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31.
  Anecdotes About European Authors   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about meaningful anecdotes from the lives of major European authors.
Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jun 11 23
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flem-ish
Jun 11 23
1670 plays
32.
  Might Makes Write   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You may know these people for the stories they wrote, but you may be quite surprised to learn of their military records. Here are ten novelists, poets, and playwrights that have shown the might of the pen and the sword.
Average, 10 Qns, Avalice, Oct 27 19
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Avalice
Oct 27 19
391 plays
33.
  The In Crowd    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
The Bloomsbury Group, or Bloomsbury Set, was an intellectual group of people that included writers, philosophers, and artists. Just who was part of The In Crowd?
Average, 10 Qns, ClaudiaCat, Oct 20 21
Average
ClaudiaCat gold member
Oct 20 21
148 plays
34.
  Famous Authors And Poets Biographies   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Quite simple really, this quiz. I will give you some biographical details of an author or poet and some of their works and you just have to name them. Easy peasy. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, kristian88, Oct 27 18
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kristian88
Oct 27 18
3347 plays
35.
  The Author's Kitchen   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about various influential authors. Each question will consist of a quote and some information regarding the author in question. Good luck and enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, gkaz4, Mar 01 15
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gkaz4
372 plays
36.
  Authors of India   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
It's quiz about authors of India. Have Fun! Please rate and leave a feedback. Thanks!
Average, 10 Qns, LoveAnimals555, Feb 04 23
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LoveAnimals555
Feb 04 23
189 plays
37.
  Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Lady Caroline Lamb described Lord Byron as "Mad, bad and dangerous to know". A look at his tumultuous life, and to hell with the poetry!
Tough, 10 Qns, Englizzie, Oct 18 14
Tough
Englizzie
606 plays
38.
  Meter Magic    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A collection of poets who have charmed me with their magical use of meter, rhyme, and imagery in their poetry. Included will be a couplet from the poem cited in the question, just to whet your poetic appetite.
Average, 10 Qns, Irishrosy, Feb 13 16
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Irishrosy
332 plays
39.
  Interesting Facts about World Writers    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I hope you enjoy taking this quiz as much as I have enjoyed putting it together. The world of the writer is indeed fascinating!
Tough, 10 Qns, chessart, Aug 12 04
Tough
chessart gold member
3438 plays
40.
  Lighthouses in Poetry, Literature and History    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A member of Funtrivia is a retired light house keeper. This got me thinking about how lighthouses have featured as symbols of potency and hope in poetry, history and literature. Can you cast a beam of light on these questions?
Average, 10 Qns, bracklaman, Feb 01 05
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bracklaman
554 plays
41.
  Famous Polish Writers   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz deals with the most outstanding Polish novelists, playwrights and poets, many of whom gained a huge recognition and an everlasting place in the world's literature. All questions are multiple choice.
Average, 10 Qns, beatka, Mar 05 08
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beatka gold member
616 plays
42.
  Authors from India (Part II)    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is second part of my books and author quiz. I hope you will enjoy! Good luck! Please rate the quiz!
Average, 10 Qns, Insanity_In_Me, Aug 01 14
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Insanity_In_Me
282 plays
43.
  Fiction Derived From Life    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many writers told fictional tales that had their origins in actual experiences.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Sep 28 16
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robert362
3732 plays
44.
  Round and Round the Table   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Dorothy Parker is synonymous with the Algonquin Round Table in 1920s New York. However, we shall look at some of the other witty writers and critics who helped form the Algonquin's sometimes vitriolic magic.
Average, 10 Qns, Englizzie, Oct 02 20
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Englizzie
Oct 02 20
618 plays
45.
  Authors I Love    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about my ten favorite authors for young adults. I will tell you about them and you tell me who I'm talking about. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, zebra101, Sep 20 18
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zebra101
Sep 20 18
1302 plays
46.
  Writers Of The Western Isles    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The islands off the west coast of Europe have produced some notable authors over the years. Match these 10 modern writers to their birthplaces: England, Scotland, Wales, or Ireland.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jul 02 20
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darksplash
Jul 02 20
193 plays
47.
  Fantastic Writers!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you identify these great science fiction writers from their biographical details?
Average, 10 Qns, Flamis, Feb 15 10
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Flamis
891 plays
48.
  Writers and Prisons   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many writers have written about prisons - or have spent time there. Here are a few examples.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Mar 18 11
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robert362
2088 plays
49.
  Ancient Roman Writers    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ancient Rome produced many famous and talented writers. Test how much you much you know about them and their works.
Tough, 10 Qns, nerthus, Jul 31 06
Tough
nerthus
1109 plays
50.
  Collected Literary Oddities Vol. 2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Writers it seems have as many quirks and foibles as the rest of us. See if you can identify the writers from my clues.
Average, 10 Qns, bracklaman, Feb 22 15
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bracklaman
542 plays
51.
  Midwest Authors    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about authors with Midwest connections by members of the MidWest USA Team. How much do you know about these famous writers? Take our quiz and learn more.
Average, 10 Qns, JMElston, Jan 30 15
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JMElston
267 plays
52.
  From the Lives of English-writing Authors    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about anecdotes and facts from the lives of British, and occasionally American, Irish or other authors writing in English.
Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jul 30 14
Tough
flem-ish
864 plays
53.
  More Than Human    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some authors write about humans. However, some authors write about more than just humans. This quiz is about those authors. How much do you know about these science fiction and fantasy writers?
Average, 10 Qns, triviaking162, May 30 12
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triviaking162
551 plays
54.
  Common Bond - Find This Mystery Author    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
For each of the first ten questions, remember the first letter; put them together to find the answer to question 15.
Tough, 15 Qns, robynraymer, Dec 11 23
Tough
robynraymer
Dec 11 23
1250 plays
55.
  Collected Literary Oddities Vol. 1    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz investigates some quirks and oddities of the writers, authors, poets and playwrights who have contributed to the literature I have enjoyed so much. I invite you to share them with me.
Tough, 10 Qns, bracklaman, Mar 31 23
Tough
bracklaman
Mar 31 23
557 plays
56.
  Right Makes Write    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is a list of 10 writers associated with the "right" or conservative causes. These are all fiction writers and are not necessarily known for writing or talking about their political views.
Average, 10 Qns, RollTidewinner, Jan 01 14
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RollTidewinner
447 plays
57.
  Poets Who Were Novelists and vice versa    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you a sample of poetry, and a list of novels to choose from. Can you match the poetry to the novel, without knowing the author's name? Good luck and have fun!
Difficult, 10 Qns, alliefarrell, Dec 23 06
Difficult
alliefarrell
703 plays
58.
  A Literary Gazetteer of Wales   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Wales is much more than a Land of Song. I offer you a literary guided tour of my homeland with clues to famous authors and story settings and ask you to tell me where in Wales they lived or were based.
Tough, 10 Qns, bracklaman, Jun 27 07
Tough
bracklaman
344 plays
59.
  More Dramatic Lives    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For those of you who enjoyed the original, this is another look at the dramatic lives of creative people. I hope you enjoy this one, too.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 11 18
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robert362
Jan 11 18
2406 plays
60.
  Initially Famous    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many authors, poets and playwrights are known by their initials rather than their forenames. Do you know the names behind the initials?
Tough, 10 Qns, cristabel56, Nov 25 08
Tough
cristabel56
974 plays
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Writers & Authors Trivia Questions

31. Which female writer was the first woman registered to vote in Concord, Massachusetts?

From Quiz
Interesting Facts About Famous Writers

Answer: Louisa May Alcott

Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1832, Louisa May Alcott was a suffragette. While living in Concord, New Hampshire in 1879, she registered to vote and did vote in the Concord school election. She is famous for writing, "Little Women".

32. Who was the French author who was condemned in court for writing an "open letter" in defence of the Jewish officer Dreyfus?

From Quiz Anecdotes About European Authors

Answer: Emile Zola

"J'accuse", had been the title of the public letter which Zola had had published in a French paper. Emile Zola (1840-1902) was born in Paris as the son of an Italian engineer. He spent his childhood in Aix-en-Provence. At the death of his father in 1858, he moved back to Paris. Worked for some time for the publishing-house Hachette. Personal friend of Paul Cézanne. His cycle "The Rougon Macquart" was an almost scientific study of a family under the Second Empire. Zola was already an opponent of Napoleon III, when, through his involvement in the Dreyfus affair, he further angered the French establishment. It was only by escaping to England, that he could avoid being imprisoned. It took until Dreyfus had been cleared before Zola was able to return. Anatole France (1844-1924)is the pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault. Proust was born at Auteuil in 1871 and died in Paris, of pneumonia, in 1922. First part of " A la Recherche du Temps Perdu" was published in 1903.

33. Born in Germantown, Philadelphia in 1832 and died in Boston in 1888. She wrote "Flower Fables" in 1855 and "Little Women" in 1871. Who is she?

From Quiz Famous Authors And Poets Biographies

Answer: Louisa May Alcott

She was educated at home by her father, Bronson. Her most famous work being "Little Women" written in two parts in 1868 and 1869.

34. He spent six weeks in an asylum and wrote: "When maidens such as Hester die / Their place ye may not well supply, / Though ye among a thousand try / With vain endeavour."

From Quiz Ten Romantics

Answer: Charles Lamb

Lamb is better known for his essays than for his poetry. This quote comes from "Hester." Lamb was in an asylum in 1795. The following year, his sister Mary murdered their mother with an axe.

35. Which writer of 'Pygmalion' had his priorities straight when he said, 'The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art'?

From Quiz Oddities of the Literary World

Answer: George Bernard Shaw

The Irish-born dramatist Shaw really wasn't such a bad guy, he was simply driven by his work, as the following quote points out admirably, 'The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.' In reality, Shaw was a tireless activist for women's rights, among other worthy causes, and he was an excellent playwright to boot (see 'Major Barbara', for example.)

36. A novel by this world-famous Polish science fiction writer was adapted into a movie "Solaris" by Steven Soderbergh in 2002. What is the name of the writer?

From Quiz Famous Polish Writers

Answer: Stanislaw Lem

The film stars George Clooney and Natascha McElhone. The novel "Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem was published for the first time in 1961. It has been translated into more than 30 languages. "Solaris" was first adapted into a film by Russia's Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972. Stanislaw Lem died in 2006, at the age of 84.

37. "I heard the cheerful clatter of his cans as he went round with the milk of human kindness." A British historian and biographer said this in 1920 about whom?

From Quiz Who Literally Said What About Which Literary Great

Answer: James Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish playwright and novelist, one of nine children. Peter Pan was his most celebrated work, first presented in 1904. He wanted his work to benefit children in more ways than one, so he donated the rights to Peter Pan to a London children's hospital.

38. In one of this writer's novels, the heroine has two female cousins. One is Maria Bertram. What is the other's first name?

From Quiz Common Bond - Find This Mystery Author

Answer: Julia

Julia Bertram is not a very sympathetic character, but her sister Maria is even worse. A married woman, Maria Rushworth (nee Bertram) forms an adulterous relationship with Henry Crawford, her cousin Fanny's suitor.

39. This author suffered the death of his daughter (and her husband) in a drowning accident and the institutionalization of another daughter for madness.

From Quiz Very Dramatic Lives of Creative People

Answer: Victor Hugo

Hugo, famous for "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", enjoyed fame and prominence - but certainly had his share of family misfortunes. The madness of his daughter - involving her unrequited love for another man - became the subject of a movie: "The Story of Adele H".

40. Eugene O'Neill dramatized the life of himself, his brother and his parents in this autobiographical play.

From Quiz Fiction Derived From Life

Answer: Long Day's Journey Into Night

A rough life, too. All had some major issues in life. The play shows the pain and torment of all of them, earning O'Neill a Nobel Prize. (The others are his plays, too).

41. What child movie actress (and later diplomat) brought a libel suit against British author Graham Greene in 1937?

From Quiz Useless Trivia About Writers

Answer: Shirley Temple

Whilst literary editor of the "Night and Day" magazine, Greene wrote a review of one of Shirley's films accusing the 9 year old of purposely being suggestive and coquettish. Shirley and her studio (20th Century Fox) sued him for libel and won, resulting in a fine of £3,500 - of which £500 had to be paid by Greene personally.

42. Where was humorist Robert born?

From Quiz The Benchleys

Answer: Worcester, Mass.

Also the birthplace of filmmaker Samuel Fuller.

43. 'With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration.'

From Quiz Romanticism and Critical Theory

Answer: Keats

This is from one of Keats' many letters, which are vaguely interesting - except when he begins to waffle. Unfortunately, beauty didn't obliterate all of Keats' considerations as he died at the age of 25. However, he was incredibly prolific.

44. This poet was in love with his cousin, Mary Chaworth.

From Quiz Writers And Their Muses

Answer: Byron

A distant cousin

45. Which author was known for liking to write first drafts with a Number 2 pencil?

From Quiz Weird Facts About Authors

Answer: Hemingway & Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway started his career as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City at the age of 17.

46. Charles Boyer was a fine actor in the early part of the twentieth century. How did he die?

From Quiz Writers and Actors

Answer: Suicide

Suicide - shortly after the death of his wife.

47. This author is best known for 'The Way of the World'

From Quiz Overlooked or Forgotten Writers

Answer: William Congreve

A comedy of the time (1700)

48. Which person coined the phrase 'to call a spade a spade'?

From Quiz Quotes from the Literary Gods

Answer: Erasmus

It means to call things as they are without unnecessary embellishments. Erasmus, the Dutch scholar, certainly dispensed with the pleasantries in his work 'In Praise of Folly'!

49. This playwright had to live with the knowledge that the medication administered to his mother during his birth pushed her into a lifelong problem with drug addiction. This was dramatized in his most famous work.

From Quiz More Dramatic Lives

Answer: Eugene O'Neill

O'Neill's life is honestly and powerfully displayed in 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'. Stark - and sad.

50. This wildly creative writer married his 13 year old cousin, before ultimately succumbing to poverty and alcoholism at a young age.

From Quiz Dramatic Lives of Creative People

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

Poe had a great imagination - but a truly terrible life.

51. This controversial author, playwright and screenwriter got her start with a job writing summaries of novels and periodical for potential screenplays before finding success in her own right with her first Broadway play. Who was she?

From Quiz Author! Author!

Answer: Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman (1905-84) went from working for $50 per week to being a successful Broadway playwright. This led directly to opportunities as a screenwriter and much, much better pay. Unfortunately, Hellman's political leanings led to being blacklisted in Hollywood after she was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee and refused to answer their questions. This did not stop her from continuing to write for Broadway, but her career would never recover. Hellman's most well-known work was her 1939 play "The Little Foxes", which she also adapted for the silver screen in 1941, making her the first woman to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

52. What crusading writer ran for Governor of California in 1934, thirty years after he had become famous with a book exposing abuses in the meatpacking industry?

From Quiz Interesting Facts about World Writers

Answer: Upton Sinclair

Sinclair remained socially active after the success of 'The Jungle', which exposed the meatpacking abuses. But even though he was the Democratic candidate in the 1934 California election, President FDR refused to endorse him, and he ended up losing the race.

53. Apples, she ate. In the bathtub while looking at crime photographs. Which dame is this, who's said to be outsold by only the Bible and Shakespeare?

From Quiz Hard Habit to Break

Answer: Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie liked to eat apples, drink tea, and look at crime photographs in the bathtub, saying it helped fuel her creative thinking. She quit the habit after observing that the bathtub was "too slippery, with no nice wooden ledge to rest pencils and paper on." She was born as Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller on September 15, 1890. In 1916, while working as a nurse, Christie wrote her first book, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", which featured her famous detective Hercule Poirot. It was published in 1920, after which followed many more novels, some were Poirot novels, and some featured Miss Marple, and duo Tommy and Tuppence. Her play "The Mousetrap" is considered one of history's longest running plays. Christie's detective are known worldwide and have been played be many actors. She married Archie Christie in 1914. They had a daughter, Rosalind, in 1919. Archie and Agatha divorced in 1928. In 1930, she remarried the archeologist Max Mallowan, and remained married until her death on January 12, 1976, at the age of 85.

54. She started to write novels while working as a journalist: Where was the author of romantic literature and twisty thrillers Claire Allan born?

From Quiz Writers Of The Western Isles

Answer: Ireland

"USA Today" best-selling author Claire Allan was born in Derry-Londonderry in 1976 and worked as a journalist before turning to writing full time. Her early books were written while she was still working for "The Derry Journal". Her first book in 2006, "Rainy Days and Tuesdays" was a romantic comedy and several more followed in the genre before her first thriller "Her Name Was Rose" was published in 2008. Claire Allan also wrote under the pseudonym Freya Kennedy.

55. This Scottish writer of Christian fantasy was a friend to Charles Kingsley, and an influence on many writers, including fellow hymnist Gilbert K. Chesterton.

From Quiz More Authors Who Also Wrote Hymns

Answer: George MacDonald

The list of authors who have said they were influenced by MacDonald is incredible. It includes W.H. Auden, C.S. Lewis, J.M. Barrie, L. Frank Baum, Lloyd Alexander, J.R.R. Tolkien, Madeleine L'Engle, and one contemporary who called MacDonald his mentor, Lewis Carroll. MacDonald's works are reprinted yet today, often in "modernized" language.

56. This author's much-loved and universally known children's hymn was contained in a novel that was NOT written by the hymnist.

From Quiz Authors Who Also Wrote Hymns

Answer: Anna Bartlett Warner

The hymn is "Jesus Love Me." It was featured in Warner's sister, Susan Warner's novel, "The Wide, Wide World." Anna was also a novelist. Some of the novels of the two sisters were written jointly.

57. What event in his life gave Reverend Awdry the opportunity to create his railway characters?

From Quiz Choo Choose Thomas! Part 2

Answer: His son had the measles.

In 1942 Reverend Awdry's son was two and a half years old, and sick with the measles. He told the stories to entertain the boy during his illness, however, he did eventually write them down because his son would correct him if the details of a repeated story had changed. His wife, Margaret, eventually found the drafts that had been hurriedly written on the back of Mother's Union (a family charity originally founded by the wife of a rector of the Church of England) circulars. By 1945 his stories were published under the title "The Three Railway Engines".

58. "The Great American Novel" was a moniker given to one of the works I produced. This particular novel included the characters Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Which author am I?

From Quiz Match The Right Writer To The Right Written Tome

Answer: Mark Twain

Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens who was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. Samuel's birth coincided with Halley's Comet and he predicted that his death would come with the comet's next reappearance. He died the day after Halley's Comet appeared in the night sky, April 21, 1910. He was called "the father of American literature" by William Faulkner and is considered by many to be "the greatest American humorist of his age". My favorite Mark Twain quote is "Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please."

59. Which Indian poet and author, who was awarded with Nobel Prize in year 1913, authored the book "The Home and the World"?

From Quiz Authors of India

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was a great author from India. He was born on 7 May 1861 in Kolkata, India. His spouse was Mrinalini Dev. He was awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1913 for his book "Gitanjali". He died on 7 August 1941 (aged 80) in Kolkata, India. He also had a pet dog about which he wrote several poems. His other notable works are "Gora", "Ghare-Baire", "Jana Gana Mana" (Indian national anthem), "Rabindra Sangeet", "Amar Shonar Bangla".

60. Who is author of the book "Coolie"?

From Quiz Authors from India (Part II)

Answer: Mulk Raj Anand

Mulk Raj Anand was an Indian writer in English. He was born on 12 december 1905 in what is now Pakistan and died on 2004 (aged 99) in Pune, India. He also got Padma Bhushan award by Indian Government for his notable works in Literature. Other famous books by him: "Untouchable", "Across the Black Waters", "The Indian Theatre", "Reflection on a White Elephant", "The Big Heart", "The Village", "Two Leaves and a Bud", "The Sword and the Sickle", "Of Power and Pity" and some more books.

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