This Great Books Trivia Belongs on the Required Reading List
1.
In which comic strip is there a lasagna-loving cat?
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Garfield
2.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird", who is Tom Robinson accused of raping?
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Mayella Ewell
3.
Who wrote, "On the Pulse of the Morning" for Clinton's Inauguration?
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Maya Angelou
4.
In Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice", Elizabeth unexpectedly falls in love with which man?
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Mr. Darcy
5.
What was the name of Alice's cat in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?
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Dinah
6.
Who wrote the best-selling novel "Carrie"?
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Stephen King
7.
The famous collection of children's fantasy books called "The Chronicles of Narnia" were created by who?
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C.S. Lewis
8.
In "Hamlet", who called Hamlet to go to a duel with Laertes?
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Osric
9.
In "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", what was the first test to pass?
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Fluffy, A Giant Three-Headed Dog
10.
Ichabod Crane is from what story?
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The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
11.
What color is the Hogwarts Express?
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Red
12.
In "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", how do Ron and Harry get to Hogwarts after they miss the Hogwarts Express?
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By Mr Weasleys Flying Car
13.
The 1900 book titled, "Lord Jim", was written by?
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Joseph Conrad
14.
What Ray Bradbury novel was published in 1953?
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Fahrenheit 451
15.
Which classic book was written by J. R. R. Tolkien?
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The Hobbit
16.
In 1900, Joseph Conrad wrote this classic?
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Lord Jim
17.
In 1979, Douglas Adams wrote what classic?
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
18.
In "A Visit From St. Nicholas", visions of what danced in children's heads on Christmas Eve?
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Sugar Plums
19.
What book published by Washington Square Press is about a teen who helps cure her sister's leukemia?
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My Sister's Keeper
20.
Which book published by Knopf Books for Young Readers is about a young Eragon who finds his destiny as a Dragon Rider?
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Eragon
21.
Which best seller is about a man who has been diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder which displaces him in time?
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The Time Traveler's Wife
22.
Which book, published by St. Martin's Paperbacks, is about a mathematician who must break a complex code for the National Security Agency?
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Digital Fortress
23.
Which story is about Augusten Burroughs who was given away to be raised by an unorthodox psychiatrist and his bizarre family?
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Running With Scissors
24.
Which best seller is about in heaven, life is explained by five people?
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The Five People You Meet In Heaven
25.
What best selling book is about a beautiful social climber who wants to succeed in the big city?
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Trading Up
26.
Which best seller is about a girl who juggles an after-school job, art class, and dating the President's son?
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Ready Or Not: An All-American Girl Novel
27.
Which story is about a woman dealing with the boss from hell at a stylish magazine?
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The Devil Wears Prada
28.
What year was "Journey to the Center of the Earth" published?
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1864
29.
Who wrote the sci-fi book "The Past Through Tomorrow"?
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Robert A. Heinlein
30.
Who is a fictional detective?
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Nancy Drew
31.
What kind of fruit did Adam take a bite from?
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Apples
32.
Who killed Harry Potter's parents?
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Lord Voldemort
33.
Which fictional character took a trip down the Mississippi on a raft with the runaway slave Jim?
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Huckleberry Finn
34.
Who is the main character of "Gone with the Wind"?
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Scarlett O'Hara
35.
In the Bible, what was name of the garden where Adam and Eve lived?
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The Garden of Eden
36.
Ernest Hemingway's final work published during his lifetime was?
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The Old Man And The Sea
37.
What was the name of Ashley's plantation in "Gone With the Wind"?
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Twelve Oaks
38.
What Saki story is named for a talking cat?
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Tobermory
39.
Which author wrote the book "A Prayer for Owen Meany"?
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John Irving
40.
The Washington Irving character Ichabod Crane had feet shaped like what?
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Shovels
41.
In "Flowers for Algernon", who is Algernon?
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The Mouse
42.
What is Louis L'Amour famous for?
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Writing Westerns
43.
In 1996, which John Gray book was the second leading nonfiction book on the best sellers list?
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Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
44.
What biblical character was said to have been created from the dust of the ground and the breath of God?
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Adam
45.
What biblical place is said to the starting point of different languages?
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Tower Of Babel
46.
Which book was written by Charles Schulz?
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Happiness Is A Warm Puppy
47.
Who wrote the 1920 book titled "Main Street"?
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Sinclair Lewis
48.
Who wrote the 1927 book titled "Death comes for the Archbishop"?
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Willa Cather
49.
Who wrote the 1900 book "Sister Carrie"?
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Theodore Dreiser
50.
Who wrote the 1985 book "White Noise"?
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Don Delillo
51.
Who wrote the 1905 book "The House of Mirth"?
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Edith Wharton
52.
Who wrote the 1929 book "Look Homeward, Angel"?
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Thomas Wolfe
53.
Who wrote the 1962 book "The Golden Notebook"?
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Doris Lessing
54.
Who wrote the 1903 book "The Ambassadors"?
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Henry James
55.
Who wrote the 1904 book "The Golden Bowl"?
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Henry James
56.
Who wrote the 1988 book "The Bean Trees"?
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Barbara Kingsolver
57.
The 1955 book titled, "A Good Man is Hard to Find", was written by?
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Flannery O'Connor
58.
The 1903 book titled, "The Way of All Flesh", was written by?
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Samuel Butler
59.
The 1980 book titled "A Confederacy of Dunces" was written by?
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John K. Toole
60.
The 1908 book titled, "The Wind in the Willows", was written by?
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Kenneth Graham
61.
The 1959 book titled, "Henderson the Rain King", was written by?
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Saul Bellow
62.
The 1935 book titled, "Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy", was written by?
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James T. Farrell
63.
The 1927 book titled, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey", was written by?
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Thornton Wilder
64.
The 1974 book titled "The Killer, Angels" was written by?
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Michael Shaara
65.
The 1904 book titled, "Nostromo", was written by?
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Joseph Conrad
66.
Who wrote the 1936 work "Absalom, Absalom"?
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William Faulkner
67.
The 1980 book titled "Kane and Abel" was written by whom?
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Jeffrey Archer
68.
The 1950 book titled "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" was written by whom?
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C. S. Lewis
69.
The 1928 book titled "Orlando" was written by whom?
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Virginia Woolf
70.
The 1979 book titled "The Burger's Daughter" was written by?
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Nadine Gordimer
71.
The 1984 book titled "Cold Sassy Tree" was written by?
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Olive-Ann Burns
72.
The 1957/60 book titled, "The Alexandria Quartet", was written by?
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Lawrence Durrell
73.
The 1961 book titled, "A House for Mr. Biswas", was written by?
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V. S. Naipaul
74.
The 1948 book titled, "Cry, the Beloved Country", was written by?
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Alan Paton
75.
The 1959 book titled, "Advise and Consent", was written by?
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Allen Drury
76.
The 1973 book titled "Sula" was written by?
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Toni Morrison
77.
The 1973 book titled "Rubyfruit Jungle" was written by?
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Rita Mae Brown
78.
The 1966 book titled "The Magus" was written by?
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John Fowles
79.
The 1954 book titled, "Under the Net", was written by?
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Iris Murdoch
80.
The 1905 book titled, "Where Angels Fear to Tread", was written by?
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E. M. Forster
81.
In 1927, Virginia Woolf wrote which classic?
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To The Lighthouse
82.
In 1920, Edith Wharton wrote which classic?
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The Age Of Innocence
83.
In 1937, Zora Neale Hurston wrote which classic?
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
84.
In 1908, E. M. Forster wrote which classic?
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A Room With A View
85.
In 1946, Robert Penn Warren wrote this classic?
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All The King's Men
86.
In 1910, E. M. Forster wrote which classic?
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Howard's End
87.
In 1913, D. H. Lawrence wrote which classic?
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Sons And Lovers
88.
Which classic was written by John Updike in 1960?
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Rabbit, Run
89.
In 1925, Theodore Dreiser wrote which classic?
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An American Tragedy
90.
In 1927, Ford Maddox Ford wrote which classic?
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The Good Soldier
91.
In 1900, Theodore Dreiser wrote which classic?
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Sister Carrie
92.
In 1905, which classic did Edith Wharton write?
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The House Of Mirth
93.
In 1962, Doris Lessing wrote which classic?
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The Golden Notebook
94.
In 1951, James Jones wrote this classic?
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From Here To Eternity
95.
In 1903, Henry James wrote which classic?
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The Ambassadors
96.
In 1992, Dorothy Allison wrote which classic?
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Bastard Out Of Carolina
97.
In 1934, Evelyn Waugh wrote which classic?
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A Handful Of Dust
98.
In 1974, Michael Shaara wrote which classic?
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The Killer, Angels
99.
In 1951/75, Anthony Powell wrote this classic?
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A Dance To The Music Of Time (Series)
100.
In 1928, Aldous Huxley wrote which classic?
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Point Counter Point
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