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1 What is the name of the depressed robot in Douglas Adams’ Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy?
A Marvin
2 What is the best remembered fictional creation of railway enthusiast, and children’s author Rev W Awdry?
A Thomas the Tank Engine
3 Who wrote the original ‘James Bond’ novels?
A Ian Fleming
4 Complete the proverb “Birds of a feather……”
A ……flock together
5 Which very well-known playwright had children named Hamnet, Judith and Susannah?
A Shakespeare’s – however, there are no direct descendants of his line alive today
6 What was Paddington Bear’s favourite food?
A Marmalade sandwiches
7 Which Scottish novelist wrote The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?
A Muriel Spark (1918–2006)
8 In which book is Toad, of Toad Hall a leading character?
A Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame – began as a series of stories told to Kenneth Grahame’s young son
9 Who wrote “The History of the World” during his 13 year imprisonment in the Tower of London (1603-1616)?
A Sir Walter Raleigh – It covers the course of human history from Genesis to the conquest of Macedon by Rome. He intended to write more volumes relating the rise and fall of the great empires, but his release in 1615, his expedition to Guiana, and his execution in 1618, prevented the accomplishment of his plan
10 Which French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties, published in 1555, a book of rhyming prophesies up to the year 3797?
A Nostradamus