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- Q: Little Nell is the main character in which Charles Dickens novel?
A: The Old Curiosity Shop. Dickens presents Nell Trent as a beautiful and virtuous girl who has not yet reached her fourteenth birthday. As an orphan, she shares a home with her maternal grandfather—a man the story never names. Specifically, they live together within the cramped walls of his eclectic shop of odds and ends. - Q: Which debonair actor’s 1971 autobiography is titled “The Moon’s a Balloon”?
A: David Niven. It’s an account of his life, detailing his childhood, army service, and experiences in Hollywood. - Q: What is the farmer holding in his right hand in Grant Wood’s 1930 painting, “American Gothic”?
A: A hayfork (or three-pronged pitchfork) - Q: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾, was written by which British novelist?
A: Sue Townsend. - Q: In J K Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books, what is the first name of Harry’s nemesis, Professor Snape?
A: Severus. “Severus” is the name of a Roman emperor, Septimius Severus. - Q: Which adversary of Sherlock Holmes was called “The Napoleon of Crime”?
A: Professor Moriarty. He first appears in the short story “The Adventure of the Final Problem”, first published in The Strand Magazine in December 1893. - Q: Sir Thomas Bertram owns which estate in a novel by Jane Austen?
A: Mansfield Park. The novel follows Fanny Price, a young relative who comes to live with the Bertram family at their grand country estate. - Q: What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s last Harry Potter book?
A: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It’s the seventh and final book in the original Harry Potter series, detailing Harry’s quest to destroy the remaining Horcruxes and defeat Lord Voldemort. - Q: Who was the the Victorian cricketer and gentleman thief created by E.W.Hornung?
A: Raffles. He wrote a series of 26 short stories, two plays, and a novel about Raffles and his fictional chronicler, Harry “Bunny” Manders. - Q: In which London magazine were the Sherlock Holmes stories published?
A: The Strand Magazine starting in 1891. Beeton’s Christmas Annual published the first Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887. However, the character only achieved true superstardom when The Strand Magazine began running the subsequent series of short stories.