Movies Trivia

7

Which servant appeared in English author P. G. Wodehouse's comic stories about snooty English upper classes?

15

The first Sherlock Holmes story appeared in 1887, and included the name of a color in the title. What was it?

5

In 1953, Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for literature, for what novel?

10

Charles Lindbergh, first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for his autobiography. What is the title?

1

Who was the author of The Hobbit?

3

Who was the author of The Hobbit?

13

Can you name the authors of each of these recent popular works of fiction: a. The Satanic Verses b. Misery c. Fried Green Tomatoes?

8

Who is the main female character in Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind?

8

The phrase, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" - comes from which of these sources: the book of Proverbs in the bible, the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, or the play Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes?

8

The well-known line: “Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die” comes from the English poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” written by whom?

9

Which African-American writer was the author of these three novels: 1961 - "Nobody Knows My Name" / 1962 -"Another Country" / 1963 - "The Fire Next Time" -

16

Give two names for the Greek and Roman gods of wine and nature.

17

In April of 1993, the writer John Grisham had four novels in the list of bestselling books. Can you name any three of them?

6

In which locations are each of these Shakespearean plays set: a. Hamlet: the country: b. Macbeth: the country: c. Romeo and Juliet: the city: d. Othello is a general commanding the forces of

12

He was a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford, and in 1865, produced the children's classic known as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." What was his pen name and his real name?