In 'The Golden Goose,' what is the youngest son commonly called?
Answer
Simpleton
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which American author of The Good Earth won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
Pearl S. Buck
Which French-Mauritian writer won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
J. M. G. Le Clézio
Which Yiddish-language writer won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Which Irish playwright and novelist won the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Samuel Beckett
Which Nigerian playwright became the first African Nobel laureate in Literature?
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Wole Soyinka
Which Saint Lucian poet and playwright won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992?
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Derek Walcott
Which German-Swiss author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946?
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Hermann Hesse
Which Greek poet and diplomat won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963?
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Giorgos Seferis
Which Peruvian-Spanish novelist won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Which Polish writer received the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Olga Tokarczuk
Who was H. P. Lovecraft's father?
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Winfield Scott Lovecraft
What is the full name of the Vermont folklorist who corresponds with Albert Wilmarth in 'The Whisperer in Darkness'?
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Henry Wentworth Akeley
In 'The Colour Out of Space,' a meteorite crashes onto whose farm?
Answer
Nahum Gardner
What is the name of the protagonist in Lovecraft's "The Tomb"?
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Jervas Dudley
What Lovecraft story features the character Harley Warren?
Answer
The Statement of Randolph Carter
Which Lovecraft tale is set during an overnight visit to Kingsport at Christmas?
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The Festival
What is the name of the rat-like familiar in "The Dreams in the Witch House"?
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Brown Jenkin
Which Lovecraft story features a student named Walter Gilman?
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The Dreams in the Witch House
Which real author co-wrote "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" with Lovecraft?
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E. Hoffmann Price
Which Lovecraft story first introduced Randolph Carter?
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The Statement of Randolph Carter
Which Lovecraft short story is narrated by a German submarine officer?
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The Temple
Which woman is central to Lovecraft's 'The Thing on the Doorstep'?
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Asenath Waite
What is the doctor's name in Lovecraft's 'Cool Air'?
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Dr. Muñoz
What scientist invents the resonator in Lovecraft's 'From Beyond'?
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Crawford Tillinghast
Who narrates Lovecraft's 'At the Mountains of Madness'?
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William Dyer
What is the ancestral estate in 'The Rats in the Walls' called?
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Exham Priory
What witch is central to 'The Dreams in the Witch House'?
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Keziah Mason
What alien race is central to Lovecraft's 'The Shadow Out of Time'?
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Great Race of Yith
Who co-founded Arkham House with August Derleth?
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Donald Wandrei
What phrase is inscribed on Lovecraft's 1977 fan-erected headstone?
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I AM PROVIDENCE
What fish family contains the clownfishes and damselfishes?
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Pomacentridae
Which tuna species has the scientific name Thunnus thynnus?
Answer
Atlantic bluefin tuna
What fish has two pairs of barbels and is native to Eurasia?
Answer
Common carp
How many dorsal fins does the Atlantic cod have?
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Three
What fish's roe is commonly sold as masago?
Answer
Capelin
Which flatfish has the scientific name Hippoglossus stenolepis?
Answer
Pacific halibut
What fish order includes the true eels?
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Anguilliformes
What is the scientific name of the blue tang?
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Paracanthurus hepatus
What fish is known for moving on land using its pectoral fins?
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Mudskipper