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Double Dilemma Trivia Quiz

This is a dual quiz, you must know your literature as well as being able to do cryptics. I giggled aloud while making some of these clues, have fun and enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fiachra. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
Fiachra

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
153,702

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
533

Question 1 of 10

1. Could one of Shakespeare's tragedies be hiding in this village?

Answer: (6 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Has Ms. Austen's heroine been sampling some emmental?

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Ask this magician for Dicken's masterpiece.

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Turn this less able miser on his head for a novel and a musical.

Answer: (Two Words 3 letters / 10 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Could Mr. Rushdie's offspring be seen at the witching hour?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Anthony Alucard looks back for his Dad.

Answer: (7 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. It's an internal matter for Mr.Poe whether aventurine or obsidian is used.

Answer: (2 words 3 letters / 5 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Look here for what sounds like a conquistador's sea diary.

Answer: (7 words Steinbeck)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Mariner lass needs re-arranging for a tale of gold and love.

Answer: (Two Words 5 letters / 6 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Is this Venus de Milo's favourite book?

Answer: (Four words Hemingway)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Could one of Shakespeare's tragedies be hiding in this village?

Answer: Hamlet

'Hamlet'is a play and is also another word for a village.

2. Has Ms. Austen's heroine been sampling some emmental?

Answer: Emma

Some of EMMentAl = 'Emma'

3. Ask this magician for Dicken's masterpiece.

Answer: David Copperfield

The magician and the novel share the same name.

4. Turn this less able miser on his head for a novel and a musical.

Answer: Les Miserables

LESS ABLE MISER = anagram of 'LES MISERABLES'.

5. Could Mr. Rushdie's offspring be seen at the witching hour?

Answer: Midnight's Children

Offspring = children
Witching hour = midnight.
This book, 'Midnight's Children', won the Booker prize in 1981.

6. Anthony Alucard looks back for his Dad.

Answer: Dracula

Alucard is Dracula spelled backwards. Anthony Alucard is, literary wise, the son of Dracula.

7. It's an internal matter for Mr.Poe whether aventurine or obsidian is used.

Answer: The Raven

WheTHER AVENturine etc.

8. Look here for what sounds like a conquistador's sea diary.

Answer: The Log From the Sea of Cortez

Conquistador = Cortes which sounds exactly like Cortez, which is the sea.
Sea Diary = log.

9. Mariner lass needs re-arranging for a tale of gold and love.

Answer: Silas Marner

Mariner lass = anagram of 'Silas Marner'.

10. Is this Venus de Milo's favourite book?

Answer: A Farewell to Arms

Venus de Milo is a famous staute without full arms. 'A Farewell to Arms', is one of Hemingway's well known novels.

Source: Author Fiachra

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