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Literature 820 questions.
Shakespeare via Christie to E. L. James
Pub quiz question 8053 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which school was in a "cradle of fog and fog-bred pestilence"?
  2. Answer: A: Lowood in Jane Eyre.
  3. Categories: Literature (7)
Pub quiz question 7485 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who (first) asked why a raven was like a writing desk?
  2. Answer: A: Alice In Wonderland's Mad Hatter. (Or Lewis Carroll, if you're feeling generous)
  3. Categories: Literature (4) Quotes (4)
Pub quiz question 9125 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which important characters feature in the “Goblet of Fire” book but not the movie?
  2. Answer: A: The Dursleys
  3. Categories: Literature (5) Harry Potter (4) Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5)
Pub quiz question 8944 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: During his first visit with Tom Riddle, what does Dumbledore have Tom take out of his wardrobe at the orphanage?
  2. Answer: A: A box of stuff he stole from other children
  3. Categories: Harry Potter (4) Literature (5)
Pub quiz question 4774 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What title is given to a poet appointed by the Government to compose poems for state occasions?
  2. Answer: A: Poet Laureate
  3. Categories: Literature (2) Royalty (2)
Pub quiz question 9089 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: This real-life library served as the restricted section of the Hogwarts library in the film version. Which is it?
  2. Answer: A: The Bodleian Library at Oxford University
  3. Categories: Harry Potter (6) Literature (7) Entertainment (7) Buildings (7)
Pub quiz question 8909 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who is Neville Longbottom's father?
  2. Answer: A: Frank Longbottom
  3. Categories: Harry Potter (3) Literature (4)
Pub quiz question 9139 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What animal is Dolores Umbridge obsessed with?
  2. Answer: A: Cats (specifically, kittens)
  3. Categories: Harry Potter (3) Literature (4) Entertainment (4)
Pub quiz question 6346 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In John Milton's Paradise Lost, which fallen angel is ranked second to Satan in power?
  2. Answer: A: Beelzebub
  3. Categories: Literature (7)
Pub quiz question 3227 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What book about little creatures was Roald Dahl's first work for Children?
  2. Answer: A: The Gremlins
  3. Categories: Children (5) Literature (5)