55+ Literature Trivia Questions with Answers

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Who wrote "Rip Van Winkle"?

  • Washington Irving
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Where were many of Shakespeare's plays produced?

  • Globe Theater
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Where in Africa does Alexander McCall Smith's "The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series take place?

  • Botswana
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What year did the sci-fi book "1984" come out?

  • 1949
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What is the pen name of Stephen King's novel-writing son, who published "Heart-Shaped Box" in 2007?

  • Joe Hill
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What is the occupation of Janet Evanovich's character Stephanie Plum?

  • Bounty Hunter
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What is the occupation of "Fahrenheit 451" protagonist Guy Montag?

  • Fireman
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What is the name of Thor's war hammer?

  • Mjolnir
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What is the name of the vampire hunter and animator in Laurell K. Hamilton's "The Harlequin"?

  • Anita Blake
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What is the name of the top-secret government project in "The Andromeda Strain"?

  • Project Wildfire
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What is the name of the thousand-year-old secret society depicted in "The Da Vinci Code"?

  • Priory Of Sion
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What is the name of the protagonist in "The Bourne Betrayal"?

  • Jason Bourne
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What is the name of the poem John Keats wrote to a singing bird?

  • Ode To A Nightingale
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What is the name of the literary club founded by J.R.R. Tolkien while in Oxford as a professor?

  • Inklings
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What is the name of Stephen King's first novel?

  • Carrie
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What is the name of Sherlock Holmes' brother?

  • Mycroft
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What is the name of John's true love in Nicholas Sparks' "Dear John"?

  • Savannah
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What is the name of Captain Ahab's ship?

  • The Pequod
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What do the initials stand for in T.S. Eliot's name?

  • Thomas Stearns
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What color was Anna Karenina's bag in the Tolstoy novel of the same name?

  • Red
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What author became famous for his six-volume biography of Lincoln?

  • Carl Sandburg
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What are the first two names of J.K. Rowling, author of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"?

  • Joanna Kathleen
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What African-American folk hero was famous for driving steel?

  • John Henry
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Watchmen character Jon Osterman is better known by what alias?

  • Dr. Manhattan
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The Godfather was written in 1969 by what author?

  • Mario Puzo
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The Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in which famous museum?

  • The Louvre
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The book "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen takes place in what era?

  • 1930's
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The book "The Yearling" was authored by who?

  • Marjorie Rawlings
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The book "The Time Machine" was written by whom?

  • H G Wells
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The book "The Puppet Masters" was written by whom?

  • Robert A Heinlein
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The book "The Martian Chronicles" was written by whom?

  • Ray Bradbury
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The book "The Dispossessed" was written by whom?

  • Ursula K Le Guin
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The book "Lord of Light", was written by whom?

  • Roger Zelazny
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The book "I, Robot" was written by whom?

  • Isaac Asimov
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The book "Earthman, Come Home" was written by whom?

  • James Blish
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The book "Dangerous Visions" was written by whom?

  • Harlan Ellison
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The book "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was written by whom?

  • Jules Verne
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"Lean Mean Thirteen" was published in 2007 by which author?

  • Janet Evanovich
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In "The Diary of a Young Girl", who were Anne Frank and her family hiding from?

  • Nazis
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In "Pinocchio", what are all the bad boys on Pleasure Island changed into?

  • Donkeys
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In Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick", who is the voice of reason?

  • Starbuck
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In Greek mythology, what came out of the box that Pandora opened?

  • Misfortunes
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In "Dune", the desert planet Arrakis is rich in which valuable resource?

  • Melange
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In "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", many humans leave Earth for which planet?

  • Mars
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In "Brave New World", which group is predestined to do menial labor?

  • The Epsilons
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In "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", who is Huck's father?

  • Pap
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In "2001: A Space Odyssey", Moon-Watcher was the only man-ape able to do what?

  • Walk Upright
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In "1984", which figure served as the leader of The Party?

  • Big Brother
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Ichabod Crane is from what story?

  • The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
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How many novels did Margaret Mitchell have published before "Gone with the Wind"?

  • None
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