Movies Trivia

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Sometimes called the "Napoleon of Crime," who was Sherlock Holmes' arch rival?

19

Which romantic British poet, about 200 years ago, wrote, "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink..." ? Browning, Byron, or Coleridge?

7

Which servant appeared in English author P. G. Wodehouse's comic stories about snooty English upper classes?

18

Which classic novel opens with the lines: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness." And who was the author?

9

Name the authors of each of these books: a. The Fountainhead b. The Day of the Jackal c. Bright Lights, Big City

3

The 13th Century Italian poet named Dante Alighieri wrote a poem about an imaginary journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, which is considered perhaps the greatest poem of the Middle Ages. What is the name?

5

Female characters in novels or plays: a. James Bond's female enemy in Goldfinger? b. Tomboy heroine of Little Women: c. Hamlet's mother, and Claudius's wife:

11

Can you name the author and main character of the popular 1950s novel about a sensitive but rebellious youth who runs away from his boarding school, The Catcher in the Rye ?

19

Which person, in 1983, wrote a book entitled "How To Live To 100 - or More" - and he did!

12

In this 1865 classic novel, a minor thief tries to bury his past and become a respectable town mayor, but the police inspector won't let him. Name the novel and the author.

7

What alphabet is used for writing Russian and several other Eastern European languages?

16

According to Greek mythology, every time one of this dragon-like monster's heads was cut off, two more grew in its place. It was finally killed by Hercules. What was it?

3

The female Danish writer Isak Dineson spent 20 years in Kenya on a coffee plantation, and wrote what autobiographical work in 1937 which became a film in the 1980's?

19

Which English clergyman, mathematician, and author wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?

11

Which British novelist experienced a great deal of success in 1933 and 1934, when he wrote the books Lost Horizon, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips ?