FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Quiz about Characters And Their Creators 4

Characters And Their Creators 4 Quiz

I will give you a clue to a literary character. All you have to do is identify the author who created the character in question.

A matching quiz by Spontini. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Spontini

Time
3 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
400,070

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
848

Last 3 plays: RichardHorler (7/10), Guest 175 (3/10), Guest 165 (10/10).

(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.

Questions		Choices
1. A man has been in prison for 19 years for stealing bread for his sister's hungry children.		William Shakespeare
2. A crime solving priest is known for carrying a large umbrella.		Ian Fleming
3. A black man's life is turned upside down when he is forcibly separated from his friends and family. This ultimately leads to him being beaten to death for not revealing where two escaped female slaves have gone to.		Margaret Mitchell
4. A secret agent who has a particular prefix to his ID.		C. S. Lewis
5. An American detective has the same name as a 15th century Dutch painter.		Michael Connelly
6. A girl from a poor family is living in Massachusetts with her mother and a trio of sisters.		Victor Hugo
7. This character apparently doesn't give a damn.		J. K. Rowling
8. A faun makes friends with Lucy.		Louisa May Alcott
9. A mischievous elf/sprite loves to play jokes - like giving somebody a new head.		G. K. Chesterton
10. This character has an assortment of strange creatures to look after, one of which is called Aragog.		Harriet Beecher Stowe

Select each answer

1. A man has been in prison for 19 years for stealing bread for his sister's hungry children.

2. A crime solving priest is known for carrying a large umbrella.

3. A black man's life is turned upside down when he is forcibly separated from his friends and family. This ultimately leads to him being beaten to death for not revealing where two escaped female slaves have gone to.

4. A secret agent who has a particular prefix to his ID.

5. An American detective has the same name as a 15th century Dutch painter.

6. A girl from a poor family is living in Massachusetts with her mother and a trio of sisters.

7. This character apparently doesn't give a damn.

8. A faun makes friends with Lucy.

9. A mischievous elf/sprite loves to play jokes - like giving somebody a new head.

10. This character has an assortment of strange creatures to look after, one of which is called Aragog.

Most Recent Scores

Today : RichardHorler: 7/10
Nov 17 2024 : Guest 175: 3/10
Nov 15 2024 : Guest 165: 10/10
Oct 20 2024 : Guest 108: 10/10
Oct 13 2024 : Guest 51: 10/10
Oct 07 2024 : Guest 88: 6/10
Oct 01 2024 : daveguth: 10/10

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A man has been in prison for 19 years for stealing bread for his sister's hungry children.

Answer: Victor Hugo

Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel "Les Mis�rables". He is a good man but his nemesis, Police Inspector Javert, is determined to send him back to prison.

2. A crime solving priest is known for carrying a large umbrella.

Answer: G. K. Chesterton

Father Brown appears in 53 short stories written by English novelist G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown has an uncanny understanding of human behaviour and uses it to great effect to solve crimes,

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is the story of a male slave (Tom), and a female slave (Eliza), who are sold by their benevolent owner when he falls on hard times. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book, which was published in 1852. The harsh life of a slave detailed in the book encouraged anti-slavery forces in the United States and Great Britain.

The start of the American Civil War was perhaps influenced by the book.

4. A secret agent who has a particular prefix to his ID.

Answer: Ian Fleming

In the novels by Ian Fleming, the 'OO' prefix to an agent's number indicates he has a licence to kill at his or her discretion on any mission. Of course, the most famous 'OO' agent is James Bond.

5. An American detective has the same name as a 15th century Dutch painter.

Answer: Michael Connelly

Hieronymous Bosch, a Los Angeles detective, is the creation of Michael Connelly. Bosch's half brother is Mickey Haller Jr., an LA defence attorney. Connelly has also written a series of books based on that character. Works by Bosch (the painter) are notoriously hard to attribute. There are only 25 works definitely known to be by his hand at present (2020).

6. A girl from a poor family is living in Massachusetts with her mother and a trio of sisters.

Answer: Louisa May Alcott

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott was published in 1868. It tells the story of the March sisters: Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy. The elder two sisters are forced to work to support the family while their father is serving as a pastor in the American Civil War.

7. This character apparently doesn't give a damn.

Answer: Margaret Mitchell

Rhett Butler, the main male character in the book "Gone With The Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, delivers the damning answer to Scarlett O'Hara's question "Where shall I go?" It is one of the most famous lines in literature.

8. A faun makes friends with Lucy.

Answer: C. S. Lewis

The author is C. S. Lewis and the book is "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", the first-written of the "Narnia" novels. The faun is Mr. Tumnus, the first creature Lucy Pevensie meets in Narnia, and they become good friends. Mr Tumnus makes a brief appearance in two other Narnia books.

9. A mischievous elf/sprite loves to play jokes - like giving somebody a new head.

Answer: William Shakespeare

Puck appears in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Nick Bottom is the target of one of Puck's magical jokes. He is unaware that he now has a donkey's head and doesn't understand why everybody runs away from him.

10. This character has an assortment of strange creatures to look after, one of which is called Aragog.

Answer: J. K. Rowling

Hagrid, who can be found in the "Harry Potter" books by J. K. Rowling, is half giant and half human, and is the gamekeeper and keeper of the keys and grounds of Hogwarts School. His "pets" are Aragog (a spider), Buckbeak (a Hippogriff), Fang (a boarhound), Fluffy (a three-headed dog) and Norbert (a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon).

Source: Author Spontini

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor looney_tunes before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.