput: for instance, the capital, Mildendo, has walls two and half feet high. Westmannaeyar is a real archipelago in Iceland, while Lineland is a country shaped like a straight line from Edwin A. Abbott's book "Flatland".

15. Which two capitals are the 'Cities' in Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities'?

From Quiz Cities in Literature

Answer: London and Paris

'A Tale of Two Cities' is set in the period of the French revolution and the subsequent Jacobin reign of terror. The novel tells the story of Frenchman Charles Darnay and Englishman, Sydney Carton and, as is common with Dickens, is a book concerned with social justice and redemption.

16. "You must remember this; A kiss is still a kiss, A sigh is just a sigh - The fundamental things apply As time goes by." Name of the city?

From Quiz The Literary Polymath

Answer: Casablanca

From the great 1942 movie, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman (Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan were considered for the parts of Rick and Ilsa, according to the legends which have grown around the film). Casablanca is on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, which was a French protectorate during WWII. Hence the appearance of Claude Rains as the pragmatic, somewhat corrupt, fence-sitting gendarme Capt Renault, possibly a metaphor for the puppet Vichy French government itself. But he comes good in the end, and chucks his bottle of Vichy water in the bin. And yes, I know that Ilsa didn't really say "Play it again, Sam". But she should have! So how did a film question get into a literary quiz? Well in 1997, Stephen Humphrey Bogart (yep, Bogey's son) came up with his novel "The Remake - As Time Goes By", in which R J Brookes, the private-eye son of two famous Holywood parents, gets annoyed when the sleaziest producer in Holywood plans to do a sleazy sequel to one of America's best-loved movies "As Time Goes By" in which his parents starred. Sound familiar? Studio people start to get bumped off, and guess who gets the blame? And, because life always imitates art, in 1998, a writer called Michael Walsh came up with "As Time Goes By", the continuing adventures of Rick, Renault, Lazlo and Ilsa. I expect Mr Walsh keeps looking over his shoulder for R J Brookes...

17. For sale: small plot of vegetated woodland, commanding views of ever-changing magical lands. Resident planning to retire to the night sky.

From Quiz Unreal-Estate and Classified Ads - Tribute Quiz

Answer: The Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree is home to many of Enid Blyton's best-loved characters, Moonface among them. Once you reach the top you can enter the portal to whichever fantasy land happens to be visiting at the time - but watch out! Not all of these strange countries boasts a happy and welcoming atmosphere.

18. In Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre", Jane goes to work as a governess for Mr Rochester. What is the name of his mansion, which is also the home of Mrs Fairfax, Grace Poole and Adele Varens?

From Quiz Through The Literary Keyhole

Answer: Thornfield Hall

Jane spends her early childhood at Gateshead Hall, home of her aunt, Mrs Reed, and her cousins, Eliza, Georgiana and John. After an argument with John, Mrs Reed locks Jane into the red-room, which is supposedly haunted by the ghost of her uncle who died in that same room. Moor House is the home of the Rivers family, with whom Jane stays for a while, working as a school teacher. Ferndean Manor is another house belonging to Mr Rochester, located about 30 miles from Thornfield. Charlotte Bronte is thought to have based Ferndean on Wycoller Hall in Pendle Witch Country, Lancashire. The ruins of Wycoller Hall are still accessible to tourists today.

19. Sir Thomas More coined the word "Utopia". What does the word mean in Greek?

From Quiz A Perfect World!

Answer: Nowhere land

Sir Thomas More's "Utopia" combined serious recommendations for a socialist society with comically ridiculous proposals.

20. In which "Land of Quietude and Rest" did Ulysses and his crew - according to Homer and to Lord Tennyson - find an opportunity to forget the hardships of ten years at sea?

From Quiz Ideal Countries In Literature

Answer: The Island of the Lotus Eaters

Tennyson was born on August 6th, 1809 and died on October 6, 1892. A typical fragment: "In the afternoon they came into a land In which it seemed always afternoon All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream."

21. This land, created by J.R.R. Tolkien, gives a home to such creatures as hobbits, elves, dwarves, ents, etc. (as well as humans!)

From Quiz Imaginary Places

Answer: Middle-Earth & Middle Earth

"The Lord of the Rings" is one of my favorite books. I can't wait for "The Two Towers" to come out!

22. What is the name of the tavern in Southwark from which Chaucer's pilgrims begin their journey in the Canterbury Tales?

From Quiz Pubs In Literature

Answer: The Tabard

The Tabard was a real tavern which had its ups and downs over the centuries. Destroyed by fire in 1676, it was rebuilt as the Talbot. It was a popular coaching inn, but declined with the advent of the railways. The building (no longer a tavern) was demolished in 1873. Talbot Yard, off Borough High Street, marks the site.

23. Mark Twain had an early success with 'The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'. Where is Calaveras County?

From Quiz Literary Locales

Answer: California

His first success?

24. In "When Pride Still Mattered" (1999), David Marannis covers the life of what Wisconsin sports legend?

From Quiz Authors Write about Wisconsin

Answer: Vince Lombardi

"When Pride Still Mattered" is about legendary football coach Vince Lombardi (1913-1970). He coached the Packers from 1959 to 1967 and led them to five championships, including the first two Superbowls. David Marannis is a Washington Post reporter who is well known for his work on politics and sports. He has written biographies of Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Barack Obama. He has also done books about Roberto Clemente and the 1960 Olympics.

25. The largest island of this small archipelago contains the Picanniny Village and the Wild Woods, while smaller islands include Mermaids' Rock and Crocodile Island. Name the archipelago and its creator.

From Quiz Imaginative Writers, Imaginary Places

Answer: Never-Never Land by J M Barrie

J M Barrie first used Peter Pan's name in an adult novel called "The Little White Bird" in 1902. Just two years later, Barrie made Peter the star of a play called "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up." The play ran in London for over ten years. Then in 1911, Barrie put Peter and Wendy in a novel called "Peter and Wendy." Barrie died in 1937. The place where Peter Pan and the Lost Boys live was first called the Never Never Land, a name which later became Neverland.

26. Billy Bunter was a pupil at which fictional school?

From Quiz Fictional Places in Literature

Answer: Greyfriars

Billy Bunter was created by English writer Charles Harold St. John Hamilton, writing under the pen name Frank Richards. Bunter (full name William George Bunter) first appeared in the first issue of "Magnet" comic in 1908. Following the closure of "Magnet" in 1940, the first novel, "Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School", was published in 1947. Hamilton died in 1961 and the last Bunter novel was published posthumously in 1967.

27. What magical village in the Scottish Highlands that exists for only one day every hundred years came from the pen of American playwright Alan Jay Lerner?

From Quiz Are You Sure This Land is Magical?

Answer: Brigadoon

The village of Brigadoon was brought to life on Broadway in New York City in a play of the same name in 1947. In 1954 Brigadoon was recreated in a Hollywood musical starring Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse and Van Johnson. A 1966 television production starred Robert Goulet. Drumnadrochit is a popular tourist village on the shore of Loch Ness in Scotland. Alloway is the hometown of Scottish poet Robert Burns. The Wondrous Isles are a creation of the 19th-century English artist, writer, textile designer and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood William Morris. In his fantasy novel, "The Water of the Wondrous Isles," Morris blends imaginary and supernatural worlds.

28. The English stately home Brideshead is home to the aristocratic Lord Marchmain and his family, but do you remember the name of the character who narrates the tale in "Brideshead Revisited"?

From Quiz If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now!

Answer: Charles Ryder

The full title of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel is "Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder", and it was first published in 1945. After Waugh's death, a hitherto unknown piece of writing featuring Charles Ryder as a boy was found among his papers, and published posthumously in several collections of his short stories.

29. "A Vicarage Family" is the story of Victoria, one of four children growing up in an English vicarage in the years leading up to World War I. The author of this novel was probably best known for writing "Ballet Shoes". What was her name?

From Quiz A Pen and a Prayer

Answer: Noel Streatfeild

Noel was the daughter of William Streatfeild, the Bishop of Lewes. "A Vicarage Family" was closely based on her own childhood experiences and was followed by two more autobiographical books, "Away from the Vicarage" and "Beyond the Vicarage".

30. Which novel's setting includes a moor with the following dangers: an escaped convict, the Grimpen Mire, and a legendary supernatural beast?

From Quiz Location, location, location

Answer: The Hound of the Baskervilles

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" is one of only four full-length novels featuring Sherlock Holmes.

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