Books 160510

Books 160510 is a selection of 10 questions. Books 160510 is the filename to differentiate it from other Art and Literature quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.

1   In Edward Lear’s book of nonsense poems, how much did the Owl and the Pussy Cat pay for their wedding ring?
A   1 shilling (“Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling, your ring?” Said the Piggy, “I will.” Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets poem)

2   Which book begins with the words ‘No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched’?
A   The War of the Worlds

3   Which Shakespeare play opens with the Three Witches?
A   Macbeth

4   In Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which character has two heads and three arms?
A   Zaphod Beeblebrox

5   Which author created Tarzan of the Apes in 1912?
A   Edgar Rice Burroughs

6   Who wrote the 1988 book, “A Brief History of Time”?
A   Stephen Hawking

7   Which Vladimir Nabokov novel published in 1955, features a literature professor in love with a 12-year-old girl?
A   Lolita

8   In which 1963 children’s book does Barney meet a strange boy who wears a rabbit skin and speaks in grunts?
A   Stig of the Dump

9   Which famous book begins with the words “When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow”?
A   To Kill a Mockingbird

10   Who wrote the Millennium Trilogy of books featuring the character Lisbeth Salander?
A   Stieg Larsson