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- Q: In the famous 19th-century poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, what caused the death of the Lady of Shalott?
A: Looking directly at the knight, Sir Lancelot - Q: In Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels”, what is the name of the flying island?
A: Laputa. As described in Part III, this floating island is inhabited by a distracted elite obsessed with mathematics and music, and it hovers over the land of Balnibarbi, which it rules through magnetic levitation. - Q: Who is the headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in Dickens’ “Nicholas Nickleby”?
A: Wackford Squiers. Squiers is a one-eyed, sadistic, and unscrupulous “schoolmaster” who mistreats, starves, and beats the children in his care. - Q: In Shakespeare’s “Richard III”, what is Richard’s title before becoming king?
A: Duke of Gloucester. Throughout the play (and Henry VI, Part 3), characters and stage directions frequently call him “Gloucester” or “Richard, Duke of Gloucester.” After his brother, King Edward IV, dies, Richard serves as Lord Protector before seizing the English crown for himself. - Q: In which epic Anglo-Saxon poem is the monster Grendel one of the main antagonists?
A: Beowulf. In this foundational Anglo-Saxon poem (composed between roughly 700 and 1000 AD), Grendel is a bloodthirsty monster or giant who terrorises the mead hall of King Hrothgar, known as Heorot, for 12 years before being defeated by the hero Beowulf. - Q: In the book “Goodbye, Mr Chips” by James Hilton, what subject does Mr Chips (Mr Chipping) teach?
A: Classics (Latin and Greek). He also initially taught history upon his arrival at the school in 1870. - Q: In the book The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, what colour were the slippers?
A: Silver. In the 1939 MGM film, they were changed to red to provide more vibrancy in the colour film. - Q: Who is the protagonist of Jules Verne’s 1872 novel that lives at No. 7 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens, London?
A: Phileas Fogg. Around the World in Eighty Days. - Q: In which John le Carré novel does the character George Smiley first appear?
A: Call for the Dead, le Carré’s 1961 debut novel. - Q: Which George Eliot novel features the siblings “Maggie and Tom Tulliver”?
A: The Mill on the Floss. The siblings grew up at Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss, near the fictional town of St. Ogg’s in Lincolnshire.