Literature Word Play Trivia

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From Quiz Tolkien Characters by Definitions

Answer: Bilbo

Bill + Bow Bilbo Baggins was a Hobbit from the Shire. He is best known as the 'Hobbit that left the Shire' because he went on a journey and returned with the Ring of Power. His adventures are the basis of the book "The Hobbit." His young cousin Frodo eventually destroyed the Ring and became legendary among his peers. Bilbo has no meaning in Hobbitish - it is just a common male name. Baggins is an old English expression meaning 'one who eats between meals' which is very apt. He is also known as Bilba Labingi, Barrel-rider, Mr Lucky Number, Child of the Kindly West and, commonly, Mad Baggins.

From Quiz Fragmented Authors

Answer: Austen

Jane Austen was born in Hampshire, England in December 1775. The severe winter weather that year caused her baptism to be delayed until the following April, when she was baptised at the local church where her father served as rector, and given the single name Jane. Her six major novels, which have remained ever popular, are "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma", "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion". The latter two were published posthumously in 1818, but every one of these novels was originally published anonymously, meaning she received little recognition during her lifetime.

From Quiz Literature By Definitions

Answer: Persuasion

Purse + Sways + Ion "Persuasion" is a novel by English author Jane Austen. It is the last novel that she finished completely herself and was published posthumously in 1817, six months after her death. The book was named by her brother Henry as they couldn't find any reference to a title in her notes, although other family members state that she referred to it as 'The Elliots'. It has been published many times and been adapted into stage, film and television productions.

From Quiz Clerihew Clue

Answer: Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe is a detective character created by Rex Stout. He appeared in novels and short stories until 1975. He is large and eccentric, working only when he must, around tending orchids and eating gourmet meals prepared by chef Fritz Brenner. His associate Archie Goodwin narrates the tales, keeps the books, types the correspondence and does most of the detecting outside of the New York City brownstone where they live.

From Quiz A Litany of Leaping Lords

Answer: Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron, commonly known as Lord Byron, is a British poet of the Romantic Era. He frequently traveled to the European continent, which often inspired his poetry. His most famous works include "She Walks in Beauty" and "Don Juan".

From Quiz Broken Up Vic Lit 'Chicks'

Answer: Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti was a devout Christian who wrote of transcending (overcoming) longings for sensual pleasures. She was rumoured to be an ascetic and to have given up chess because she'd enjoyed winning at it too much. She was a highly popular poet, and critics praised the "perfection of form" her poetry was graced by. This sonnet is a fairly typical example of her evocative, romantic work. "Remember" "Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far a away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you plann'd: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. But if you should forget me for awhile And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that I once had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad." Rossetti did not marry. She died of cancer, at age 64, in 1894.

From Quiz Mary Stewart Novels - In Other Words

Answer: Wildfire at Midnight

"Wildfire at Midnight" was published in 1965. When model Gianetta Brooke leaves London for a quite break at the Scottish island of Skye, the last person she expects to encounter is her ex-husband. It's bad enough being stuck in such close quarters with him, but things only get worse when the tiny group staying at the hotel realises they may have a murderer in their midst.

From Quiz Agatha Christie Titles - In Other Words #3

Answer: The Murder on the Links

Hercule Poirot receives a letter from a French businessman asking him to come immediately. When Poirot and his friend, Captain Hastings arrive at his house, they are informed that he has been murdered.

From Quiz Deep Thoughts and Creative Talent

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is often credited as being the inventor of the detective fiction genre. His macabre style of writing, along with ghoulish storylines are responsible for his popularity. "A Descent into the Maelstrom" (1841) is a short story about a man who survives both a shipwreck and a whirlpool. "The Gold-Bug" (1943), another of Poe's short stories, tells of a man driven insane after being bitten by a gold colored bug and incorporates code-breaking and buried treasure into the tale. The short story "The Black Cat" (1843) was published in "The Saturday Evening Post" and was an immediate hit. It is the story of a criminal who kills his wife, and ends up revealing his crimes after becoming unable to live with his guilt. Many critics believe that the dark nature of most of Poe's writings were a reflection of his sad life and severe life-long depression.

From Quiz In Other Words

Answer: Tolstoi

"War and Peace", as it is widely known, was published in 1869 and is a challenging book to read. There are many prominent characters and the lives of five important Russian families are interwoven in this long epic involving Napoleon's failed march on Moscow in 1812. Tschaikovski proudly wrote the "1812 Overture" playing the French and Russian anthems against each other with the bells of Moscow ringing in victory at the end. With an ill equipped army of men, Napoleon crossed into unfamiliar territory. It was colder than expected, hunger and disease became problems, morale was untenable, as the dwindling army marched past miles of 'burn and slash' countryside. On finally reaching Moscow, they found the city in flames. The Russians had outfoxed them. In pitiful defeat Napoleon and his army trudged back to France. This was the beginning of the end for a megalomaniac.

From Quiz The Old Man and the Sea Quells

Answer: The Old Man and the Seal

The third in the parallel universe trilogy was 'The Old Man and the Sea-Bream'. Meanwhile, back in our universe, Hemingway really did write 'The Old Man and the Sea' as part of an unfinished trilogy.

From Quiz A Novel Approach To Novels

Answer: "Twilight," by Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer began weaving her tangled web of vampires, werewolves, young love, and fog-shrouded teen angst in 2005 with the publication of "Twilight," the first in a series of four wildly successful novels which chronicle the saga of teenager Bella Swan and her great love, Edward Cullen, a 104-year-old vampire. The novels detail their developing romance, marriage, and parenthood against a backdrop of high school cliques, vampire history and palace intrigue, werewolf tribalism, and animal behaviorism. Imprinting, anyone?

From Quiz Back to Front

Answer: Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodson. In addition to writing the fascinating adventures of Alice, he was also a noted mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer.

From Quiz Literary Skeletons II

Answer: Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is one of the most beloved Victorian writers. His novels "Great Expectations", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Oliver Twist", and "A Christmas Carol" are perennial favorites. "Bleak House" was published initially as a serial between March 1852 and September 1853. Critically, the novel is praised as one of his best, partially because of his experimental reliance on two narrators: one, a third-person omniscient narrator, and the other, a first-person narrator, the central character Esther Summerson.

From Quiz Literary Skeletons

Answer: Frankenstein

Mary Shelley, the British author and wife of the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, published the novel "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus" anonymously in 1818. She began writing the work when she was only nineteen!

From Quiz It's Time For A Change

Answer: Margaret Mitchell

The book is "Gone With The Wind". It was the only book Margaret Mitchell ever wrote. She had started the sequel but was knocked down by a car and killed before she had a chance to finish writing it. The book has become a firm favourite, and is viewed by many as a classic story of the American Civil War.

From Quiz Finding Mr Right

Answer: Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle bought us the legendary Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr Watson. From his house at 221B Baker Street in London, Sherlock went on to solve many murders and mysteries, including "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1892) and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1902).

From Quiz Novels by Women in Other Words

Answer: Little Men

Louisa May Alcott published "Little Men" in 1871. It had a longer title, "Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys." Many readers of the times wanted to know what happened to Jo from "Little Women." There is a third novel which develops Jo's life more, the 1886 book, "Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to 'Little Men.'"

From Quiz Alternative Novels

Answer: Valley of the Dolls

Written by Jacqueline Susann, the hugely successful novel was published in 1966. Due to its popularity it paved the way for numerous female writers. Hollywood bought the film rights to the novel and filmed it in 1967 casting Sharon Tate in one of the major roles. Sadly, Sharon would later become one of the victims of the infamous Manson family in 1969.

From Quiz I'm Entitled to This

Answer: Gone With The Wind

Written by Margaret Mitchell, and made into a movie starring the incomparable Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, this is the story of love and passion during and after the American Civil War.

From Quiz Literary Haiku

Answer: Catcher In the Rye

'Catcher In the Rye' was written by notorious recluse J.D. Salinger. In this, his most famous work, the narrator Holden Caulfield relates how he was expelled from his prep school and makes his way home to New York City without telling his parents. Phoebe is his beloved sister. Holden's got issues with society, seeing everyone as sell-outs and phonies. 'The Chocolate War' is about a teen's confrontation with a gang in high school; it was written by that master of pessimistic youth fiction, Robert Cormier. 'The Lords Of Discipline' is about four friends at a military institute and was written by Pat Conroy. 'Decline And Fall' is a satire of English manners, following the misadventures of a man who is expelled from Oxford; it is by Evelyn Waugh.

From Quiz Literary Mergers

Answer: Common Sense and Sensibility

At the time "Common Sense" was written, the only book that sold better was "The Bible." The most acclaimed adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility" for the screen was Ang Lee's in 1995 which starred Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet as the Dashwood sisters and featured Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman.

From Quiz Loony Literary Limericks

Answer: Romeo

Romeo had already fallen for a Capulet (Rosaline) across the divide of the family feud. He just looked for trouble. Juliet couldn't resist (like many a fourteen year olds).

From Quiz Literary Word Play

Answer: Sinclair Lewis

'MAIN STREET'. Probably the best known work by this Nobel Prize winner (who also did 'Babbitt', 'Arrowsmith' and 'Elmer Gantry'.)

From Quiz Tolkien Characters by Definitions

Answer: Elendil

El + End + Ill Elendil was a Numenorean Man of Gondor. His name means 'elf-friend' and 'lover of stars" in Quenya. He was given the surname Voronda which means 'steadfast' or 'faithful' after he remained loyal to the elves throughout Sauron's dominance of Numenor. At over 7-foot tall, he was also known as Elendil the Tall and, later, as High King of the United Kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor which he founded with his sons.

From Quiz Fragmented Authors

Answer: Shakespeare

There can be few people who haven't come across the works of William Shakespeare during their formative years. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, this English playwright authored 39 known plays in addition to numerous sonnets, and is considered by many to be the world's greatest ever dramatist. In 1582 at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, and three children were born to them, Susanna the eldest and also twins Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet was only eleven years old when he died in 1596, possibly having contracted bubonic plague. It has been suggested by some Shakespearean scholars that Hamnet's death may have influenced his writing of the play "Hamlet" and also "King John" and "Twelfth Night".

From Quiz Literature By Definitions

Answer: Robinson Crusoe

Rob + Bin + Son AND Crew + Sew "Robinson Crusoe" was written by English author Daniel Defoe and published in 1719. The first edition was written in an autobiographical style and Crusoe was noted as its author, so it was originally believed to be a true story. It is considered to be one of the most published books in history and has been adapted for radio, television series and films. It has even been staged as a pantomime and an opera.

From Quiz A Litany of Leaping Lords

Answer: Banquo

Lord Banquo is a character in William Shakespeare's famous play "MacBeth". MacBeth has Banquo murdered because MacBeth suspects Banquo knows he is behind the murder of King Duncan. Also, MacBeth feels insecure in his newly acquired power with Banquo and his son Fleance alive. Banquo's ghost proceeds to haunt MacBeth, causing him to become madder and madder.

From Quiz Broken Up Vic Lit 'Chicks'

Answer: Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson was born in 1830. She attended schools until she was 17, after which she became progressively reclusive. She confined herself to her family's estate, then their house and eventually her room. She was a poetic genius whose output in her youth was prolific. She died of kidney disease at the age of 55 and penned the memorable first lines, "I'm nobody. Who are you? Are you - nobody- too?" She used hyphens to great effect. Her style is unique and her poems are remarkable for being highly introspective.

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