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1 What was the pen name of prolific British author Barbara McCorquodale?
A Barbara Cartland (she wrote more than 700 books)
2 What was the ‘secret’ in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel of 1911?
A Garden (The Secret Garden, considered a classic of English children’s literature)
3 What is the name of the tiger in Kipling’s Jungle Book?
A Shere Khan (Shere translates as “tiger” or “lion” in Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi)
4 Which poet of the Middle Ages wrote The Canterbury Tales?
A Geoffrey Chaucer (the first poet to be buried in Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey)
5 Which best-selling 2001 novel by Canadian author Yann Martel was adapted into a 2012 Academy Award-winning film?
A Life of Pi
6 What is the name of Washington Irving’s 1819 short story about a man who sleeps for 20 years?
A Rip Van Winkle
7 Which author is most famous for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s adventure books?
A Arthur Ransome
8 What is the title of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 epic novel?
A War and Peace
9 In a 1965 novel, which character’s full identity is revealed as Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG?
A M (Ian Fleming – The Man with the Golden Gun)
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A Discworld (by Terry Pratchett)