First Sentence Frenzy Trivia Quiz

Answer: Aldous Huxley - "Brave New World"

The dystopian novel was written in 1932 and pictures a "perfect" society in the future where people are divided into classes ranging from Alphas to Epsilon based on their intellect and beauty.

Answer: Herodotus - "The Histories"

The work was written between 450-420 B.C.. Herodotus is often called the father of history due to this book. The book tells the story of Greek, Persia, Egypt and many other. The book is based on facts but interwoven with myths.

Answer: Marcel Proust - "In Search of Lost Time"

The first volume of this novel was published in 1913. The whole novel consists of seven volumes and counts 4651 pages. Most famous is the scene with the madeleine cookie where the smell of the cookie takes him back into his memories.

Answer: Thomas Mann - "The Magic Mountain"

The novel was first published in 1924 after the author had been working on it for 12 years. It tells the story of Hans Castorp, who visits a friend in a resort in the Alps and stays there for seven years.

Thomas Mann won the Nobel prize in literature in 1929 for his first book, "Buddenbrooks".

Answer: Jon Krakauer - "Into the Wild"

The book was first published in 1996 and tells the true story of Christopher McCandless, who wants to escape from his life and goes to Alaska on his own.
The book was so popular they made a film adaptation in 2007 with Sean Penn as director.

There is also an Into the Wild route in Alaska, and you can even visit the real bus in which Christopher slept and lived.

Answer: John Steinbeck - "The Grapes of Wrath"

The novel was first published in 1939. It tells the story about a family of peasants who have a hard time making a living. It gives a gripping account of the terrible social conditions in which peasant lived during the 1930s.

An interesting fact: there is a metal band who is named after the title of another of his famous works, "Of Mice and Man".

Answer: Truman Capote - "In Cold Blood"

The novel was published in 1966 and tells the story of the interviews Capote did with a serial killer. He tells the true story of the murder, and continues with the trial and the execution of the killers. The book is a real page-turner full of suspense and gives us a picture of violence and what role it plays in American society.

Another interesting fact: Truman Capote was best friends with Harper Lee, who even helped with the interviews and read the unfinished manuscript from "In Cold Blood".

Answer: Hunter S. Thompson - "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

The novel was first published in 1971, and is considered to be Thompson's most famous work. Hunter S. Thomson was the inventor of Gonzo journalism, and wrote extensively for Rolling Stone. Alcohol and drugs are characteristic features of his work, but also the critique on the American government and his almost anarchistic nature played a huge role in his works. Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide in his home in 2005.

Answer: John Williams - "Stoner"

The novel was first published in 1965 but it was not until 2012 that the book became a bestseller. It tells the ordinary life of a professor who teaches at the university, has a wife and a daughter and then dies. The way the ordinary story is told makes you want to read the book in one session, and John Williams captures the ordinary beautifully.

The first words were the name of the title character, William Stoner.

Answer: J.D. Salinger - "Catcher in the Rye"

The novel was written in 1951 and made J.D. Salinger famous, but he lived his life as a recluse. The loss of innocence and the alienation of adolescents is captured beautifully in the protagonist, Holden Caulfield.