Which Nobel Prize in Literature laureate won in 1967, becoming the first Guatemalan recipient?
Answer
Miguel Ángel Asturias
89685 Intermediate Trivia Questions
89685 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
In the Old English epic Beowulf, how many lines does the poem contain?
Answer
3,182 lines
In Beowulf, in which language was the original poem composed?
Answer
Old English
What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel, published in 2007?
Answer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Which Hogwarts house does J.K. Rowling’s character Harry Potter join?
Answer
Gryffindor
Which film did J.K. Rowling write as her screenwriting debut?
Answer
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Which Harry Potter companion book did J.K. Rowling publish under the fictional author name Newt Scamander?
Answer
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2012 adult novel about Pagford?
Answer
The Casual Vacancy
Which university did J.K. Rowling attend to study French and Classics?
Answer
University of Exeter
Which Beat writer published the novel Desolation Angels in 1965?
Answer
Jack Kerouac
Who edited the 1960 poetry anthology The New American Poetry?
Answer
Donald Allen
Which Beat writer appeared as Old Bull Lee in Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road?
Answer
William S. Burroughs
What was the name of Jack Kerouac’s 1958 novel about a jazz musician?
Answer
The Subterraneans
What term did Jack Kerouac use for his rapid, spontaneous writing method?
Answer
Spontaneous prose
What was Gregory Corso’s first published poetry collection?
Answer
The Vestal Lady on Brattle and Other Poems
Which 1952 essay by John Clellon Holmes helped define the Beat Generation for a wide readership?
Answer
This Is the Beat Generation
What was the title of Donald Allen’s 1960 anthology of postwar American experimental poets?
Answer
The New American Poetry 1945–1960
What is the name of Roald Dahl’s 1978 book about a gigantic crocodile?
Answer
The Enormous Crocodile
In Roald Dahl’s novel The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, what unusual ability does Henry learn?
Answer
Seeing through playing cards
In Roald Dahl’s novel The Witches, what is the name of the potion that turns children into mice?
Answer
Formula 86 Delayed-Action Mouse-Maker
In Stephen King’s novel The Stand, what is the name of the safe-zone settlement in Boulder?
Answer
Boulder Free Zone
In Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel Brave New World, what three-word motto governs the World State?
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Community, Identity, Stability