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Literature 820 questions.
Shakespeare via Christie to E. L. James
Pub quiz question 6505 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Wrote about Peter, who was sent to bed with a dose of camomile tea.
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  3. Answer: A: Beatrix Potter
  4. Categories: Literature (4)
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Pub quiz question 9177 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: The Hogwarts motto is “Draco dormiens nunquan titillandus.” What does it mean?
  2. Answer: A: “Never tickle a sleeping dragon.”
  3. Categories: Harry Potter (3) Literature (4) Entertainment (4) Language (5)
Pub quiz question 8926 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: In the Harry Potter series, what is the number of Knuts in a Galleon?
  2. Answer: A: 493
  3. Categories: Harry Potter (8) Literature (9)
Pub quiz question 4768 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Poet Laureate's most famous works include 'The Charge of the Light Brigade?'
  2. Answer: A: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's
  3. Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1850-1896
  4. Categories: Literature (5) Royalty (5)
Pub quiz question 5297 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which English author wrote Scoop and The Loved One?
  2. Answer: A: Evelyn Waugh
  3. Notes: *: Published 1938 and 1948 respectively
  4. Categories: Literature (4) 1930s (4) 1940s (4)
Pub quiz question 3006 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What kind of creatures are Nag and Nagaina who plan to kill Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in The Jungle Book?
  2. Answer: A: Cobras
  3. Categories: Children (6) Literature (6) Cartoons (6)
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Pub quiz question 2564 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Whose daughters were called Regan, Goneril and Cordelia?
  2. Answer: A: King Lear
  3. Categories: Literature (4) Royalty (4)
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Pub quiz question 9169 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What is the name of Fleur Delacour and Bill Weasley’s house?
  2. Answer: A: Shell Cottage
  3. Categories: Harry Potter (6) Literature (7) Entertainment (7)
Pub quiz question 7976 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Pomp and circumstance; sweet revenge; green-eyed monster; beast with two backs?
  2. Answer: A: Lines from Shakespeare's Othello.
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Literature (6)
Pub quiz question 3722 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In song, who was born "on a mountain top in Tennessee?"
  2. Answer: A: Davey Crokett
  3. Categories: Literature (3)