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1 Which Metropolitan Police detective was the creation of the New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh?
A Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn, a character who appears in her 32 detective novels
2 Who authored the 1971 novel ‘The Exorcist’, made into a film in 1973?
A William Blatty
3 Which American author wrote the 1975 horror novel “Salem’s Lot”?
A Stephen King
4 In the Thomas the Tank Engine books and TV series, which engine has the number 6?
A Percy (the small engine), a green saddle tank engine
5 The fictional school of Lowood featured in which 1847 novel by Charlotte Bronte?
A Jane Eyre – Lowood School is the boarding school where the orphaned Jane Eyre is sent as a young girl.
6 What type of bird is Hedwig in the Harry Potter books?
A Snowy Owl – also known as the Ghost Owl
7 In the Bernard Cornwell Saxon Stories series of books, where was “The Last Kingdom”?
A Wessex – The series consists of 13 novels.
8 In which Jane Austen novel does Charles Bingley rent Netherfield Park near Longbourn?
A Pride and Prejudice. Netherfield Park is a significant location in the novel, serving as the residence of Mr. Bingley and his friend Mr Darcy.
9 Who is the author of the first three Jason Bourne novels, commonly known as the “Bourne Trilogy?
A Robert Ludlum – The first three books in the series were “The Bourne Identity,” “The Bourne Supremacy,” and “The Bourne Ultimatum,”
10 Jean Valjean is the protagonist in which Victor Hugo novel?
A Les Misérables (1862).