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Literature trivia questions and answers

Put your literary knowledge to the test with these free literature trivia questions and answers!

Test your literary knowledge with these fun literature trivia questions and answers.

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Question 1
Which female author wrote the Cormoran Strike series under the male pseudonym Robert Galbraith?
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J.K. Rowling.
Question 2
In which century was Daniel Defoe’s ‘Robinson Crusoe’ published?
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The 18th century (1719).
Question 3
1997’s ‘Killing Floor’ was the first novel featuring which character, brought to life on screen by Tom Cruise?
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Jack Reacher.
Question 4
‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ was the final, unfinished, novel of which famous author?
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Charles Dickens.
Question 5
‘The Day of the Jackal’ was a political thriller about an assassination attempt on which real-life president?
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Charles De Gaulle.
Question 6
Count Alexei Vronsky was a male lead character in which famous Russian novel?
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Anna Karenina.
Question 7
What nationality is Agatha Christie character Hercule Poirot?
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Belgian.
Question 8
In the Harry Potter series, what is the occupation of both of Hermione Grainger’s parents?
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Dentist.
Question 9
‘Prisoner 24601’ is an alias of which Les Miserables character?
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Jean Valjean.
Question 10
Which HG Wells novel features a ship named ‘Ipecacuanha’?
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The Island of Doctor Moreau.
Question 11
What was the name of Mowgli’s black panther mentor in Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’?
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Bagheera.
Question 12
“Off with their heads!” is a line made famous by which character in ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’?
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The Queen of Hearts.
Question 13
What was the name of the title character in the 2006 novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’?
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Shmuel.
Question 14
What was the title of the second book in George R.R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series?
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‘A Clash of Kings’.
Question 15
In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, what type of animal is Great A’Tuin?
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A turtle.
Question 16
Stephen King’s ‘It’ is set in which fictional town in Maine?
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Derry.
Question 17
Which J.R.R. Tolkien book was the first published after his death?
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The Silmarillion.
Question 18
Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the literary invention of which American crime writer?
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Patricia Cornwell.
Question 19
Which Virginia Woolf novel was central to the plot of the 2002 film ‘The Hours’?
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Mrs Dalloway.
Question 20
Willy Loman was the title character in which play by Arthur Miller?
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Death of a Salesman.
Question 21
Which Daphne Du Maurier novel begins with the line “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”?
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Rebecca.
Question 22
The movie ‘About a Boy’ was based on a book of the same title by which author?
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Nick Hornby.
Question 23
Which feisty redhead, endowed with superhuman strength, made her first literary appearance in a 1945 children’s book?
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Pippi Longstocking.
Question 24
‘The Hunger Games’ is narrated from the perspective of which character?
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Katniss Everdeen.
Question 25
In Maurice Sendak’s ‘Where The Wild Things Are’, what was the name of the main character?
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Max.
Question 26
Which English cartoonist is well-known for his illustrations of Roald Dahl books?
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Quentin Blake.
Question 27
‘Dreams From My Father’ is a memoir by which political figure?
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Barack Obama.
Question 28
Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was the inspiration for which musical by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim?
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West Side Story.
Question 29
Which war novel by Louis de Bernieres was adapted into a 2001 film starring Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz?
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Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.
Question 30
The famous quote “neither a borrower nor a lender be” comes from which Shakespearean play?
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Hamlet.
Question 31
Famous science fiction novel Dune is set on a planet inhabited by which giant animals?
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Sandworms.
Question 32
‘The Bad Beginning’, ‘The Miserable Mill’ and ‘The Vile Village’ are all books in which children’s novel series?
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‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’.
Question 33
Isaac Asimov was a noted author in which genre?
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Science fiction.
Question 34
‘The Murder at the Vicarage’ was the first novel to feature which amateur sleuth?
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Miss Marple.
Question 35
The character of Big Mama appeared in which Tennessee Williams play?
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
Question 36
Which famous novel has the last line “It’s funny. Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody”?
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The Catcher In The Rye.
Question 37
‘Kiss the Girls’ and ‘Along Came a Spider’ are both novels by which American author?
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James Patterson.
Question 38
What was the title of Ian Fleming’s second James Bond novel?
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‘Live and Let Die’.
Question 39
In what year of the 2000’s was Markus Zusak’s ‘The Book Thief’ published?
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2005.
Question 40
What supernatural beings were mentioned in the title of a 2000 novel by Dan Brown?
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Angels and Demons.

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