What is the name of Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem about a crew hunting a mythical creature?
Answer
The Hunting of the Snark
98686 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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Which Oxford college was Lewis Carroll a fellow of?
Answer
Christ Church
What is the opening poem in 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' called?
Answer
All in the golden afternoon
Which Lovecraft story features a lost city in Antarctica?
Answer
At the Mountains of Madness
What is the name of the half-human son in 'The Dunwich Horror'?
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Wilbur Whateley
What river flows through Arkham in Lovecraft's stories?
Answer
Miskatonic River
What real-life Massachusetts town inspired the fictional Innsmouth?
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Newburyport
What is the name of Lovecraft's wife?
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Sonia Greene
Who was Lovecraft's friend and literary executor who expanded the Cthulhu Mythos?
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August Derleth
What was the name of the publisher of the first edition of 'Jane Eyre'?
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Smith, Elder & Co.
What is the name of the titular character in 'Shirley'?
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Shirley Keeldar
What was the name of the Brontës' longtime servant?
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Tabitha Ackroyd
Which ruined farmhouse is said to have inspired 'Wuthering Heights'?
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Top Withens
At what age did Anne Brontë die?
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29
What is the name of the house where the Lintons live in 'Wuthering Heights'?
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Thrushcross Grange
What was the cause of Emily Brontë's death?
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Tuberculosis
Which Brontë novel was published posthumously?
Answer
The Professor
In which year was Emily Brontë born?
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1818
What was the name of the Brontës' aunt who raised them?
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Elizabeth Branwell
Which Brontë sister married her father's curate?
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Charlotte Brontë
Which Brontë novel was initially rejected by publishers?
Answer
The Professor
What was the name of the Brontës' brother?
Answer
Branwell Brontë
Which Brontë novel was published in 1847 under the pseudonym Acton Bell?
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Agnes Grey
Which Brontë sister died at age 30?
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Emily Brontë
In what year was 'Jane Eyre' published?
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1847
What magazine did Edgar Allan Poe edit in Philadelphia from 1841 to 1842?
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Graham's Magazine
On what island does Poe's story 'The Gold-Bug' take place?
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Sullivan's Island
What was the title of Poe's first published book?
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Tamerlane and Other Poems
What military academy did Edgar Allan Poe attend?
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West Point
What is the name of Poe's poem about bells?
Answer
The Bells
What magazine first published Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?
Answer
The Pioneer
What was the name of the boarding school Edgar Allan Poe attended in England?
Answer
Manor House School
Which Poe poem begins 'The skies they were ashen and sober'?
Answer
Ulalume
What organization tortures the narrator in 'The Pit and the Pendulum'?
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The Spanish Inquisition
What was the name of the New York magazine Poe co-owned and edited in 1845?
Answer
Broadway Journal