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a) 1838
b) 1840
c) 1845
d) 1850
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
4. At the first ball in Pride and Prejudice, what does Elizabeth overhear Mr Darcy saying about her when
Mr Bingley suggests that Mr Darcy should ask her to dance?
b. ‘She is pretty enough, but not nearly as beautiful as your partner, Jane.’
c. ‘She is pretty enough, but quite obviously no one else wants to dance with her.’
d. ‘She is quite tolerable, you are right. I shall indeed ask her to dance.’
A. 15
B. 16
c. 17
D. 18
“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
d) A Study in Scarlet
8. The book series A Song Of Ice And Fire was adapted into what TV series?
9. In the novel 'Romeo and Juliet', who is Romeo's first love interest?
Answer: Rosaline
Answer: Amy
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4. What disease does Augustus have in The Fault in Our Stars by John Green?
Osteosarcoma
6. What happens when vampires are in the sun? Answer: They sparkle
7. He is the ancient Egyptian god of funerary practices and care for the dead. Answer: Anubis
8. What poet wrote the following lines: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I… I took the one less
traveled by”? Robert Frost
9. The Lion King is a movie loosely inspired by which of Shakespeare’s dramas? Hamlet
10. Santiago, a Shepherd boy, is the protagonist of which book written by Paulo Coelho?
The Alchemist
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Spanish flu/influenza
2. As the deceased travelled west, they eventually came to a labyrinth with many portals. Which
ancient text was said to contain spells which would help the deceased defeat such obstacles?
3. Which classic novel is known for its opening line, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of
times"?
Answer: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
4. In the novel 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', what is the name of the criminal mastermind
and Holmes' arch-nemesis?
Answer: Professor Moriarty
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3. Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in which famous museum? The Louvre
4. What was Gulliver’s first name in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels? Lemuel
5. According to the well-known legend, who was King Arthur’s wife? Guinevere
6. To Kill A Mockingbird, a classic of modern American literature about the South which
won the Pulitzer Prize was written by whom? Harper Lee
7. What 1938 Daphne Du Maurier novel is about a woman who marries a wealthy
widower, only to find that he and his house are haunted by the titular dead wife’s
memory? Answer: Rebecca
8. What New England-born poet was famously prolific, but having written nearly 1,800
poems had fewer than a dozen published during her lifetime? Famous poems include
"Because I could not stop for Death" and "Tell all the truth but tell it slant." Answer:
Emily Dickinson
9. Whose judgment caused the Trojan War? Paris
10. Who is the Greek champion, the son of Telemon, who fought a duel with Hector that
ended in a draw and an exchange of of gifts? Ajax
11. Helen's father was Zeus, and he was said to have appeared to her mother, Leda, as a
swan. What color egg was Helen said to have been hatched from? Blue
12. Hector killed this Greek warrior, who was Achilles' best friend. Who was he? Patroclus