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D Authors Trivia Quiz

What do you know about these authors whose names start with the letter D?

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
18,285

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2715

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Probably the most famous D author is Charles Dickens. Which of his books is semi-autobiographical? Hint

Nicholas Nickleby

David Copperfield

Barnaby Rudge

Little Dorrit

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these books did Daphne Du Maurier NOT write? Hint

Jamaica Inn

Frenchman's Creek

South Riding

My Cousin Rachel

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which book did Daniel Defoe write? Hint

Gulliver's Travels

Robinson Crusoe

Tom Jones

Kidnapped

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'The Three Musketeers' was written by Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). True or False

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. What happens in Colin Dexter's 'The Remorseful Day'? Hint

Morse dies

Morse is promoted

Morse doesn't solve the case

Morse loses his job

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which was the first book in which Sherlock Holmes appeared? Hint

The Sign of Four

The Hound of the Baskervilles

A Study in Scarlet

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these novels was written by Dostoevsky? Hint

The Cherry Orchard

Fathers and Sons

Anna Karenina

The Brothers Karamazov

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Question 8 of 10

8. The movie 'Ragtime' was based on a book of the same name by this author. Who was he? Hint

Dreiser, Theodore

Dana, Richard

Dos Passos, John

Doctorow, E.L.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which is not a correct title of a book by Roald Dahl? Hint

Matilda

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

James and the Giant Peach

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Italian author, Alighieri, wrote 'The Divine Comedy'. What was he better known as?

Answer: (One Word starts with D of course. 5 letters.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Probably the most famous D author is Charles Dickens. Which of his books is semi-autobiographical?

Answer: David Copperfield

2. Which of these books did Daphne Du Maurier NOT write?

Answer: South Riding

Her most famous book is 'Rebecca', where we never find out the name of the protagonist.

3. Which book did Daniel Defoe write?

Answer: Robinson Crusoe

He also wrote 'Moll Flanders'. Gulliver's Travels was written by Jonathan Swift; Tom Jones by Henry Fielding and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

4. 'The Three Musketeers' was written by Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). True or False

Answer: False

It was written by Alexandre Dumas, pere (father)

5. What happens in Colin Dexter's 'The Remorseful Day'?

Answer: Morse dies

No more Inspector Morse novels. I don't think Dexter can pull a Sherlock Holmes style comeback.

6. Which was the first book in which Sherlock Holmes appeared?

Answer: A Study in Scarlet

7. Which of these novels was written by Dostoevsky?

Answer: The Brothers Karamazov

'The Cherry Orchard' Checkov; 'Anna Karenina' Tolstoy; 'Fathers and Sons' Turgenev.

8. The movie 'Ragtime' was based on a book of the same name by this author. Who was he?

Answer: Doctorow, E.L.

Dreiser, 'An American Tragedy'; Dos Passo, 'U.S.A'; Dana, 'Two Years Before the Mast'.

9. Which is not a correct title of a book by Roald Dahl?

Answer: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' was the title of the movie. The book was 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'

10. The Italian author, Alighieri, wrote 'The Divine Comedy'. What was he better known as?

Answer: Dante

Source: Author minch

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