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| 1. | Correctly spell, in English, the name of this mythical being. |
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LEPRECHAUN (Irish: leipreachán) | |
| 2. | Regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature, who wrote Die Verwandlung ("The Metamorphosis"), Der Process ("The Trial"), and Das Schloss ("The Castle"). |
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Franz Kafka | |
| 3. | Andy, Marbles, Spike, Olaf, Molly, Rover and Belle are the siblings of what comic strip character? |
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Snoopy | |
| 4. | In the third novel of the Harry Potter series, what is the name of the title character, .. the Prisoner of Azkaban? |
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Sirius Black | |
| 5. | Who is the world famous leading character in Jeffery Deaver's 2011 novel Carte Blanche? |
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James Bond | |
| 6. | In the Edward Lear poem, how much did the Owl and the Pussy Cat pay for their wedding ring? |
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1 shilling ("Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling, your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will." ) | |
| 7. | What Wind in the Willows character escapes from prison disguised as a washerwoman? |
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Toad | |
| 8. | What French artist's work includes "Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette" and "Luncheon of the Boating Party"? |
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | |
| 9. | What 1922 James Joyce novel chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin on 16th June 1904? |
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Ulysses | |
| 10. | What book of the Bible immediately follows Deuteronomy? |
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Joshua | |
| 11. | Who wrote the 2002 Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi? |
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Yann Martel | |
| 12. | What is the surname of the author whose first names are Phyllis Dorothy? |
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James (P.D. James) | |
| 13. | In children's literature, what fictional realm was cast into a century of perpetual winter without Christmas? |
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Narnia | |
| 14. | According to Hilaire Belloc's 1907 children's book, who told lies and was burnt to death? |
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Matilda | |
| 15. | John, Susan, Titty, Roger, Peggy, and Nancy are characters from what 1930 children's adventure novel? |
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Arthur Ransome|Swallows and Amazons | |
| 16. | In the English comic strip created by Reg Smythe, what is the name of Andy Capp's wife? |
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Flo | |
| 17. | What French artist painted The Pink Nude in 1935? |
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Henri Matisse | |
| 18. | The title of a 1952 children's fantasy novel; by what name are Arrietty, Pod, Homily, Hendreary, Lupy and Eggletina collectively known? |
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The Borrowers (Mary Norton) | |
| 19. | Who killed Grendel and Grendel's mother? |
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Beowulf (in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, AD 700–1000) | |
| 20. | Name the 1893 short story in which Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty plunge to their deaths at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. |
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The Final Problem | |
| 21. | In children's literature, by what name were Peter, Janet, Jack, Barbara, George, Pam and Colin collectively known? |
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The Secret Seven (Enid Blyton book series) | |
| 22. | In the newspaper comic strip drawn by Brad Anderson, what type of dog is Marmaduke? |
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Great Dane | |
| 23. | According to the book of Genesis, on what day was man created? |
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The Sixth Day | |
| 24. | Painter Frido Kahlo was of what nationality? |
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Mexican | |
| 25. | What is the name of the ship in the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson? |
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Hispaniola | |
| 26. | Established in February 1922, what is the largest paid circulation magazine in the world? |
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Reader's Digest | |
| 27. | What British explorer wrote the 2016 autobiography Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge? |
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes | |
| 28. | Who wrote the long-running play The Mousetrap? |
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Agatha Christie | |
| 29. | What surrealist artist created this, the Lobster Telephone? |
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Salvador Dalí | |
| 30. | Whose novels include a series about former SAS soldier Dan 'Spider' Shepherd and another about private investigator Jack Nightingale? |
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Stephen Leather | |
| 31. | Catriona is the 1893 sequel to what classic 1886 novel, both featuring the central character of David Balfour? |
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Robert Louis Stevenson|Kidnapped | |
| 32. | What is the title of Washington Irving's 1819 short story about a man who sleeps for 20 years? |
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Rip Van Winkle | |
| 33. | Who wrote the classic novels Rob Roy and Ivanhoe? |
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Sir Walter Scott | |
| 34. | Who wrote The Emperor's New Clothes (1837), The Nightingale (1843) and The Ice-Maiden (1863)? |
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Hans Christian Andersen | |
| 35. | Blind and deaf, whose best-selling autobiography, The Story of My Life, was first published in 1903? |
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Helen Keller | |
| 36. | What 1937 John Steinbeck novel tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small? |
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Of Mice and Men | |
| 37. | A Rake's Progress is a series of eight paintings by what 18th-century English artist? |
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William Hogarth | |
| 38. | What best-selling English author wrote The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man? |
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Julia Donaldson (illustrated by Axel Scheffler) | |
| 39. | What is the surname of the private detective that stars in a series of crime fiction novels written by British author J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith? |
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Strike (Cormoran Strike) | |
| 40. | What was Stephen King's first published novel in 1974? |
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Carrie | |
| 41. | In the English nursery rhyme, who killed Cock Robin? |
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The sparrow ("I," said the Sparrow, "With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin.") | |
| 42. | Horatio, Ophelia and Gertrude are characters in what William Shakespeare tragedy? |
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Hamlet | |
| 43. | Who wrote the controversial 1973 biography Marilyn? |
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Norman Mailer | |
| 44. | For how many years did Rip Van Winkle sleep? |
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20 | |
| 45. | What 2015 novel by Paula Hawkins was adapted into a 2016 film of the same name, starring Emily Blunt? |
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The Girl on the Train | |
| 46. | Sancho Panza was squire to what character in a 1605 novel of the same name? |
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Don Quixote | |
| 47. | What is the name of Linus' and Lucy's younger brother in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts? |
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Rerun | |
| 48. | What is the name of Phileas Fogg's French valet in Jules Verne's novel, Around the World in 80 Days? |
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Jean Passepartout | |
| 49. | In a Grimm Brothers' fairy tale, what is the name of the long, fair haired beauty locked in a tower by a witch? |
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Rapunzel | |
| 50. | Jean Valjean's struggle to lead a normal life after serving a prison sentence for stealing bread is depicted in what 1862 novel? |
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Victor Hugo|Les Misérables | |
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