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Dreams From My Father was the first book by which US politician?
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
John McCain
John McCain
In the book ‘Song of Solomon’, who is one of the members of this organization that eventually cannot not take it?
Robert Smith
Robert Smith
Porter
Porter
Circe
Circe
Macon
Macon
Nineteen Eighty-Four’ is a modern classic, but who wrote it?
George Orwell
George Orwell
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
James Joyce
James Joyce
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
Who said: ‘Books are a uniquely portable magic’?
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
Kanye West
Kanye West
Stephen King
Stephen King
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson
In the novels by Colin Dexter, what is Inspector Morse’s first name?
Entropy
Entropy
Enhancement
Enhancement
Endeavour
Endeavour
Endurance
Endurance
Which of these 19th century writers was actually a woman ?
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
George Eliot
George Eliot
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Who wrote the play ‘The Cherry Orchard’?
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Mills & Boon is a British publishing imprint specialising in which genre?
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Romance
Romance
Poetry
Poetry
Horror
Horror
Who is the author of ´The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo´?
Colleen McCullough
Colleen McCullough
Rick Warren
Rick Warren
William Bradford Huie
William Bradford Huie
Stieg Larsson
Stieg Larsson
Robert Galbraith, the author of the Cormoran Strike books, is a pseudonym for which writer?
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling
Stephen King
Stephen King
George R.R. Martin
George R.R. Martin
Martin Amis
Martin Amis
Who wrote the novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’?
Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller
J D Salinger
J D Salinger
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
The Summer Book’ was written by which Finnish author?
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung is known by what other title?
The Fat Blue Book
The Fat Blue Book
The Big Pink Book
The Big Pink Book
The Slim Beige Book
The Slim Beige Book
The Little Red Book
The Little Red Book
Who wrote ‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’?
Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
The Newbery Medal is named after who?
Simon Newbery
Simon Newbery
John Newbery
John Newbery
Charles Newbery
Charles Newbery
James Newbery
James Newbery
In which street does Harry Potter live when we first meet him?
Privet Boulevard
Privet Boulevard
Privet Road
Privet Road
Privet Avenue
Privet Avenue
Privet Drive
Privet Drive
Who is the author of ‘Think and Grow Rich’?
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill
Dan Brown
Dan Brown
H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard
Who wrote the Harry Potter’ series of books?
Rowntree
Rowntree
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
JR Ewing
JR Ewing
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling
In the book ‘From Beirut to Jerusalem’, what city do both Friedman and Arafat travel to?
Athens, Greece
Athens, Greece
Jerusalem, Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
Amman, Jordan
Amman, Jordan
Damascus, Syria
Damascus, Syria
In the book ‘Tropic of Cancer’, what is Henry’s derogatory name for the Indian, Nanantatee?
Mr. Not a Tree
Mr. Not a Tree
Mr. Na-na-tatee
Mr. Na-na-tatee
Mr. Nonentity
Mr. Nonentity
Mr. Manatee
Mr. Manatee
Who illustrated the first publication of ‘Matilda’?
John Batchelor
John Batchelor
Quentin Blake
Quentin Blake
Asun Balzola
Asun Balzola
Ken Bald
Ken Bald
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life is a 2018 memoir by which comedian?
Eric Idle
Eric Idle
Bernard Manning
Bernard Manning
Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard
Dawn French
Dawn French
In the book ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’, who is buried in the courtyard of a brothel?
Pilar Ternera
Pilar Ternera
Remedios
Remedios
Ursula
Ursula
Amaranta Ursula
Amaranta Ursula
Stieg Larsson’s Millennium, or The Girl Who… series of thrillers is set in what country?
Iceland
Iceland
Sweden
Sweden
Denmark
Denmark
Norway
Norway
Who is the main protagonist in Jack Kerouac’s ‘On The Road’?
Dean Sherlock
Dean Sherlock
Dean Doctor
Dean Doctor
Dean Moriarty
Dean Moriarty
Dean Bean
Dean Bean
Who did ‘a far, far better thing than I have ever done’?
Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton
Sam Spade
Sam Spade
Rick Blaine
Rick Blaine
Rhett Butler
Rhett Butler
You can do better
Not bad
Great!
