Literature Quiz No. 1

[Carl]

• 1. Which author is famed for her detective novels about Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple ?

• 2. How many lines are there in a sonnet ?

• 3. In children's literature, what kind of animal is Mrs Tiggy-Winkle ?

• 4. Horatio, Ophelia and Gertrude are characters in which William Shakespeare tragedy ?

• 5. In which book would you find this line: "All children, except one, grow up."

• 6. Atticus Finch is one of the main characters in which novel from 1960 ?

• 7. In the trilogy His Dark Materials, which book precedes The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass ?

• 8. What was the first James Bond novel to be published by Ian Fleming ?

• 9. This is the opening line from which book: "Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy."

• 10. Which animal is the mascot of Hufflepuff house in the Harry Potter series ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[stowie39]

1. Agatha Christie
6 To kill a mockingbird

[elcarretero]

3 Hedgehog
4 Hamlet

[gail]

5. Peter Pan

[elcarretero]

9 The lion the witch and the wardrobe

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which author is famed for her detective novels about Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple ? Agatha Christie

• 2. How many lines are there in a sonnet ? 14

• 3. In children's literature, what kind of animal is Mrs Tiggy-Winkle ? Hedgehog

• 4. Horatio, Ophelia and Gertrude are characters in which William Shakespeare tragedy ? Hamlet

• 5. In which book would you find this line: "All children, except one, grow up." Peter Pan

• 6. Atticus Finch is one of the main characters in which novel from 1960 ? To Kill A Mockingbird

• 7. In the trilogy His Dark Materials, which book precedes The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass ? Northern Lights

• 8. What was the first James Bond novel to be published by Ian Fleming ? Casino Royale

• 9. This is the opening line from which book: "Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy." The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

• 10. Which animal is the mascot of Hufflepuff house in the Harry Potter series ? Badger