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Literary Cats Trivia Quiz

All the answers give the names of famous writers. Try to match the feline to the scribe. Good Luck.

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

Author
fiachra

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
108,240

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
555

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. I am Hodge. I dined on oysters in eighteenth century London with my master. Hint

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Pepys

William Shakespeare

Ben Johnson

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Question 2 of 10

2. My name is Macavity, "the Napoleon of crime". Hint

Napoleon

G. B. Shaw

Charles Dickens

T. S. Eliot

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Question 3 of 10

3. I am Pangur Ban, "hunting mice I sit all night". Hint

B. Behan

W. B. Yeats

Eighth century Irish manuscript

A. Clarke

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Question 4 of 10

4. I am Taki, I am called "the feline secretary" by my owner. Hint

Raymond Chandler.

Agatha Christie.

PD James.

G. K. Chesterton.

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Question 5 of 10

5. My name is Williamina. Hint

Sir Walter Scott.

Lord Byron.

Charles Dickens.

William Wordsworth.

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Question 6 of 10

6. We three, Nelson, Jock and Margate lived with a 1953 Nobel Prize winner. Hint

Ted Hughes

W. B. Yeats

E. Hemingway

Winston Churchill

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Question 7 of 10

7. I am Tiger, a strong cat. Hint

The Brontes

Charlotte Yonge

Jane Austen

Ann Radcliffe

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Question 8 of 10

8. I am Minnaloushe ,"the nearest kin of the moon". Hint

W. B. Yeats

Ted Hughes

Lord Byron

Samuel Beckett

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Question 9 of 10

9. My name is Rudimace. Hint

W H Auden

Ted Hughes

Robert Southey

Sylvia Plath

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Question 10 of 10

10. I am, wait for it,...The Most Noble, the Archduke Rumpelstizchen, Marquis Macbum, Earl Tomemange ,Baron Raticide, Waowler and Skaratchi. Hint

Samuel Coleridge

John Keats

William Wordsworth

Robert Southey

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I am Hodge. I dined on oysters in eighteenth century London with my master.

Answer: Samuel Johnson

My master bought the oysters himself, in case the servants became jealous. Such a thoughtful man, don't you think ?

2. My name is Macavity, "the Napoleon of crime".

Answer: T. S. Eliot

I am a West End star too in the musical "Cats". Oooooo! What did you think of that song "Midnight"? It just captured my mood after a challenging day.

3. I am Pangur Ban, "hunting mice I sit all night".

Answer: Eighth century Irish manuscript

A short, delightful poem showing the similarities between good mousers who hunt all night for prey and writers who hunt for the correct word in a script. I learned this poem when I was eight years old.

4. I am Taki, I am called "the feline secretary" by my owner.

Answer: Raymond Chandler.

My master gave me this name because I was the first to hear his scripts. I offered some purrrrrrfect advice, as you might guess.

5. My name is Williamina.

Answer: Charles Dickens.

Originally I was called William, until I had my kittens. Wouldn't you think a father of ten could tell the difference between queens and toms? Humans!

6. We three, Nelson, Jock and Margate lived with a 1953 Nobel Prize winner.

Answer: Winston Churchill

I was found on the steps of No.10 and adopted. I was given this name as my master was returning from a political meeting in Margate.

7. I am Tiger, a strong cat.

Answer: The Brontes

I accompanied Emily while she wrote her masterpiece about Cathy and Heathcliff (a name that has been used for yet another cat, this one a cartoon!). Haworth, a great "wuthering" place, was full of draughts, and was very cold.

8. I am Minnaloushe ,"the nearest kin of the moon".

Answer: W. B. Yeats

This line comes from a pleasing, little poem "The Cat and the Moon".

9. My name is Rudimace.

Answer: W H Auden

I had, according to my master, an unusual habit _------ peeing in his shoes. I saw nothing unusual about that, after all they were there and empty at the time, convenient you might say.

10. I am, wait for it,...The Most Noble, the Archduke Rumpelstizchen, Marquis Macbum, Earl Tomemange ,Baron Raticide, Waowler and Skaratchi.

Answer: Robert Southey

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Source: Author fiachra

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