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Quiz about An Assortment of Books
Quiz about An Assortment of Books

An Assortment of Books Trivia Quiz


Here's a quiz on all sorts of books... everything from Hemingway to Crichton and a few odd others. How well read are you?

A multiple-choice quiz by val9000. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
val9000
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
3,123
Updated
Feb 20 22
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
12 / 20
Plays
7240
Last 3 plays: Guest 175 (5/20), Guest 174 (11/20), Guest 86 (9/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. Which book did Alex Haley describe as FACTION, somewhere between fact and fiction? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. Which of Michael Crichton's books was first to top the New York Times bestseller list? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. Which 1988 Stephen Hawking book spent over two years on the New York bestsellers list? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. Which Hemingway novel includes the line: 'Oh Jake, we could have had such a damned good time together'? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. Who is the central character in Ayn Rand's 'The Fountainhead'?

Answer: (Two Words, or just surname)
Question 6 of 20
6. Which Italian astronomer wrote 'The Starry Messenger'? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. At which sporting event do terrorists explode a nuclear device, in Tom Clancy's 'The Sum of All Fears'? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. Which of these Stephen King stories was written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. Which William Golding book was turned down by 21 publishers before its 1954 release? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. Which was the first John Le Carre spy book about life after glasnost? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. Complete this John Irving title... 'A Prayer for_______ '?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 12 of 20
12. Who wrote 'The Grapes of Wrath'? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. Which Daniel Keyes novel is about a mentally handicapped man who undergoes an operation to make him smarter? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. The J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy begins with 'The Fellowship of the Ring'. The second book is 'The Two Towers'. What's the third? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. Okay... who wrote 'The Amityville Horror'? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. Which famous book did J.D. Salinger write before disappearing? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. Which 'Slaughterhouse Five' author said he wished he'd never been labelled a science-fiction writer? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. Which Bill Cosby book spent 26 weeks atop the New York Times bestseller list in 1986? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. Which 1989 novel describes how June, Rose, Waverly and Lena learn about their mothers? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. Okay... not that I'm bible thumping here, but... Which came first, according to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken or the egg?

Answer: (answer either The Chicken or The Egg)

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Nov 20 2024 : Guest 175: 5/20
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which book did Alex Haley describe as FACTION, somewhere between fact and fiction?

Answer: Roots

Originally, he claimed that the book as factual. It was only when a number of the details were shown to be historically inaccurate that he changed the description to indicate that it was fiction that was based on fact.
2. Which of Michael Crichton's books was first to top the New York Times bestseller list?

Answer: Rising Sun

Published in 1992.
3. Which 1988 Stephen Hawking book spent over two years on the New York bestsellers list?

Answer: A Brief History of Time

4. Which Hemingway novel includes the line: 'Oh Jake, we could have had such a damned good time together'?

Answer: The Sun Also Rises

Published in 1926, many consider this to be the book that established Hemingway as a literary force.
5. Who is the central character in Ayn Rand's 'The Fountainhead'?

Answer: Howard Roark

Published in 1943, this is one of my favorite all time books. Ayn Rand understood men better than most men do!
6. Which Italian astronomer wrote 'The Starry Messenger'?

Answer: Galileo

Actually, Galileo is the only Italian astronomer you had to choose from. Hubble was American, Copernicus was Polish, and Halley was English.
7. At which sporting event do terrorists explode a nuclear device, in Tom Clancy's 'The Sum of All Fears'?

Answer: The Super Bowl

8. Which of these Stephen King stories was written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman?

Answer: Thinner

9. Which William Golding book was turned down by 21 publishers before its 1954 release?

Answer: Lord of the Flies

Duh... the only Golding book of the bunch.
10. Which was the first John Le Carre spy book about life after glasnost?

Answer: The Russia House

11. Complete this John Irving title... 'A Prayer for_______ '?

Answer: Owen Meany

12. Who wrote 'The Grapes of Wrath'?

Answer: John Steinbeck

Did you know Steinbeck studied marine biology at Stanford? Yep.
13. Which Daniel Keyes novel is about a mentally handicapped man who undergoes an operation to make him smarter?

Answer: Flowers for Algernon

14. The J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy begins with 'The Fellowship of the Ring'. The second book is 'The Two Towers'. What's the third?

Answer: The Return of the King

The J.R.R. stood for John Ronald Reuel.
15. Okay... who wrote 'The Amityville Horror'?

Answer: Jay Anson

16. Which famous book did J.D. Salinger write before disappearing?

Answer: The Catcher in the Rye

17. Which 'Slaughterhouse Five' author said he wished he'd never been labelled a science-fiction writer?

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut

18. Which Bill Cosby book spent 26 weeks atop the New York Times bestseller list in 1986?

Answer: Fatherhood

19. Which 1989 novel describes how June, Rose, Waverly and Lena learn about their mothers?

Answer: The Joy Luck Club

20. Okay... not that I'm bible thumping here, but... Which came first, according to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken or the egg?

Answer: The Chicken

The line: 'Then God said, Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens'. This is not necessarily the view of theologians and scientists, just a literal interpretation of the words of Genesis.
Source: Author val9000

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