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Quiz about Celebrities Can Read
Quiz about Celebrities Can Read

Celebrities Can Read! Trivia Quiz


Well, at least the characters they play can read. These are books featured in movies or TV shows. No need to have seen the film or show though - the answers can be divined from the clues if you're familiar with the literature. (Contains spoilers!)

A multiple-choice quiz by PDAZ. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
PDAZ
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
316,258
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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1206
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Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. On "Friends", Joey (surprisingly) was reading a classic novel set in New England during the U.S. Civil War. He was distraught to find out that Beth dies in which book? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In "Back to School", Professor Turner got the attention of her class by reading Molly Bloom's soliloquy from a novel that still shows up on lists of banned books. From which Irish novel did she read? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. On "Everybody Loves Raymond", Ray bought Debra a first edition of her favorite book, a tense drama set in the American South. Which novel featuring a girl named Scout did Ray buy? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In "You've Got Mail", Joe Fox mocked Kathleen Kelly about her fondness for a classic 19th century romantic novel. Which book, featuring a woman named Elizabeth Bennett, did Kathleen claim to have read at least 100 times? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. On "Seinfeld", Jerry had a library fine outstanding from his high school days on a racy book that was the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court obscenity ruling. Which geographically-misnamed novel set in 1930s France still shows up on lists of banned books? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In "Arthur", Arthur offers to read a death-ridden Shakespeare play to the hospitalized Hobson. Which friend of Horatio was "in big trouble when we left off", according to Arthur? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In "When Harry Met Sally", Harry had the unusual habit of reading the ending of a book first. Which Robert Ludlum novel, set in the Middle East, was he shown reading?

Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. On "Friends", Joey gave his girlfriend a first edition of her favorite book, a children's story of a stuffed toy coming to life. Which book was it that he thought was about cheese? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In "Major League", Jake Taylor's ex-girlfriend complained that he never read the classic tale of a man's obsession with a sea creature, so he resorted to reading a comic book version of the novel. On which of the following books, featuring a ship called the Pequod, was the comic based? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In "A Fish Called Wanda", Otto had a passion, although not an understanding, for philosophy. Which antonymous Nietzsche work was Otto seen reading? Hint



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1. On "Friends", Joey (surprisingly) was reading a classic novel set in New England during the U.S. Civil War. He was distraught to find out that Beth dies in which book?

Answer: Little Women

"Little Women" was Louisa May Alcott's best-known book; it was one of a series of semi-autobiographical books about the March sisters growing up in 19th century Massachusetts. In the "Friends" episode, Joey had agreed to switch books with Rachel, and he ended up being engrossed in "Little Women".
2. In "Back to School", Professor Turner got the attention of her class by reading Molly Bloom's soliloquy from a novel that still shows up on lists of banned books. From which Irish novel did she read?

Answer: Ulysses

Initially banned in many countries, James Joyce's racy story about a day in the life of Leopold Bloom still encounters resistance in some communities. In "Back to School", Thornton Mellon reacts to the reading by jumping up and echoing Molly's "Yes! Yes!".

Incidentally, Kurt Vonnegut had a cameo in the film. He was hired by Mellon to write a paper on his novels, but Mellon refused to pay him after Professor Turner rejected the paper as being written by someone who knew nothing about Vonnegut.
3. On "Everybody Loves Raymond", Ray bought Debra a first edition of her favorite book, a tense drama set in the American South. Which novel featuring a girl named Scout did Ray buy?

Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee's only book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning "To Kill a Mockingbird", concerned Depression-era racism and was loosely based on Lee's own experiences growing up in Alabama. On "Everybody Loves Raymond", Debra had complained to Ray that he never bought her thoughtful gifts, so on his brother's recommendation, he bought her the book on which she wrote her college thesis.

She later found out that it wasn't Ray's idea.
4. In "You've Got Mail", Joe Fox mocked Kathleen Kelly about her fondness for a classic 19th century romantic novel. Which book, featuring a woman named Elizabeth Bennett, did Kathleen claim to have read at least 100 times?

Answer: Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen's romantic tale of two headstrong people fighting a mutual attraction is perhaps the best-known of her six novels. In "You've Got Mail", Kathleen Kelly carried a copy of the book to a restaurant where she was to meet a blind date, who turned out to be Joe Fox.
5. On "Seinfeld", Jerry had a library fine outstanding from his high school days on a racy book that was the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court obscenity ruling. Which geographically-misnamed novel set in 1930s France still shows up on lists of banned books?

Answer: Tropic of Cancer

Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" was a semi-autobiographical account of the author's early life in Paris. It was banned for thirty years in the U.S. before the Supreme Court decision allowed it to be published in the 1960s. On "Seinfeld", Jerry had lent the book to George from whom it was stolen by a deranged gym teacher.
6. In "Arthur", Arthur offers to read a death-ridden Shakespeare play to the hospitalized Hobson. Which friend of Horatio was "in big trouble when we left off", according to Arthur?

Answer: Hamlet

By the end of "Hamlet", Shakespeare's longest play, Horatio is one of the few characters left standing. In another scene in "Arthur", an ill Hobson feigns death while making a last request of Arthur, "There are three books.... Take them back... to the LIBRARY!"
7. In "When Harry Met Sally", Harry had the unusual habit of reading the ending of a book first. Which Robert Ludlum novel, set in the Middle East, was he shown reading?

Answer: The Icarus Agenda

Although not Robert Ludlum's best known book, "The Icarus Agenda" was released around the time that "When Harry Met Sally" was being filmed and thus was included in the movie. Ludlum is better known for his "Jason Bourne" books which have found new life thanks to the Matt Damon films.

In "When Harry Met Sally", Harry's reason for reading the ending first is that, if he dies before he finishes the book, at least he'll know how it ends.
8. On "Friends", Joey gave his girlfriend a first edition of her favorite book, a children's story of a stuffed toy coming to life. Which book was it that he thought was about cheese?

Answer: The Velveteen Rabbit

"The Velveteen Rabbit" is a classic children's novel about the love of a boy bringing his stuffed rabbit to life. On "Friends", Chandler had a crush on Joey's girlfriend, and he was the one who actually bought the book, but he let Joey give it to her. Sadly, Joey thought it was about rabbits and Velveeta.
9. In "Major League", Jake Taylor's ex-girlfriend complained that he never read the classic tale of a man's obsession with a sea creature, so he resorted to reading a comic book version of the novel. On which of the following books, featuring a ship called the Pequod, was the comic based?

Answer: Moby Dick

Although "Moby Dick" is now Herman Melville's best-known work, at the time of his death in 1891, he was better known for a book called "Typee". His "New York Times" obituary listed "Mobie Dick" (sic) after "Typee" and "Omoo", and an article that appeared in "New York Publishers' Weekly" a year before his death referred to "his most famous tale, Typee" with no mention of "Moby Dick".

In "Major League", Jake Taylor ended up reading several comics based on classics which he shared with his teammates as they were traveling between games.
10. In "A Fish Called Wanda", Otto had a passion, although not an understanding, for philosophy. Which antonymous Nietzsche work was Otto seen reading?

Answer: Beyond Good and Evil

"Beyond Good and Evil", one of Friedrich Nietzsche's later works, continued his "question authority" theme. In "A Fish Called Wanda", Otto is dozing off while reading the book only to be awoken by his alarm clock, which he promptly shoots.
Source: Author PDAZ

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