Literature Trivia Questions and Answers
In Milton's "Paradise Lost" what was the lowest point of
Hell?
A: Pandemonium - Hells capitol
Pinocchio was captured and kept in a cage by who?
A: Stromboli
Which Dickens novel features Waxford Squears ?
A: Nicholas Nickleby
What author wrote the novel "The Betsy"?
A: Harold Robbins
The character Walter Mitty was created by what author?
A: James Thurber
Which Disney cartoon did Felix Salten write?
A: Bambi
What author wrote the epic poem Samson Agonites?
A: John Milton
Which eponymous Dickens character was born with a caul over
his head?
A: David Copperfield
The humorous books on One Upmanship were written by who?
A: Steven Potter
What was Ernest Hemmingway's job in World War 1?
A: Ambulance Driver
What job did Hans Christian Anderson have before writing?
A: Actor
The author of Moll Flanders wrote what other famous work?
A: Robinson Crusoe
What did Virginia Woolf always do standing up?
A: Wrote her books
What author has written the books that are the most
borrowed from libraries?
A: Catherine Cookson
In a Dickens book, Sam Weller was whose servant?
A: Samuel Pickwick
Where did all of the Richard Hannay books get their titles
from ?
A: Bunyon's The Pilgrims Progress
Mary Norton wrote the children's book Bedknobs and what?
A: Broomsticks
Which author was paid $ 5 for writing thanks?
A: Rudyard Kipling
Nadsat was a language made up in which book?
A: A Clockwork Orange
Ernest Hemmingway once said that having lots of sex would
protect against what?
A: Allergies
