34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What was the name of the nurse who inspired the character Catherine Barkley?
Answer
Agnes von Kurowsky
Which novel did Hemingway publish in 1937?
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To Have and Have Not
Which of Hemingway's novels was published posthumously in 1970?
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Islands in the Stream
What was Hemingway's father's profession?
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Physician
What was the name of Hemingway's first wife?
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Hadley Richardson
Which Hemingway novel is set during the Spanish Civil War?
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
What Mark Twain novel features a character named Hank Morgan?
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
What newspaper did Mark Twain co-own in Buffalo, New York?
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Buffalo Express
Who was Mark Twain's private secretary and later his biographer?
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Albert Bigelow Paine
What 1880 travel book did Mark Twain write about a walking tour of Europe?
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A Tramp Abroad
What was the name of Mark Twain's friend and fellow realist writer?
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William Dean Howells
What was the name of Tom Sawyer's aunt?
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Aunt Polly
Which Mark Twain story was published posthumously and features a mysterious stranger?
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The Mysterious Stranger
What is the title of Mark Twain's 1892 novel about a claimant to the earldom of Rossmore?
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The American Claimant
What Mark Twain novel was co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner?
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The Gilded Age
What was the title of Mark Twain's 1869 travel book about a cruise to Europe and the Holy Land?
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The Innocents Abroad
What is the title of Mark Twain's 1896 novel set in Joan of Arc's time?
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
What essay by Mark Twain criticized Western imperialism during the Boxer Rebellion?
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To the Person Sitting in Darkness
What Mark Twain novel features a fingerprint-based plot?
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
What was the name of Mark Twain's final home in Redding, Connecticut?
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Stormfield
What invention did Mark Twain invest heavily in that contributed to his bankruptcy?
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Paige Compositor
What was the name of the steamboat pilot who taught Mark Twain?
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Horace Bixby
What newspaper did Mark Twain write for in Virginia City, Nevada?
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Territorial Enterprise
What Mark Twain short story features a famous gambling frog?
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
What 1889 Mark Twain novel sends a character back to King Arthur's time?
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
In which state is the historic Mark Twain House located?
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Connecticut
At which hospital did Zelda Fitzgerald die in 1948?
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Highland Hospital
What was the name of F. Scott Fitzgerald's primary editor at Scribner's?
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Maxwell Perkins
Which Fitzgerald short story is often seen as a precursor to The Great Gatsby?
Answer
Winter Dreams
Which Fitzgerald short story features a giant diamond?
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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz