Tweedledum and Tweedledee

are two characters of which

Children’s book?
Answer: Alice in Wonderland.

2) Who is the author of The

Origin Of Species?
Answer: Darwin.

3) People of which religion

consider ‘The Bhagavad Gita’
as their sacred text?
Answer: Hinduism.

4) The abbreviated form of which book is NEB?

Answer: New English Bible.
5) Who invented the character,
Robinson Crusoe?
Answer: Daniel Defoe.

6) Shakespeare’s four greatest

tragedies are Macbeth, Othello,
Hamlet and __________?
Answer: King Lear.

7) Name the mega-selling

writer who has written
“Deception Point”?
Answer: Dan Brown.
8) What is the meaning of the
phrase ‘Mein Kampf’ in Hitler’s
autobiography of the same
name?
Answer: My Struggle.

9) By what name was

Shakespeare’s mother known
before her marriage?
Answer: Mary Arden.

10) In which Charles Dickens’

novel we find the characters
Bently Drummle, Joe Gargary,
and Herbert Pocket?
Answer: Great Expectations.
11) Mention the exact number of sonnets written by William
Shakespeare?
Answer: 154.

12) Name the only play written

by Shakespeare in which there
is no song.
Answer: The Comedy Of Errors.

13) Mr. Freeze’ is the arch-

enemy of a famous superhero
of a comic book. What is the
name of that superhero?
Answer: Batman.
14) In Which Book of the Holy
Bible did the death of Moses
take place?
Answer: Deuteronomy.

15) “Bird of Paradise” is a book

written by a renowned
psychiatrist. What is the name
of him?
Answer: R.D. Laing.

16) The ‘Almagest’ is a book

written by a Greek Astronomer.
What is the name of him?
Answer: Ptolemy.
17) Who is the author of the
classic masterpiece “Anna
Karenina”?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy.

18) Name the female novelist

who has authored ‘Sense and
Sensibility’?
Answer: Jane Austen.

19) “Absolutely Mahvelous” is

the autobiography of a person
who wrote it at the age of 21.
Who is he?
Answer: Billy Crystal.
20) Which novel of William
Peter Blatty written in 1971? It
has been adopted in which
epic Horror Film?
Answer: The Exorcist.

21. Who is the author of

“Roots” that inspired a TV
blockbuster?
Answer: Alex Haley.

22) In which novel of Roald Dahl, the character Willy Wonka can be
found?
Answer: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

23) Find the missing word in

the Best Selling Book by Barak
Obama: ‘The Audacity Of
_______.’
Answer: Hope.

24) Name the book that

became the best-seller in 1794
in America?
Answer: It was the
Autobiography of Benjamin
Franklin. This book had been
published in England the year
before – three years after his
death.

25) “Rites of Passage” is a

novel written by?
Answer: William Golding.
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26) Which short story writer

and playwright composed the
works The Cherry Orchard and
The Three Sisters?
Answer: Anton Chekhov.

27) “I, Robot” is written by an

American who was born in
Russia. What is the name of
him?
Answer: Isaac Asimov.
28) Who is the author of ‘The
Alchemist’ (play)?
Answer: Ben Jonson.

29) Name the book rated by

Americans as their second
favorite, only next to ‘The
Bible’.
Answer: Sears Roebuck
Catalog.

30) What was the name of the

first novelist to have his works
serialized?
Answer: Charles Dickens.
31) In all the plays written by
Shakespeare, only one
contains the name of an
animal. Name the animal.
Answer: Shrew.

32) Name the pioneering novel

which was typed on a
Typewriter?
Answer: The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer.

33) ‘The War of The World’s’ is

a famous work of which
author?
Answer: H.G. Wells.
34) Mention the year in which
the first free library of Britain
opened?
Answer: 1852.

35) The story of a children’s

book written by Richard Adams
was seen in a movie in the
year 1978. What was the name
of that book?
Answer: Watership Down.

36) (The Mousetrap) is an

interesting play. Who wrote
this play?
Answer: Agatha Christie.
37) Utilitarianism is written by
a philosopher of the 19th
century. What is his name?
Answer: John Stuart Mill.

38) Who is the author of the

popular novel “Three Men in a
Boat”?
Answer: Jerome K Jerome.

39) “Keeping it Simple” is a

cookery book. Who authored
it?
Answer: Gary Rhodes.
40) Name the Italian
Astronomer who is the author
of The Starry Messenger?
Answer: Galileo.

41) ‘A Brief History of Time’ is

a famous book written in 1988.
Who is its author?
Answer: Stephen Hawking.

42) Name the Shakespearean

character who had spoken the
maximum number of lines?
Answer: Hamlet.
43) Who is the poet of The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner?
Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

44) Who is the author of “The

Murder of Roger Ackroyd”?
Answer: Agatha Christie.

45) In which book of Agatha

Christi did the demise of Poirot
take place?
Answer: Curtain.

46) Scientists have borrowed

the term ‘Quark’ from a book
written by a famous author.
What is the name of that
author?
Answer: James Joyce.

47) Bram Stoker gave birth to

a popular literary character in
one of his novels in the year
1897. What was the name of
that character?
Answer: Count Dracula.

48) Name the book that was

banned in 1932 in Ireland.
Answer: Brave New World –
Aldus Huxley.
49) Who is the author of
‘Without Ties’?
Answer: Gianni Versace.

50) ‘Androcles And The Lion’ is

an interesting play written by?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw.

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51) Who is the author of The

Wild Palms, The Sound And
The Fury, and As I Lay Dying?
Answer: William Faulkner.
52) What is the name of the
city mentioned in the book of
Genesis? The name is still
found.
Answer: Damascus.

53) Who was the writer of ‘My

Life and Loves’ a 1926 book
which was banned in the
United States?
Answer: Frank Harris.

54) Who was the authoress of

“Pride and Prejudice”?
Answer: Jane Austen.
55) Who is the writer of “There
but for Fortune”?
Answer: Phil Ochs.

56) “Ozymandias” and “Ode to

the West Wind” are two widely
read poems of which poet?
Answer: Shelley.

57) ‘The Female Eunuch’ is the

significant work of which
Australian feminist?
Answer: Germaine Greer.

58) “Crime and Punishment” is

a novel by a Russian author.
What is his name?
Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky.

59) Name the best selling or

most-widely bought book in
the USA, only next to The
Bible.
Answer: Dr. Spock’s Baby And
Child Care.

60) Oxford University’s which

library is acclaimed for its
exclusive collection of rare
manuscripts and books?
Answer: The Bodleian Library.
61) Who ended his writing
career with ‘The Last Tycoon’?
Answer: F Scott Fitzgerald.

62) What is the name of the

third part in ‘The Lord of the
Rings Trilogy’?
Answer: The Return Of The
King.

63) In ‘A Midsummer’s Night’s

Dream’ by William
Shakespeare, who did the
fairies worship as their queen?
Answer: Titania.
64) Who is the author of Lord
Of The Flies?
Answer: William Golding.

65) What is the name of the

Bible’s fifth book?
Answer: Deuteronomy.

66) ‘The English Roses’ is a

children’s story written in
2003. Who is the author of this
book?
Answer: Madonna.

67) Name the play with which

Shakespeare’s started his
career as a playwright.
Answer: Titus Andronicus.

68) Who was the founder of

the pioneering public library in
London city?
Answer: Robert Ford.

69) Elmer Gantry is a critique

of ‘Evangelism’. Who wrote the
book?
Answer: Sinclair Lewis.

70) ‘West Side Story,’ a

musical is based on a tragedy
by Shakespeare. Which
tragedy is it?
Answer: Romeo and Juliet.

71) “Being Freddie” is the

autobiography of which
sportsman?
Answer: Andrew Flintoff.

72) “Satanic Verses” is a

controversial work. Who wrote
it?
Answer: Salman Rushdie.

73) Which book of the Old

Testament speaks about the
miseries of one man?
Answer: Job.

74) Who is the author of “The

Napoleon of Netting Hill”?
Answer: G.K. Chesterton.

75) Name the person from

Britain who wrote 30 books. A
million copies of 28 books were
sold in Britain out of these 30
books.
Answer: Alistair Maclean.
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100)

76) Name the British dramatist

who wrote, “The Norman
Conquests” – a trilogy?
Answer: Alan Ayckbourn.

77) Bedknobs And Broomsticks

is a book for children. Who
wrote it?
Answer: Mary Norton.

78) Who wrote Frankenstein?

Answer: Mary Shelley.
79) Name the book of the Bible
that follows Matthew?
Answer: Mark.

80) The three witches play a

central role in which
Shakespearean tragedy?
Answer: Macbeth.

81) What was the name of the

fifth novel in J. K. Rowling’s
Harry Potter series which was
released in the June of 2003?
Answer: Harry Potter and The
Order Of The Phoenix.
82) Whose lover has been
referred to by D. H. Lawrence
in one of his books?
Answer: Lady Chatterley.

83) Who is the author of “The

White Company”?
Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle.

84) What is the name of the

Old Testament’s fifth book?
Answer: Deuteronomy.

85) What is the name the novel

by George Orwell where we
find the character ‘Napoleon’?
Answer: Animal Farm (the chief
pig).

86) Which play is

Shakespeare’s ‘swan song’?
Answer: The Tempest.

87) The Mousetrap is the longest-running stage drama. Who wrote

it?
Answer: Agatha Christie (First Performed In London’s West-End In
1952, And Still Running There, As At 2006.

88) Who became the best-

selling author in the 2000s in
Britain?
Answer: J.K. Rowling.
89) Which book of the Bible
immediately follows Genesis?
Answer: Exodus.

90) “Lipstick on Your Collar” is

a musical drama written for TV.
Who is the writer?
Answer: Dennis Potter.

91) ‘With A Vampire’ is a book

interview. Who wrote it?
Answer: Ann Rice.

92) Name the novel on Harry

Potter which has the title with
the word ‘Blood’ in it for the
first time.
Answer: Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince.

93) The character of

Mustardseed was found in
which Shakespearean play?
Answer: A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.

94) Name the first-ever book

which was printed in 1456 from
movable type.
Answer: The Mazarin Bible.
95) What term do novelists use
for writing a novel that will be
published under the name of
someone else who is not the
author?
Answer: Ghosting.

96) ‘What You Can Do To Avoid

AIDS’ is a brilliant book written
by a basketball player. Name
the player.
Answer: Magic Johnson.

97) The Series Of Harry Potter

Books was written by whom?
Answer: Joanne ‘Jo’ Rowling
(J.K. Rowling).
98) Alfred Jingle is a character
from which Charles Dickens’
novel?
Answer: Pickwick Papers.

99) Who is the author of

‘Kidnapped’?
Answer: Robert Louis
Stevenson.

100) Which Violent Film of

1971 was An Adaptation of The
Siege Of Trencher’s Farm?
Answer: Straw Dogs.