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Where Did That Come From? Trivia Quiz

There are one or two stories given in this quiz and you need to pick what country the stories are from. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by pennie1478. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
pennie1478

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
160,080

Updated
Feb 24 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
5144

Last 3 plays: Guest 76 (9/10), Guest 146 (8/10), PurpleComet (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Where is the story "Espumas Flutuantes" from? Hint

Mexico

Spain

Brazil

Argentina

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Question 2 of 10

2. The stories "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" and "An Ideal Husband" were written in what country? Hint

England

Pakistan

Mexico

Thailand

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Question 3 of 10

3. From which country do the Brothers' Grimm "Fairy Tales" come? Hint

France

Hungary

Greece

Germany

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Question 4 of 10

4. In what country were "Iliad" and "Helen" written? Hint

India

Scotland

Egypt

Greece

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what country were "The Crystal Stopper" and "La Chute" written? Hint

Taiwan

Brazil

France

Korea

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Question 6 of 10

6. Where did "The Little Orphan" and "Anna Karenina" originate?

Answer: (six letter country)

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Question 7 of 10

7. In what country was the poem "August" by Faiz Ahmed Faiz written? Hint

Iraq

Tibet

Somalia

Pakistan

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Ramakian" is an epic poem about Thailand.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. "The Divine Comedy" and "Metamorphoses" are stories that were written in what country? Hint

Taiwan

Turkey

United States

Italy

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where were the stories "Moby Dick" and "The Raven" written? Hint

Canada

U.S.A.

England

Australia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where is the story "Espumas Flutuantes" from?

Answer: Brazil

Castro Alves was a Brazilian poet who wrote "Espumas Flutuantes" in 1870. After his death at age twenty-four, he became known as the major poet of his times and one of the main poets of Brazilian national literature.

2. The stories "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" and "An Ideal Husband" were written in what country?

Answer: England

Irish born C.S. Lewis wrote "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" while working as a professor at Oxford. The book is the second of the "Chronicles of Narnia" series. Oscar Wilde established himself as a playwright with such plays like "An Ideal Husband" (1895).

3. From which country do the Brothers' Grimm "Fairy Tales" come?

Answer: Germany

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859) are famous for their collection of "Fairy Stories" published in two volumes in 1812 and 1814 respectively. They collected the stories from forty different people. Most of the stories are essentially folk-tales for adults and some are gruesome and not necessarily suitable for children.

4. In what country were "Iliad" and "Helen" written?

Answer: Greece

Homer started writing "Illiad" in BC 750 and finished in BC 725. It is the story of the Trojan War. Isocrates wrote "Helen" in BC 370 to BC 392. It is made up of 21 speeches and 9 letters to different citizens of Ancient Greece.

5. In what country were "The Crystal Stopper" and "La Chute" written?

Answer: France

Maurice Leblanc wrote "The Crystal Stopper" (in English) in 1912. The French translation of this story is "Le Bouchon De Cristal". Albert Camus wrote "La Chute" in 1956.

6. Where did "The Little Orphan" and "Anna Karenina" originate?

Answer: Russia

Fyodor Dostoevksy wrote "The Little Orphan" in 1887. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy started writing "Anna Karenina in 1837 and finished writing it in 1877.

7. In what country was the poem "August" by Faiz Ahmed Faiz written?

Answer: Pakistan

Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote "August" in 1952. Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poetry was expected to follow the dictates of the Socialist Realism just as the other Pakistani poets or writers were.

8. "Ramakian" is an epic poem about Thailand.

Answer: True

"Ramakian" means "Glory of Rama". It is an epic poem about Hanuman's trip to Lanka. There are 212 paragraphs in the poem. The story is barely known in the Western world.

9. "The Divine Comedy" and "Metamorphoses" are stories that were written in what country?

Answer: Italy

Alghieri Dante wrote "The Divine Comedy" in 1313. The story is of two men passing through Purgatory and Ovid wrote a story about humans and gods titled "Metamorphoses" in 8 AD.

10. Where were the stories "Moby Dick" and "The Raven" written?

Answer: U.S.A.

Herman Melville wrote "Moby Dick" in 1851 about one man's search for the whale that maimed him. Edgar Allan Poe wrote a poem properly titled "The Raven" about a raven that enters the home of a lonely man The poem was published in 1845.

Source: Author pennie1478

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