Classical Literature Trivia - Quiz Questions With Answers
Who is the author of "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"?
A: Douglas Adams
Which Dickens novel has a case of spontaneous combustion?
A: Bleak House
Richard Adams wrote the novel "Shardik". What is a
Shardik?
A: A Bear
Agatha Christies husband did what for a living?
A: Archaeologist
In T.S. Elliot's book of practical cats, what is the name
of the mystery cat?
A: Macavity
Who wrote the science fiction novel" Slaughterhouse Five"?
A: Kurt Vonnegut
The children's classic, Ann of Green Gables, was written
by what author?
A: L M Montgomery
King George III is the main character in which children's
nursery rhyme?
A: The Grand old Duke of York
What author wrote the book " The Complete Angler" in 1653?
A: Isaac Walton
Homer is known as who?
A: The father of Poetry
What color was Ian Flemming's typewriter?
A: Gold
Which classical poet said "Love Conquers all"
A: Virgil
What famous poet once said "A woman is only a woman but a
good cigar is a smoke" ?
A: Rudyard Kipling
Which novel opens and closes with the letters of Robert
Walton?
A: Frankenstein
The earliest known paper written in Latin is a woman's what
?
A: Invitation to a party
Scientists took the word quark from one of what authors
works?
A: James Joyce
Wilber Smith wrote a series of novels about the what?
A: Ballentines of Africa
In which Shakespeare play are Stephano and Trinculo
characters?
A: The Tempest
Which classic novel did R. D. Blackmore write?
A: Lorna Doone
Who was Harry Potters non magical cousin?
A: Dudley Dursley
