Books 150217

Books 150217 is a selection of 10 questions. Books 150217 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   Which teacher did James Hilton say goodbye to in the title of his 1934 book?
A   Mr. Chips (Goodbye Mr. Chips)

2   What sort of horse did Michael Morpurgo write about in his 1982 book?
A   War Horse (now a successful play and film)

3   Which prolific English novelist and screenwriter created the Alex Rider books and the Power of Five series?
A   Anthony Horowitz (Foyle’s War and some new Sherlock Holmes novels)

4   Who wrote the bestselling historical novel Pillars of the Earth, published in 1989; it’s about the building of a cathedral in the English town of Kingsbridge?
A   Ken Follett (also the bestseller World Without End)

5   Who wrote the novels Midnight’s Children, The Enchantress of Florence and amongst others, The Satanic Verses?
A   Salman Rushdie

6   What is the title of historian Stephen Ambrose’s 1992 non-fiction book, which followed the exploits of E Company following the D-Day landings in 1944?
A   Band of Brothers (the phrase Band of Brothers is from a speech in Shakespeare’s Henry V)

7   Helen Fielding’s books The Edge of Reason and Mad About the Boy, are sequels to which novel?
A   Bridget Jones’ Diary

8   In comic books, who is the alter ego of the Incredible Hulk?
A   Dr Bruce Banner

9   In which 1953 book by Ian Fleming did James Bond first appear?
A   Casino Royale

10   Who wrote the book A Song of Ice and Fire, adapted for TV as Game of Thrones?
A   George R. R. Martin