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1. The first line of the book reads 'In a hole in the ground there lived a rabbit'. Which book does this line refer to?
2. The countries in the book, though fictitous, make a clear allusion to real countries. What country does Ventelot refer to?
3. The Vertical Sea was said to be created when a prophet, desiring to lead his people to the south of the world, tried to create a vast passage across the ocean by pointing his staff at it. Unfortunately, he had been pointing his staff in the wrong direction and the displaced waters had risen on each side of the vast trench he had created to form the Vertical Sea. This refers to the story of Noah in the Old Testament.
4. The fellowship of the Prophecy met and befriended Tlotlot the Highwayman in southern Bleakwood. But he was sadly murdered a few minutes later by a giant black panther called the Nundu. In which piece of English literature can the word Tlotlot be found?
5. When Asvin sees the naked singing maiden in the forest, he comes out of hiding and shouts 'Nightingale'. The girl runs away on seeing him. This situation alludes to a part of which book?
6. The name of any Imp, when suffixed to the word 'imp' gives an English word.
7. The Circle of Darkness in Imokoi is a giant circle of earth hundreds of feet wide. It is bordered by huge slabs of blue menhir stones placed vertically on which are placed horizontal slabs of stone. What structure does this refer to?
8. Pushpdev Rabin, the name of Bandit King who rules the northeren half of Shantavan, is a spoof on the name of a very famous man who was notorious with the rich and kind to the poor. Who?
9. The Guild of Superheroes were a bunch of extremely comical people who imitated different comic book heroes. A group of young spellbinders also formed their own superhero band which refers to a group of comic book characters. Which group?
10. One of the world's greatest heroes of old, Ossus, was a Psomedean warrior who was trapped for a long time on an island in the arms of an enchantress. His wife came with a shipload of women and sought for him, killing monsters left and right. When she found him, she took him back home and then threw him out of the palace, after which suitors courted her day and night. Ossus then returned to his enchantress and they married and had many children. Which of ancient Greece's heroes does Ossus refer to?
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