34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which 20th-century Japanese poet is known for free-form haiku and a wandering lifestyle?
Answer
Taneda Santōka
What year did Kobayashi Issa die?
Answer
1827
Which poet wrote 'The world of dew is a world of dew, and yet, and yet...'?
Answer
Kobayashi Issa
What is the name of the 36-verse linked poetry form?
Answer
Kasen
Which poet wrote 'Don't worry, spiders, I keep house casually'?
Answer
Kobayashi Issa
What is the term for a humorous or satirical haiku?
Answer
senryū
Which haiku poet is known for works about small creatures and insects?
Answer
Kobayashi Issa
Which Meiji-era poet coined the term 'haiku' and revived the form?
Answer
Masaoka Shiki
Which author won the 2014 Booker Prize for 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'?
Answer
Richard Flanagan
Which author won the 2011 Booker Prize for 'The Sense of an Ending'?
Answer
Julian Barnes
Which author won the 2010 Booker Prize for 'The Finkler Question'?
Answer
Howard Jacobson
Which author won the 2009 Booker Prize for 'Wolf Hall'?
Answer
Hilary Mantel
Which author won the 2006 Booker Prize for 'The Inheritance of Loss'?
Answer
Kiran Desai
Which author won the 2004 Booker Prize for 'The Line of Beauty'?
Answer
Alan Hollinghurst
What is the title of the longest novel to win the Booker Prize?
Answer
The Luminaries
Which author won the Booker Prize in 2016 for 'The Sellout'?
Answer
Paul Beatty
Which author holds the record for the longest gap between two Booker Prize wins?
Answer
Margaret Atwood
Which novel by Hilary Mantel won the 2012 Booker Prize?
Answer
Bring Up the Bodies
Which author won the Booker Prize in 1982 for the novel that inspired 'Schindler's List'?
Answer
Thomas Keneally
In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what flower's juice is used as a love potion?
Answer
love-in-idleness
In 'Twelfth Night', what is the name of the foolish knight who seeks Olivia's hand?
Answer
Sir Andrew Aguecheek