Which author created the 'Judge Dee' series?
Answer
Robert van Gulik
16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What is the name of the detective in 'The Mystery of the Yellow Room'?
Answer
Joseph Rouletabille
Who wrote 'The Big Bow Mystery', often called the first locked-room mystery?
Answer
Israel Zangwill
Which novel by Wilkie Collins is considered the first English detective novel?
Answer
The Moonstone
Which author used the pseudonym 'Ed McBain'?
Answer
Evan Hunter
On what date was The Hobbit first published?
Answer
21 September 1937
What object from Earth grew into the Narnian lamp-post?
Answer
a piece of iron from a lamppost
How many years of winter did the White Witch cause in Narnia?
Answer
100 years
By Narnian internal chronology, which is the first book?
Answer
The Magician's Nephew
Who illustrated the 1831 edition of Frankenstein?
Answer
Theodor von Holst
What work by Plutarch does the monster read in the novel?
Answer
Parallel Lives
What is the name of Mary Shelley's stepsister who was at Villa Diodati?
Answer
Claire Clairmont
In which churchyard is Mary Shelley buried?
Answer
St Peter's Church, Bournemouth
What was the name of the villa where Mary Shelley stayed in the summer of 1816?
Answer
Villa Diodati
What Russian port does Walton's expedition depart from?
Answer
Archangel
To whom does Captain Walton address his letters?
Answer
Margaret Saville
Who played the monster in the first film adaptation of Frankenstein (1910)?
Answer
Charles Ogle
What is the name of the bar where Holden meets Carl Luce?
Answer
The Wicker Bar
Who sang the song 'Little Shirley Beans'?
Answer
Estelle Fletcher
Which Robert Burns poem is misquoted by Holden in explaining the novel's title?
Answer
Comin' Thro' the Rye
In Jonathan Carroll's 'The Land of Laughs', what is the name of the fictional author?
Answer
Marshall France
In 'The Worm Ouroboros', what is the name of the author?
Answer
E.R. Eddison
In 'The Book of the New Sun', what is the name of Severian's sword?
Answer
Terminus Est
What is the name of the first novel in Gene Wolfe's 'The Book of the New Sun'?
Answer
The Shadow of the Torturer
Who wrote the 'Book of the New Sun' series?
Answer
Gene Wolfe
What is the name of the first published novel in 'The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant'?
Answer
Lord Foul's Bane
Which fantasy novel won the first World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1975?
Answer
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
What is the name of the first novel in Steven Erikson's 'Malazan Book of the Fallen' series?
Answer
Gardens of the Moon