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Name That Author Trivia Quiz

In this quiz, I will give you the titles of three literary or dramatic works. You will have to respond with the name of the author or playwright who wrote them. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by me132. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
me132

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
220,620

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
4538

Last 3 plays: mulligas (10/10), Guest 24 (9/10), JanIQ (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. "The Da Vinci Code", "Angels and Demons", "Deception Point". Hint

Lewis Perdue

Mary Magdalene

Salman Rushdie

Dan Brown

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Tom Sawyer", "Huckleberry Finn", "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Hint

Mark Twain

Arthur Miller

Jane Bronte

Becky Thatcher

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Murder on the Orient Express", "The Mousetrap", "Death on the Nile". Hint

Agatha Christie

Carl Hiaasen

Isaac Asimov

Edgar Wallace

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Question 4 of 10

4. "The Green Mile", "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption", "The Shining". Hint

Dean Koontz

John Coffey

R. L. Stine

Stephen King

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Animal Farm", "1984", "Down and Out in Paris and London". Hint

Aldous Huxley

Somerset Maugham

J. R. R. Tolkien

George Orwell

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Question 6 of 10

6. "The Call of the Wild", "White Fang", "The Little Lady of the Big House". Hint

Oscar Wilde

E. L. Doctorow

Jack London

Hugh Lofting

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Jurassic Park", "The Lost World", "State of Fear". Hint

Michael Crichton

Orson Scott Card

Henry Gee

H. G. Wells

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Question 8 of 10

8. "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Glass Menagerie". Hint

Blanche DuBois

Eugene O'Neill

Edward Albee

Tennessee Williams

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Question 9 of 10

9. "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios", "Self", "Life of Pi". Hint

Margaret Atwood

Yann Martel

Ian McEwan

Iris Murdoch

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Into the Wild", "Into Thin Air", "Under the Banner of Heaven". Hint

Christopher McCandless

Thomas Keneally

Penelope Fitzgerald

Jon Krakauer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "The Da Vinci Code", "Angels and Demons", "Deception Point".

Answer: Dan Brown

"The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons" both feature Robert Langdon as the main character. In "Deception Point" the main character is Rachel Sexton.

2. "Tom Sawyer", "Huckleberry Finn", "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court".

Answer: Mark Twain

Mark Twain's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

3. "Murder on the Orient Express", "The Mousetrap", "Death on the Nile".

Answer: Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the best-selling author of all time in any genre, with the exception of William Shakespeare. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott.

4. "The Green Mile", "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption", "The Shining".

Answer: Stephen King

All three of these novels (and novella) were adapted into movies in the 1980s and 1990s.

5. "Animal Farm", "1984", "Down and Out in Paris and London".

Answer: George Orwell

Orwell's real name was Eric Blair.

6. "The Call of the Wild", "White Fang", "The Little Lady of the Big House".

Answer: Jack London

London wrote 21 novels between 1902 and 1916.

7. "Jurassic Park", "The Lost World", "State of Fear".

Answer: Michael Crichton

In addition to being an author and film producer, Crichton obtained an M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School.

8. "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Glass Menagerie".

Answer: Tennessee Williams

The nickname 'Tennessee' was adopted by Williams in recognition of his father's home state.

9. "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios", "Self", "Life of Pi".

Answer: Yann Martel

Martel's critically-acclaimed novel "Life of Pi" won the 2002 Booker Prize for Fiction.

10. "Into the Wild", "Into Thin Air", "Under the Banner of Heaven".

Answer: Jon Krakauer

Each of these three books were "New York Times"' bestsellers between 1996 and 2003.

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