Tuesday, June 26, 2012

7/17/11 Books and Literature

1. The Artful Dodger is a character in which Charles Dickens classic? Oliver Twist
2. Which English story writer and novelist was awarded the nobel prize in literature, and is probably best remembered for his collection of short stories, The Jungle Book? Rudyard Kipling
3. What was the name given to the area that was settled by Hobbits in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, and The Hobbit? The Shire
4. Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning play "A Streetcar Named Desire?" Tennessee Williams
5. Considered by some to be the first non-fiction novel, which Truman Capote novel detailed a 1959 quadruple murder by two paroled ex-cons? In Cold Blood
6. Which author holds the record for the best selling writer of books of all time, with two of her most popular characters being Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple?  Agatha Christie
7. According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what is the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything? 42
8. Holden Caufield is the angsty protagonist in which classic novel?  The Catcher in the Rye
9. Which was the last of the three ghosts to visit Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens' "A Christmas Carol?" The Ghost of Christmas yet to come

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