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​Today we have 8 questions from literature ranging from Shakespeare to Agatha Christie.

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Questions:

 

1) What position did novelist, playwright and poet, Simon Armitage accept in May 2019?

 

2) The book 'Our Man in Havana' is by which author?

 

3) Who is the main character in the book 'Around the world in 80 days' by Jules Verne?

 

4) "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him." Is the opening of which book?

 

5) Arthur Hastings is the best friend of which detective, and was first introduced in the Agatha Christie novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles?

 

6) "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them." Is a quote from which Shakespeare play?

 

7) Known for his science fiction/techno thrillers who wrote ‘The Andromeda Strain’?

 

8) Who is the author of the book series ‘The Unwanteds ‘?

 

Answers:

 

1) What position did novelist, playwright and poet, Simon Armitage accept in May 2019?

Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom

 

2) The book 'Our Man in Havana' is by which author?

Graham Greene

 

3) Who is the main character in the book 'Around the world in 80 days' by Jules Verne?

Phileas Fogg

 

4) "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him." Is the opening of which book?

Catch-22

 

5) Arthur Hastings is the best friend of which detective, and was first introduced in the Agatha Christie novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles?

Hercule Poirot

 

6) "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them." Is a quote from which Shakespeare play?

Twelfth Night

 

7) Known for his science fiction/techno thrillers who wrote ‘The Andromeda Strain’?

Michael Crichton

 

8) Who is the author of the book series ‘The Unwanteds ‘?

Lisa McCann