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| Who wrote the novel Ivanhoe? |
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| "To be or not to be" is from what Shakespeare play? |
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| Who wrote the Nancy Drew books? |
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| What are the character Ford Perfect & Arthur Dent from? |
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Hitchhiker’s Guide
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| What author wrote crime novels featuring Dr. Kay Scarpetta |
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| Which Charles Dickens character is described as squeezing, wrenching, grasping…? |
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| How many syllables are in a Haiku (a type of Japanese verse)? |
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| The character Shylock appears in which Shakespeare play? |
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| Who wrote the novel Dracula? |
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| Who wrote the novel Bonfire of the Vanities? |
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| Who wrote the novel, Treasure Island? Robert |
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| Who wrote the novel Gulliver's Travels? |
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| Who wrote the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? |
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| Who wrote the novel Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas'? |
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| Who wrote the novel A Clockwork Orange? |
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| Who captained Jules Verne's submarine Nautilus? |
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| What are the first names of writer J R R Tolkien? |
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| Who wrote the book Lord of the Flies? |
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| In which novel was the character Holden Caulfield? |
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| Which American writer created Tarzan? Edgar |
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| What are the two cities in the Charles Dickens novel A Tale Of Two Cities? |
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| Doctor Moriarty is the arch-enemy of which fictional detective? |
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| Sherlock Holmes (created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1886 - Moriarty was apparently the name of a real boy from Conan Doyle's college days) |
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| Who wrote the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? |
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| What was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' pen-name? |
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| What famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'? |
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| Frankenstein (by Mary Shelley) |
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| Who wrote the 1513 guide to leadership (titled in English) The Prince? |
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| "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice which I've been turning over in my mind ever since," is the start of which novel? |
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| The Great Gatsby (F Scott Fitzgerald, 1925) |
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| Who wrote the books Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame? |
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| Who wrote the book Catch-22? |
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| 1991 – a perfect storm off the Grand Banks, name the fishing boat lost? - |
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| Who wrote the Divine Comedy? - |
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| Dante Alighieri Aka – Dante |
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| 1st lines to famous books - “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” |
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| 1st lines to famous books - It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him. |
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| What is the name of little orphan Annie’s dog |
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| Who wrote the Great Gatsby? / Main Characters? - |
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| F. Scott Fitzgerald / Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby |
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| Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath? - |
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| Who wrote ‘The Call of the Wild’? - |
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| Who wrote ‘For whom the bell tolls’ & ‘The Sun also Rises’? - |
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| Who wrote ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’? - |
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| The Edgar Award is given out for excellence in which field? - |
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| What author wrote the 'Outsiders' at the age of sixteen? - |
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| Who wrote 'To Kill A Mockingbird'? - |
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| Who wrote ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’? - |
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| Who wrote Lord of the Rings? |
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| What do the J. R. R. stand for in JRR Tolkien's name |
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| what is the name of the Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice? |
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| From what Charles Dickens book will you find the character Miss Havisham? |
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| Name the author who created the character Hannibal Lecter? |
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