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The Three Clue Book Quiz

This is your chance to be a book detective! I give you three clues and you select the correct book from a list of four. This should be relatively easy but be careful. Some answers may have one clue in the book named but only one will have them all.

A multiple-choice quiz by hpreed62. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
hpreed62

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
382,838

Updated
Jul 11 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
1918

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Crazed Captain. Cetacean. Queequeg. Which book contains all these elements?

Hint

Kon Tiki

Moby Dick

Two Years Before the Mast

In the Heart of the Sea

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Question 2 of 10

2. Lightning scar. Sorted into Gryffindor. Quidditch. Can you select the right book from those below?

Hint

The Magician's Nephew

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Amber Spyglass

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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Question 3 of 10

3. Orphan. More, please. Fagin. Which book brings these three clues together?
Hint

Oliver Twist

Great Expectations

David Copperfield

Jane Eyre

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Question 4 of 10

4. Admirable father. Small Southern town. Racism. It's not a sin to select the title of the book containing all of these elements.

Hint

The Grapes of Wrath

To Kill a Mockingbird

Death in Venice

Cry, the Beloved Country

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Question 5 of 10

5. Ghost. Revenge. Denmark. In what play are these clues "to be?"
Hint

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Scarlet Letter

The Tempest

Hamlet

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Question 6 of 10

6. Adam. Eve. Snake. Where will you find these folks, if you can consider a snake "folk", which in this instance you can?

Hint

Leviticus

Genesis

Numbers

Deuteronomy

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Question 7 of 10

7. Child sacrifice. Self sacrifice. Contest. Which dystopian young adult novel will you find these clues in?

Hint

The Hunger Games

The Fault in Our Stars

The Yearling

The Book Thief

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Question 8 of 10

8. Florida. Fawn. Hunger. Which 20th century novel has all these elements?

Hint

The Hunger Games

Bambi

Oliver Twist

The Yearling

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Question 9 of 10

9. Passion. Vengeance. Moors. Which dark book do these clues indicate?

Hint

Jane Eyre

Wuthering Heights

Frankenstein

Pride and Prejudice

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Question 10 of 10

10. Aging portrait concealed. Hedonism. Advancing cruelty. Name the book that fits these clues.
Hint

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Red and the Black

Metamorphosis

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Crazed Captain. Cetacean. Queequeg. Which book contains all these elements?

Answer: Moby Dick

This is a nineteenth century novel by Herman Melville. It is based on an actual event.

2. Lightning scar. Sorted into Gryffindor. Quidditch. Can you select the right book from those below?

Answer: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

This book (also released with the author's original title 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) has elements of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, but it isn't nearly as grim.

The first of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, this book introduced us to all the major characters and fascinating elements like all flavor jelly beans and Nearly Headless Nick.

3. Orphan. More, please. Fagin. Which book brings these three clues together?

Answer: Oliver Twist

This book by Charles Dickens was made into a musical back in 1960. The musical was made into a film eight years later.

4. Admirable father. Small Southern town. Racism. It's not a sin to select the title of the book containing all of these elements.

Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee did not complete a second book until 2015. That book is now understood to actually be the first draft of this novel.

5. Ghost. Revenge. Denmark. In what play are these clues "to be?"

Answer: Hamlet

Hamlet's father's ghost was originally played by Shakespeare. Although it isn't a large part, many great actors have given it life (after death): John Gielgud, Brian Blessed, Paul Scofield among others.

6. Adam. Eve. Snake. Where will you find these folks, if you can consider a snake "folk", which in this instance you can?

Answer: Genesis

Ah yes, here's the old excuse for suppressing half of the human race, and an explanation for why most of us don't like snakes.

There are two slightly different accounts of humanity's creation in Genesis - Genesis 1:1-2:3 and Genesis 2:4-2:24, which relate the Adam and Eve story.

7. Child sacrifice. Self sacrifice. Contest. Which dystopian young adult novel will you find these clues in?

Answer: The Hunger Games

SuzanneCollins wrote "The Hunger Games" in part based on a Greek myth about Athenians having to sacrifice their children to the Minotaur as punishment for the death of a king's son.

This book is the first of three. It was made into a 2012 movie.

8. Florida. Fawn. Hunger. Which 20th century novel has all these elements?

Answer: The Yearling

One of my favorite books, it was made into a movie starring the same brilliant actor as in "To Kill a Mockingbird", the versatile Gregory Peck.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's classic tale of a pioneer family was a NY Times bestseller for 23 weeks. It was also a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1939.

9. Passion. Vengeance. Moors. Which dark book do these clues indicate?

Answer: Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte, the sister of the author of "Jane Eyre", is this book's author. It was her only novel and she published it under the pen name Ellis Bell.

Heathcliff is sometimes considered the quintessential romantic hero but his horrible behavior to everyone but his beloved Cathy marks him as an anti-hero before they became popular.

10. Aging portrait concealed. Hedonism. Advancing cruelty. Name the book that fits these clues.

Answer: The Picture of Dorian Gray

This is the only novel written by Oscar Wilde. He was famous for his short stories and plays.

Source: Author hpreed62

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