1. Who wrote quot;Harry Potterquot;?

a. Terry Pratchett
b. J.R.R. Tolkien
c. Daniel Radcliffe
d. !J.K. Rowling

2. In the Lord of the Rings, who is the father of the dwarf Gimli?
a. Dwalin
b. Thorin Oakenshield
c. Bombur
d. !Gloin

3. What is the name of the three headed dog in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer039;s
Stone?
a. Spike
b. !Fluffy
c. Spot
d. Poofy

4. In the quot;Harry Potterquot; novels, what must a Hogwarts student do to enter

the Ravenclaw Common Room?
a. Speak a password
b. !Answer a riddle
c. Rhythmically tap barrels with a wand
d. Knock in sequence

5. The book quot;Fahrenheit 451quot; was written by whom?

a. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b. !Ray Bradbury
c. R. L. Stine
d. Stephen King

6. In Margaret Atwood039;s quot;The Handmaid039;s Talequot;, what is Offred039;s

real name is implied to be?
a. April
b. !June
c. August
d. May

7. In quot;Little Womenquot;, which of the March sisters married Laurie?

a. Jo
b. Beth
c. !Amy
d. Meg

8. Which novel by John Grisham was conceived on a road trip to Florida while
thinking about stolen books with his wife?
a. The Litigators
b. Rogue Lawyer
c. !Camino Island
d. Gray Mountain
1. The crown of the Empire State Building was originally built for what purpose?
a. !Airship Dock
b. Lightning Rod
c. Antennae
d. Flag Pole

2. In which year did the First World War begin?

a. 1917
b. !1914
c. 1930
d. 1939

3. What was Napoleon Bonaparte039;s name before he changed it?

a. !Napoleone di Buonaparte
b. Napoleatilde;o do Boaparte
c. Napoleona de Buenoparte
d. Naapolion van Bonijpaart

4. During the Spanish Civil War 1936, Francisco Franco fought for which political
faction?
a. Republican Spain
b. Popular Front
c. !Nationalist Spain
d. Papal State

5. The Hundred Years039; War was fought for more than a hundred years.
a. !True
b. False

6. When was the city of Rome, Italy founded?

a. !753 BCE
b. 524 BCE
c. 697 BCE
d. 902 BCE

7. Which U.S. president took part in the Potsdam Conference, where the Allies
reached a peace settlement with Germany?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Dwight D. Eisenhower
c. !Harry S. Truman
d. Herbert Hoover

8. Which of the following Physicists aided Nazi Germany in their production of a

nuclear weapon?
a. Max Planck
b. Albert Einstein
c. !Werner Heisenberg
d. John von Neumann
9. Which of these founding fathers of the United States of America later became
president?
a. Samuel Adams
b. !James Monroe
c. Alexander Hamilton
d. Roger Sherman

1. When was the play quot;Macbethquot; written?

a. 1723
b. 1628
c. !1606
d. 1605

2. Who wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein039;s 1957 Brodway musical West Side
Story?
a. Oscar Hammerstein
b. Himself
c. !Stephen Sondheim
d. Richard Rodgers

3. How many plays is Shakespeare generally considered to have written?

a. !37
b. 54
c. 25
d. 18

4. In Macbeth, the eyes of what animals were used in the Witches039; cauldron?
a. Humans
b. !Newts
c. Squids
d. Sharks

5. Which of the following is not a piece from the 1950039;s musical West Side
Story?
a. Maria
b. !The Back Alley
c. Tonight
d. Mambo

6. After England, more Shakespeare plays are set in this present day country than
in any other.
a. Greece
b. France
c. !Italy
d. United States

7. What is Jean ValJean039;s first prisoner number?

a. 1729
b. 9430
 c. !24601
d. 32769

8. The protagonist039;s names in 039;Who039;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf039;, George

and Martha, were derived from George Washington and his wife.
a. False
b. !True