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Three of a Mind Trivia Quiz

Here are trios of books by well-known authors. Name the author or complete the trio from the names given.....it's not difficult!

A multiple-choice quiz by Ruma. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Ruma

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
19,693

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
3414

Last 3 plays: Dagny1 (10/10), Guest 172 (8/10), goodreporter (10/10).

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1. 'Hard Times', 'A Christmas Carol', 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens. Which other book did he write? Hint

Coral Island

Moll Flanders

Barnaby Rudge

Barchester Towers

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2. 'Animal Farm', 'Burmese Days', '1984'. Who wrote this trio of books?

Answer: (Two Words, or just surname. Initials G. O.)

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3. 'Shame', 'The Satanic Verses', and 'Midnight's Children' are by Salman Rushdie; which other book did he write? Hint

The Moor's Last Sigh

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Staying On

Heat and Dust

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4. 'A Pocketful of Rye', 'Death on the Nile', 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'. Author's name is what?

Answer: (Two Words, or just surname. Initials A. C.)

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5. 'The Chrysalids', 'The Day of the Triffids', and 'The Kraken Wakes' are by John Wyndham, who also wrote which of the following? Hint

The Midwich Cuckoos

Plague

The Invisible Man

The Lost World

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6. 'Emma', 'Pride and Prejudice', and 'Sense and Sensibility' are by Jane Austen, as is which of the following? Hint

Rebecca

Cranford

Brideshead Revisited

Northanger Abbey

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7. 'Adam Bede', 'Middlemarch' and 'The Mill on the Floss' are all by this author.

Answer: (Two Words, or just surname. Initials G. E.)

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8. 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', and 'Jude the Obscure' are by Thomas Hardy. Which of the following titles was also written by Hardy? Hint

Hard Times

Kenilworth

Far from the Madding Crowd

Finnegans Wake

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9. 'Just-so Stories', 'Kim', and 'The Jungle Book' were penned by whom?

Answer: (Two Words, or just surname. Initials R. K.)

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10. 'The Invisible Man', 'The Time Machine', and 'The History of Mr Polly' are by H.G Wells. Which of the following books did he also write? Hint

The Castle of Otranto

A Clockwork Orange

The Island of Dr Moreau

Out of the Silent Planet

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Hard Times', 'A Christmas Carol', 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens. Which other book did he write?

Answer: Barnaby Rudge

'Moll Flanders' is by Daniel Defoe, 'Barchester Towers' is by Anthony Trollope, and 'Coral Island' is by RM Ballantyne.

2. 'Animal Farm', 'Burmese Days', '1984'. Who wrote this trio of books?

Answer: George Orwell

Big Brother is watching!

3. 'Shame', 'The Satanic Verses', and 'Midnight's Children' are by Salman Rushdie; which other book did he write?

Answer: The Moor's Last Sigh

'Staying On' is by Paul Scott, 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' is by Milan Kundera, and 'Heat and Dust' is by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

4. 'A Pocketful of Rye', 'Death on the Nile', 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'. Author's name is what?

Answer: Agatha Christie

Some of the Dame's many books featuring the great Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

5. 'The Chrysalids', 'The Day of the Triffids', and 'The Kraken Wakes' are by John Wyndham, who also wrote which of the following?

Answer: The Midwich Cuckoos

'The Invisible Man' is by HG Wells (there's also another book of the same title by Ralph Ellison), 'Plague' is by Albert Camus and 'The Lost World' is by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. John Wyndham is a classic sci-fi author.

6. 'Emma', 'Pride and Prejudice', and 'Sense and Sensibility' are by Jane Austen, as is which of the following?

Answer: Northanger Abbey

'Rebecca' is by Daphne du Maurier, 'Brideshead Revisited' by Evelyn Waugh and 'Cranford' is by Mrs Gaskell.

7. 'Adam Bede', 'Middlemarch' and 'The Mill on the Floss' are all by this author.

Answer: George Eliot

8. 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', and 'Jude the Obscure' are by Thomas Hardy. Which of the following titles was also written by Hardy?

Answer: Far from the Madding Crowd

'Kenilworth' is by Sir Walter Scott, 'Finnegans Wake' is by James Joyce and 'Hard Times' is by Charles Dickens.

9. 'Just-so Stories', 'Kim', and 'The Jungle Book' were penned by whom?

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

10. 'The Invisible Man', 'The Time Machine', and 'The History of Mr Polly' are by H.G Wells. Which of the following books did he also write?

Answer: The Island of Dr Moreau

'A Clockwork Orange' is by Anthony Burgess, 'Out of the Silent Planet' is by CS Lewis and 'The Castle of Otranto' is by Horace Walpole.

Source: Author Ruma

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