16373 Hard Trivia Questions
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What is the name of the woman who was Edgar Allan Poe's first love and later his fiancée?
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Sarah Elmira Royster
What is the title of Edgar Allan Poe's essay that explains the writing of 'The Raven'?
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The Philosophy of Composition
What is the name of the literary magazine that first published Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Gold-Bug'?
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The Dollar Newspaper
Who was the literary executor of Edgar Allan Poe's works who also libeled him?
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Rufus Griswold
What was the name of the projected magazine that Poe never launched?
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The Stylus
What was the name of Poe's first collection of short stories, published in 1840?
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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
Who was the real-life French detective that inspired Poe's C. Auguste Dupin?
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François Eugène Vidocq
Who was the first woman to win the Newbery Medal?
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Rachel Field
Which author won the Newbery Medal for the 1976 book 'The Grey King'?
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Susan Cooper
Which author won the Newbery Medal in 1977 for 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'?
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Mildred D. Taylor
In Antony and Cleopatra, what sea battle is fought between Octavius and Antony?
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Battle of Actium
In King Lear, what is the name of the character who is blinded?
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Gloucester
In Macbeth, which English king is said to have the power to heal?
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Edward the Confessor
In Hamlet, what plant's juice is used to poison the king?
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hebenon
What is the full name of the title character in 'Coriolanus'?
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Caius Marcius Coriolanus
What is the title of the 1691 haiku anthology compiled by Bashō and his disciples?
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The Monkey's Straw Raincoat
In what year did the poet Yosa Buson die?
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1784
What is the name of the haiku magazine founded by Masaoka Shiki in 1897?
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Hototogisu
What is the full name of the collaborative linked-verse form that included haiku?
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haikai no renga
What was the name of Bashō's first published haiku collection?
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The Seashell Game
What year did Masaoka Shiki die?
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1902
Which author won the 2022 Booker Prize for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'?
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Shehan Karunatilaka
Which author won the 2017 Booker Prize for 'Lincoln in the Bardo'?
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George Saunders
Which author won the 1974 Booker Prize jointly with Nadine Gordimer?
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Stanley Middleton
In 'The Tempest', what is the name of Caliban's mother?
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Sycorax
In 'The Winter's Tale', what is the name of Leontes's son who dies?
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Mamillius