Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Dodo

What 19th Century author of children's literature was also a mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer?

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Chocolate Factory Sequal

What's the name of the sequel book to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

J. What? Rowling

What's J.K. Rowling's middle name?

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady was based on the play Pygmalion by what Irish playwright?

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Suess is the Bomb

What Dr. Suess book is an allegory for the Hiroshima bombing and the American occupation of Japan?

Monday, March 26, 2012

Halley's Days

What American author was born when Halley's Comet was visible and died 74 years later during the next appearance of Halley's Comet?

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Love Birds

What English poet first associated St. Valentine's Day with romantic love?

Friday, October 8, 2010

All-Time Best Seller

What book, first published in 1859, has sold more copies than any other novel?

Friday, September 17, 2010

Dick Grayson

Dick Grayson was the name of what comic book superhero?

Friday, August 13, 2010

Arthur's Wife

Who was the legendary King Arthur's wife?

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Sir Galahad's Favorite Color

According to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, what was Sir Galahad's favorite color?

Friday, May 7, 2010

Dorothy Who?

In the "Wizard of Oz," what was Dorothy's last name?

Friday, January 29, 2010

Novel Police

The author of what classic novel was also a founder of London's first police force?
Clue: His novel shares its name with a Welsh singer.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Famed Quotes

What do the quotes, "Beam me up, Scotty,"
"Luke, I am your father," and
"It's Elementary, my dear Watson"
have in common?