Books 110222

Books 110222 is a selection of 10 questions. Books 110222 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   What does Alice follow down a hole into Wonderland?
A   The white rabbit

2   In which children’s book would you find the Oompa-Loompas?
A   Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (also the sequel book, The Great Glass Elevator)

3   In the Harry Potter books, which house at Hogwarts has a serpent as its emblem?
A   Slytherin

4   The 1974 film ‘Carrie’ was based on a book by which author?
A   Stephen King – King’s first published novel, which is why the film adaptation is considered one of the first movies based on his work.

5   In which famous book does the French Legionnaire hero die at Fort Zinderneuf?
A   Beau Geste – 1924 novel by British writer P. C. Wren

6   T H White’s novel “The Sword in the Stone”, is about which king?
A   Arthur

7   Hilary Mantel’s 2009 Booker Prize-winning novel entitled Wolf Hall, is about the rise to power of which Tudor politician, a minister of Henry VIII?
A   Thomas Cromwell

8   Robert Langdon is the protagonist in a series of books by which writer?
A   Dan Brown – Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003)

9   Which famous adventure story features an inn called The Black Spot?
A   Treasure Island (The Admiral Benbow Inn also features inn Stephenson’s book, as does the Spyglass Inn)

10   Who is the bullying villain in the novel “Tom Brown’s Schooldays”?
A   Harry Flashman – a novel by Thomas Hughes, published in 1857. The story is set in the 1830s at Rugby School.