Literature Quiz Questions with Answers for Seniors
In which Ian Fleming novel did the dog Edison appear?
A: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Whose autobiography was called Bound For Glory?"
A: Woody Guthrie.
Which writer did Sean O' Casey describe as English Literature's
performing flea?
A: PG Wodehouse.
Ten Days That Shook the World is about what?
A: Russian
Revolution.
Who completed his novel Omerta shortly before his death?
A: Mario Puzo.
In Peter Pan, what are Hook's last
words?
A: Floreat Etona.
What was Ian Fleming's first novel?
A: Casino Royale.
Who wrote A Hard Road to Glory: The History of the African
American Athlete?
A: Arthur Ash.
What was the combined ages of Sarah and Elizabeth Delaney when
they published their book of Everyday Wisdom in 1994?
A: 208
Of the trio of female US novelists who have sold over 30 million
books, who was the second to be published?
A: Harper Lee (To Kill A Mockingbird).
Which actress wrote the children's book Nibbles & Me?
A: Elizabeth Taylor.
What was William Golding's follow up to The Lord of the Flies?
A: The Inheritors.
Which French novelist played in goal for
Algeria?
A: Albert Camus.
Whose autobiographical novel was called The Enormous Room?
A: e e cummings.
Which British novelist said, "Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac?"
A: Graham Greene.
Which novelist was the cousin of actor Christopher Lee?
A: Ian Fleming.
How was H H Munro better known?
A: Saki.
What was DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover originally to have
been called?
A: Tenderness.
What was the subject of Ralph Nader's Unsafe At Any Speed?
A: Poor
car standards.
Who left an unfinished work called Cantos?
A: Ezra Pound.
Which book had the longest stay on the
New York Times paperback
bestsellers list?
Which country banned Black Beauty for its supposed racist title?
A: Namibia.
What was the first book in the Goosebumps series?
A: Welcome To Dead House.
Which children's author's autobiography was called Boy?
A: Ronald Dahl.
What is the first name of P G Wodehouse's character Cheesewright?
A: Stilton.
