Colours in Book Titles Trivia Quiz

Answer: L. M. Montgomery

"Anne of Green Gables" is a novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery written in 1908. The story is based around an 11 year-old orphan (Anne Shirley) who is adopted by a middle aged brother and sister (Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert) who live in a fictional town on Prince Edward Island.

The couple had requested a boy to help Matthew on the farm. The story shows how Anne finds her way around the brother and sister, the school and the town.

Answer: John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck wrote the episodic novella "The Red Pony" in 1933. The full book was published in 1937 after the first three chapters had been published in magazines from 1933-1936. The stories in the book revolve around a boy named Jody Tiflin and his experiences on his father's Californian ranch and when his father (Carl) gives him a red pony colt.

Answer: Alice Walker

"The Color Purple" was written by Alice Walker in 1982. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 and adapted into a musical and film of the same name. The story focuses on the life of African-American women and their struggles in rural Georgia (southern United States) during the 1930s.

Answer: E. L. James

This novel by E. L. James is a erotic romance story and the first installment of the "Fifty Shades" trilogy. The book was published in 2001, and adapted for film in 2015. The story traces the romance between college graduate Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, a business magnate. E.L. James is an English author.

Answer: Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) was an English author and composer. "A Clockwork Orange" (1962) is his best selling novel, set in a future English society which includes extreme youth violence and teenage protagonists. The novel was adapted into a controversial movie by Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) in 1971. At the 44th Academy Awards, the movie received four nominations.

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"A Study in Scarlet" (1887) is a detective novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This novel introduces, for the first time, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. These two fictional characters would become famous in the years to come. The book depicts a speech by Sherlock Holmes (an amateur detective) to his friend Dr. Watson about the nature of his work. "A Study in Scarlet" introduced the magnifying glass for the first time as an investigative tool in detective fiction.

Answer: Anna Sewell

"Black Beauty" (1877) is a novel by Anna Sewell (1820-1878). She wrote the manuscript between 1871-1877, and originally it was only intended for people who worked with horses. She was extremely ill and sold the novel to a publishing company in London for £40 (in 2017 approximately £3,500 or $US 4,600).

It was her only novel. She died a few months later and did not see the real success of the novel. The book has become one of the top ten best selling novels for children. The story is told through the eyes of a horse, Black Beauty, from the days as a young colt to the days of hardship, cruelty and kindness.

Answer: Jack London

"White Fang" (1906) by American author Jack London (1876-1916). The novel is the story of a wild wolfdog during the Klondike Gold Rush days of the 1890s in Yukon Territory, Canada. The story is told through the eyes of the wolfdog and its views on the world and its humans and the violent world of wild animals.

Answer: Agatha Christie

"The Man in the Brown Suit" (1924) is a detective novel by Agatha Christie (1890-1976). The story follows the adventures of Anne Beddingfeld as she becomes involved with thieves and murderers. During her adventures in Africa there is confusion as to the identity of the "Man in the Brown Suit". This makes the novel more of a thriller than a detective novel.

Answer: Jennifer Roy

Jennifer Roy is an American children's writer, whose novel "Yellow Star" (2006) has won a number of awards. The story is told through the eyes of a young girl who was forced with her family into the Lódź Ghetto, Poland in 1939 during WWII. The book covers the life of Sylvia Perlmutter as she grows from 4½ years to ten years old in the ghetto.

The title comes from the yellow badge that she and other Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis. Jennifer Roy has written numerous educational books for children, including the "Can You Write" series.