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Quiz about FunTrivia Literature Mix Vol 1
Quiz about FunTrivia Literature Mix Vol 1

FunTrivia Literature Mix: Vol 1 Quiz


A mix of 10 Literature questions, submitted by 10 different FunTrivia players! The first few questions are easy, but the last couple are tough!

A multiple-choice quiz by FTBot. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
FTBot
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
407,834
Updated
Jan 11 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
811
Last 3 plays: Guest 173 (8/10), Liz5050 (9/10), ankitankurddit (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which character was created by Mark Twain? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which fictional bear shares his name with a London railway station? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Here's a poem that's easy to like /
A crafty old man and a tyke /
Put frogs in a bucket /
They found in Nantucket /
While taking an afternoon hike.

What kind of poem is this?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which of the following did Jules Verne NOT write? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which 1954 novel by William Golding, set on a desert island in an unspecified future, takes its name from an English translation of "Beelzebub"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who is the Indian author of the book "Swami and Friends"?


Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which pop group's name might have been (but wasn't) chosen because it was part of the rhyme scheme for a limerick? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who wrote "Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Released in 2004, "My Life" is the autobiography of which US President? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. With which rotund, irascible and orchid-loving detective do you associate the character of Archie Goodwin? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which character was created by Mark Twain?

Answer: Huckleberry Finn

Holden Caulfield is a character in "Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger. Howard Roark is from "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. "The Cat in the Hat" is a children's book by Dr. Seuss.

Question by player Rizeeve
2. Which fictional bear shares his name with a London railway station?

Answer: Paddington

Paddington Bear was found at Paddington railway station in London, which is how he got his name. The stories about Paddington by Michael Bond have entertained children for many years and spawned a TV series and even a movie.

Question by player emiloony
3. Here's a poem that's easy to like / A crafty old man and a tyke / Put frogs in a bucket / They found in Nantucket / While taking an afternoon hike. What kind of poem is this?

Answer: Limerick

A five line limerick, with a rhyming scheme a-a-b-b-a, is one of the easiest poems to write. Popularized in 1845 from "The Book of Nonsense" by Edward Lear, the rhyming scheme is catching, easy to master and fun to create.

Question by player Cece1952
4. Which of the following did Jules Verne NOT write?

Answer: Oliver Twist

Jules Verne is known as the "Father of Science Fiction" along with H.G. Wells.

Question by player cwilli00
5. Which 1954 novel by William Golding, set on a desert island in an unspecified future, takes its name from an English translation of "Beelzebub"?

Answer: Lord of the Flies

"And if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your people drive them out?" (Matthew 10:25).

Golding's "Lord of the Flies" was his first novel and was an allegory tale that explored the ideas of contemporary morality, group dynamics and individual ambition.

Beelzebub, or Beelzeboul, is used as another name for Satan in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. A definitive translation of Beelzebub is not agreed upon but one suggestion is that the name comes from the Hebrew words "ba'al" and "zebûb" meaning "lord" and "group of flies".

Question by player Snowman
6. Who is the Indian author of the book "Swami and Friends"?

Answer: R.K. Narayan

R.K. Narayan is the Indian author of the book "Swami and Friends". His novels and short stories were mostly based on South India. Some of his novels are "The Dark Room", "The English Teacher", "Talkative Man", etc., and one his short stories is "Malgudi Days".

Question by player AarushLuthra
7. Which pop group's name might have been (but wasn't) chosen because it was part of the rhyme scheme for a limerick?

Answer: ABBA

The rhyme scheme for a limerick is AABBA. That might have been why ABBA chose their name -- but of course it wasn't. They named themselves after the first letters of the first names of the four singers: Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Anni-Frid. Would they have had as much success as 'The Limericks'? We will never know.

Question by player garrybl
8. Who wrote "Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing"?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

This is from "The Picture of Dorian Gray". Wilde said and wrote so many quotable things.

Question by player vinovino
9. Released in 2004, "My Life" is the autobiography of which US President?

Answer: Bill Clinton

Published around three years after Clinton left Office, the memoirs chronicle Clinton's early years in Arkansas, through his school years, the quest for the Governorship of the State and, ultimately, the Presidency of the United States. At 1,008 pages in length, the book is not a short read but it did become a best seller, provided Clinton with a whopping US$15 million as an advance and had earned for him in excess of US$30 million by the end of 2008.

Question by player pollucci19
10. With which rotund, irascible and orchid-loving detective do you associate the character of Archie Goodwin?

Answer: Nero Wolfe

Created by Rex Stout, the irascible, overweight character of Nero Wolfe made his debut in 1934. An agoraphobic who rarely leaves his New York brownstone home with its huge collection of orchids, Wolfe, the consummate armchair detective, is ably aided by his confidential assistant, the streetwise and smartmouthed Archie Goodwin, to whom it is left to do the actual legwork involved in solving their cases and who is the narrator of the stories. All three of the other detectives mentioned have their own "Archie", Poirot with Captain Hastings, Holmes and the inimitable Dr Watson and Perry Mason's Della Street.

Question by player KayceeKool
Source: Author FTBot

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