The Do You Read Me? Quiz: Fifth Edition
A general literary trivia quiz to get the cerebral cogs moving this Monday morning! Click on the 'view answer' link for more interesting trivia and info!
- 1.
Which genre accounts for 55% of all paperbacks sold in the U.S?- A.
Manga
- B.
Thriller
- C.
Young Adult
- D.
General Fiction
- E.
Romance
- 2.
Sophie Kinsella, author of the Shopaholic series of books, is a pseudonym. The author also writes books under her real name. What is it?
- A.
Wendy Holden
- B.
Madeleine Wickham
- C.
Elizabeth George
- D.
Jane Green
- E.
Jill Mansell
- 3.
How many books in total have been published as part of the Harry Potter Series?
- A.
6
- B.
7
- C.
8
- D.
9
- E.
10
- 4.
In his 2009 autobiography, Open, Andre Agassi admitted to taking drugs throughout most of his career. What was his main drug of choice?
- A.
Speed
- B.
Cannabis
- C.
Crystal meth
- D.
Cocaine
- E.
Heroin
- 5.
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be,For loan oft loses both itself and friend,And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." In which Shakespeare play would you find these lines?
- A.
Othello
- B.
Hamlet
- C.
The Merchant of Venice
- D.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- E.
Macbeth
- 6.
This is an illustration from the original handwritten 91 page manuscript for what would eventually become a classic children's book. Who is the artist?
- A.
Arthur Rackham
- B.
John Tenniel
- C.
Lewis Carroll
- D.
Ernest Shephard
- E.
Charles Dickens
- 7.
And the winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for fiction is........
- A.
War Dances by Sherman Alexie
- B.
In Other rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
- C.
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
- D.
Tinkers by Paul Harding
- E.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell
- 8.
In which book would you find the superstates Oceania, Eastasia and Eurasia?
- A.
1984 by George Orwell
- B.
Dune by Frank Herbert
- C.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- D.
Ruined City by Nevil Shute
- E.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- 9.
In which comic strip is the main character's favorite book "Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kalblooie" by Mabel Syrup?
- A.
Calvin and Hobbes
- B.
Mutts
- C.
Peanuts
- D.
Garfield
- E.
Doonesbury
- 10.
Which of the following is NOT the title of a real book currently available on abc.nl?
- A.
The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories
- B.
Love and Sex With Robots
- C.
The Go Go Dancer Who Stole My Viagra
- D.
Why Cats Paint
- E.
Living With Crazy Buttocks
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