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Quiz about Characters and Their Creators

Characters and Their Creators Trivia Quiz

I will usually give you a clue to a literary character but sometimes I may mention the character directly. All you have to do is select the author who created the character in question.

A matching quiz by Spontini. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Spontini

Time
4 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
399,562

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Questions		Choices
1. Santiago is an old Cuban fisherman trying to catch a Marlin. Who created him?		Jane Austen
2. A thirteen or fourteen year old boy brought up by his father, the town drunk, in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Who created him?		J. K. Rowling
3. Miss White discovers she has telekinetic powers which she uses to get revenge on those people who bullied her in school. Who created her?		Virginia Woolf
4. Clarissa Dalloway is planning a party for that evening. During the preparations that day, she remembers events from her past. Who created her?		Charles Dickens
5. A young man whose father has recently died is sent by his cold-hearted uncle to work at Dotheboys Hall, a school for unwanted children. Who created him?		Agatha Christie
6. A famous literary detective has a moustache which he is very proud of. He also uses his 'little grey cells" a lot. Who created him?		Vladimir Nabokov
7. A young and mysterious millionaire is obsessed with the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Who created him?		F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. Elizabeth Bennet has a romantic interest in a chap called Fitzwilliam. Who created them?		Stephen King
9. Ron has six siblings: Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George and Ginny. Who created Ron?		Mark Twain
10. Humbert Humbert appears in a book published in 1955. He is a paedophile (alternative spelling pedophile). Who created him?		Ernest Hemingway

Select each answer

1. Santiago is an old Cuban fisherman trying to catch a Marlin. Who created him?

2. A thirteen or fourteen year old boy brought up by his father, the town drunk, in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Who created him?

3. Miss White discovers she has telekinetic powers which she uses to get revenge on those people who bullied her in school. Who created her?

4. Clarissa Dalloway is planning a party for that evening. During the preparations that day, she remembers events from her past. Who created her?

5. A young man whose father has recently died is sent by his cold-hearted uncle to work at Dotheboys Hall, a school for unwanted children. Who created him?

6. A famous literary detective has a moustache which he is very proud of. He also uses his 'little grey cells" a lot. Who created him?

7. A young and mysterious millionaire is obsessed with the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Who created him?

8. Elizabeth Bennet has a romantic interest in a chap called Fitzwilliam. Who created them?

9. Ron has six siblings: Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George and Ginny. Who created Ron?

10. Humbert Humbert appears in a book published in 1955. He is a paedophile (alternative spelling pedophile). Who created him?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Santiago is an old Cuban fisherman trying to catch a Marlin. Who created him?

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Santiago appears in the book "The Old Man And The Sea" (1952). It was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

2. A thirteen or fourteen year old boy brought up by his father, the town drunk, in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Who created him?

Answer: Mark Twain

The character is of course Huckleberry Finn, the central character in the book of the same name written by Mark Twain. It was first published in England, rather surprisingly, in December 1884 and not until February 1885 in the USA.

3. Miss White discovers she has telekinetic powers which she uses to get revenge on those people who bullied her in school. Who created her?

Answer: Stephen King

Carrie White is the main character in "Carrie", Stephen King's first novel. It was published in 1974 and first made into a film in 1976. It has even been made into a Broadway musical in 1988.

4. Clarissa Dalloway is planning a party for that evening. During the preparations that day, she remembers events from her past. Who created her?

Answer: Virginia Woolf

"Mrs Dalloway" was published in 1925 and was made into a film in 1997, starring Vanessa Redgrave in the title role. The story unfolds through the eyes of Clarissa's friends and deals with subjects such as mental illness, feminism and bisexuality, all rather unusual topics to find in a book at that time.

5. A young man whose father has recently died is sent by his cold-hearted uncle to work at Dotheboys Hall, a school for unwanted children. Who created him?

Answer: Charles Dickens

Nicholas Nickleby is the eponymous character in Dickens third novel. The story concerns ill treatment of children at a prison-like school and how Nicholas tries to put things right.

6. A famous literary detective has a moustache which he is very proud of. He also uses his 'little grey cells" a lot. Who created him?

Answer: Agatha Christie

One of the most famous characters in crime fiction, Hercule Poirot was created by Agatha Christie. He made his first appearance in "The Mysterious Affair At Styles" (1920) which was also Christie's first published novel.

7. A young and mysterious millionaire is obsessed with the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Who created him?

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

The millionaire in question is Jay Gatsby, the title character of the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald which was published in 1925. It didn't sell all that well initially. Sales later improved and it became a book important enough to be studied in American schools.

8. Elizabeth Bennet has a romantic interest in a chap called Fitzwilliam. Who created them?

Answer: Jane Austen

Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth are the two central characters in Jane Austen's 1813 story "Pride And Prejudice". Fitzwilliam Darcy's first name is only mentioned twice in the book.

9. Ron has six siblings: Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George and Ginny. Who created Ron?

Answer: J. K. Rowling

Ron Weasley appears in all seven of the original "Harry Potter" books by J.K. Rowling. Harry, Ron and their friend Hermione Granger have become three of the most famous literary characters of all time.

10. Humbert Humbert appears in a book published in 1955. He is a paedophile (alternative spelling pedophile). Who created him?

Answer: Vladimir Nabokov

Nabokov wrote the story of "Lolita", a twelve year old girl who becomes Humbert's willing lover. Despite its subject, the novel is widely regarded as one of the great literary works of the 20th century.

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