Which British poet wrote the allegorical epic 'The Faerie Queene'?
Answer
Edmund Spenser
16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What is the name of the detective created by Dorothy L. Sayers?
Answer
Lord Peter Wimsey
Which British poet is considered the first to be buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey?
Answer
Geoffrey Chaucer
Which British author wrote the longest English novel, 'Clarissa'?
Answer
Samuel Richardson
Which British author wrote the novel 'Midnight's Children'?
Answer
Salman Rushdie
Which British novelist wrote 'The Moonstone', considered the first detective novel?
Answer
Wilkie Collins
Which British novelist wrote 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'?
Answer
John Fowles
Which 18th-century British novelist wrote 'Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded'?
Answer
Samuel Richardson
Which British poet served as Poet Laureate from 1850 to 1892?
Answer
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
What is the full title of Mary Shelley's novel commonly known as 'Frankenstein'?
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Which 20th-century British poet wrote 'The Waste Land'?
Answer
T.S. Eliot
Which British novelist wrote 'The War of the Worlds'?
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H.G. Wells
In the Paradiso, which saint appears in the sphere of the Sun?
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Thomas Aquinas
In which canto of the Inferno does Dante encounter Muhammad?
Answer
Canto 28
In Philip K. Dick's 'The Man in the High Castle', what is the title of the novel written by Hawthorne Abendsen?
Answer
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy
What is the name of the AI that hires the protagonist in 'Neuromancer'?
Answer
Wintermute
What alias does Samson Carrasco use when he defeats Don Quixote?
Answer
Knight of the White Moon
In which year did Miguel de Cervantes die?
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1616
What is the name of the fictional Moorish historian credited as the original author of Don Quixote?
Answer
Cide Hamete Benengeli
Which American author created the detective Charlie Chan?
Answer
Earl Derr Biggers
Which author wrote the 'Henry Rios' series?
Answer
Michael Nava
Which author wrote the 'Kathy Mallory' series?
Answer
Carol O'Connell
Who wrote the 'Gervase Fen' series of mystery novels?
Answer
Edmund Crispin
What is the name of the first 'Matthew Shardlake' novel?
Answer
Dissolution
Which author created the detective known as the Continental Op?
Answer
Dashiell Hammett
What is the name of the first novel in the 'Spenser' series by Robert B. Parker?
Answer
The Godwulf Manuscript
Which Japanese author wrote 'The Tokyo Zodiac Murders'?
Answer
Soji Shimada