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Quiz about First Lines of Famous Novels Part 2

First Lines of Famous Novels: Part 2 Quiz

Welcome to my second quiz on the most memorable first lines in literature. Have fun and good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by freddy_krueger. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
freddy_krueger

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
140,963

Updated
Aug 10 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Awards
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Question 1 of 10

1. "'Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes.'" Hint

'The Count of Monte Cristo' - Alexandre Dumas

'The Great Gatsby' - F. Scott Fitzgerald

'Of Mice and Men' - John Steinbeck

'War and Peace' - Leo Tolstoy

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife." Hint

'Stuart Little' - E.B. White

'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' - Frank Baum

'Peter Pan' - J.M. Barrie

'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' - Roald Dahl

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Question 3 of 10

3. "If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane all you have to do is ask a policeman at the crossroads."

Answer: (Two Words - a Disney movie as well)

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Question 4 of 10

4. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." Hint

'The Fellowship of the Ring' - J.R.R. Tolkien

'The Hobbit' - J.R.R. Tolkien

'The Two Towers' - J.R.R. Tolkien

'Return of the King' - J.R.R. Tolkien

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Question 5 of 10

5. "James Bond, with two double bourbons inside him, sat back in the final departure lounge of Miami Airport and thought about life and death."
Hint

'Lamb to the Slaughter' - Roald Dahl

'Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang' - Ian Fleming

'The Time Machine' - H.G. Wells

'Goldfinger' - Ian Fleming

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Question 6 of 10

6. "You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings."
Hint

'The Hound of the Baskervilles' - Arthur Conan Doyle

'Dracula' - Bram Stoker

'Frankenstein' - Mary Shelley

'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' - Robert Louis Stevenson

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Mr Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table." Hint

'A Study in Scarlet' - Arthur Conan Doyle

'Lamb to the Slaughter' - Roald Dahl

'The Hound of the Baskervilles' - Arthur Conan Doyle

'The Speckled Band' - Arthur Conan Doyle

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Question 8 of 10

8. "On the 24th of February, 1815, the lookout of Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon, from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples." Hint

'Fahrenheit 451' - Ray Bradbury

'Moby Dick' - Herman Melville

'The Count of Monte Cristo' - Alexandre Dumas

'True Grit' - Charles Portis

9. "Like the brief doomed flare of exploding suns that registers dimly on blind men's eyes, the beginning of the horror passed almost unnoticed; in the shriek of what followed, in fact, was forgotten and perhaps not connected to the horror at all." Hint

'The Omen' - David Seltzer

'Brideshead Revisted' - Evelyn Waugh

'Rosemary's Baby' - Ira Levin

'The Exorcist' - William Peter Blatty

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Not long ago, there lived in London a young married couple of Dalmatian dogs named Pongo and Missus Pongo." Hint

'101 Dalmatians' - Dodie Smith

'The Jungle Book' - Rudyard Kipling

'Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang' - Ian Fleming

'Mary Poppins' - P.L. Travers

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "'Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes.'"

Answer: 'War and Peace' - Leo Tolstoy

An all-time classic, 'War and Peace' is a story of war and covers a period of seven years. It has been portrayed on film numerous times.

2. "Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife."

Answer: 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' - Frank Baum

This book tells the story of a young girl named Dorothy who is swept off by a twister, "over the rainbow" and off to the magical land of Oz.

3. "If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane all you have to do is ask a policeman at the crossroads."

Answer: Mary Poppins

This is the story of a nanny who is loved by all and whose favourite mode of transport is an umbrella. Few people realise this story was actually a book before being made into a movie by Walt Disney. The book 'Mary Poppins' was written by P.L. Travers. The movie, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, was made in 1964. It was nominated for 13 Oscars and won 5.

4. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."

Answer: 'The Hobbit' - J.R.R. Tolkien

'The Hobbit' tells the story of a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins in the land of Middle Earth. This is part of a cycle of books by J.R.R. Tolkien which also include 'The Lord of the Rings' - 'The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers' and 'Return of the King'.

5. "James Bond, with two double bourbons inside him, sat back in the final departure lounge of Miami Airport and thought about life and death."

Answer: 'Goldfinger' - Ian Fleming

'Goldfinger' is one of many Fleming novels featuring the famous James Bond. The movie version of the book starred Sean Connery as James Bond.

6. "You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings."

Answer: 'Frankenstein' - Mary Shelley

'Frankenstein' tells the story of Professor Frankenstein, a mad scientist bent on creating his own monster. The movie 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein' starred Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Frankenstein and Robert DeNiro as his monster.

7. "Mr Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table."

Answer: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' - Arthur Conan Doyle

Starring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, this novel tells of the attempts made by them to solve the mystery behind the 'Baskerville Curse' before any more lives are taken.

8. "On the 24th of February, 1815, the lookout of Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon, from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples."

Answer: 'The Count of Monte Cristo' - Alexandre Dumas

This novel tells the story of Edmund Dantes, once blamed for helping the exiled Napoleon, and his attempts to seek revenge on those who helped keep him unjustly imprisoned for 14 years.

Answer: 'The Exorcist' - William Peter Blatty

'The Exorcist', supposedly based on a real life event in Maryland, USA, is about the attempts made by a Catholic priest to rid a young girl of the evil spirit of a demon.

10. "Not long ago, there lived in London a young married couple of Dalmatian dogs named Pongo and Missus Pongo."

Answer: '101 Dalmatians' - Dodie Smith

'101 Dalmatians' was first written by Dodie Smith and later made into a movie by Walt Disney. The book tells the story of Pongo and Missus Pongo (named Perdita in the movie), two Dalmatian dogs, and their attempts to rescue their 15 puppies from the clutches of the evil Cruella De Vil.

Source: Author freddy_krueger

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