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Who Wrote That? Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge about famous authors and their works.

A multiple-choice quiz by hithesh111. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
hithesh111

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
332,213

Updated
Mar 19 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2772

Last 3 plays: grompit (10/10), Guest 76 (4/10), Guest 205 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which Scottish physician and writer authored the collection of books "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"? Hint

Ruskin Bond

RK Narayan

Arthur Conan Doyle

Charles Dickens

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Question 2 of 10

2. The author of "A Tale of Two Cities" was born on 7th February 1812 in Portsmouth. Who is this famous author? Hint

Ruskin Bond

William Shakespeare

Arthur Conan Doyle

Charles Dickens

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Malgudi Days", a collection of short stories based on trials and tribulations of the residents of a small town in India called Malgudi, was written by whom? Hint

RK Narayan

William Wordsworth

William Shakespeare

Robert Frost

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Question 4 of 10

4. The author of "Animal Farm" also wrote, among other titles, "1984" and "Coming up for Air". Who is this Indian-born British author? Hint

Ruskin Bond

RL Stevenson

George Orwell

Charles Dickens

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Treasure Island" is a story of buried gold and treasure. The first name of the author of this famous novel is Robert. What is his remaining part of the name? Hint

Louis Stevenson

Tagore

Conan Doyle

Dickens

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Gitanjali", which was the first non-European novel to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, was written by which Indian freedom fighter? Hint

Sarojini Naidu

Ruskin Bond

Arundhati Roy

Rabindranath Tagore

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Oliver Twist" is the story of an orphan named Oliver, who unknowingly got into bad company. This novel is written by which author? Hint

R.L Stevenson

William Shakespeare

Charles Dickens

George Orwell

8. "My Experiments with Truth" was written by a famous political leader who was born in India, studied in England, and was known as the 'Father of India'. His birth name is Mohandas Karamchand. By what name is he better known? Hint

Jawaharlal Nehru

Dadabhai Naoroji

Khan Abdul Ghaffer Khan

Mahatma Gandhi

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Panchatantra Tales", written over 2000 years ago, became famous all over the world for its moral stories. Who wrote this collection of stories? Hint

Vishnu Sharma

Valmiki

Kalidasa

Veda Vyasa

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Mahabharata" is an epic story of a war between Pandavas (5 brothers) and Kauravas (100 brothers and a sister). Who wrote this epic? Hint

Valmiki

Kalidasa

Surdas

Veda Vyasa

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Scottish physician and writer authored the collection of books "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"?

Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh (Scotland) in 1859. His higher education was at University of Edinburgh Medical School.
"The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley" (his first story, published in 1879), "Waterloo" (1907), and "The Last Galley" (1911) are some of his other famous works. He died on July 7, 1930.

2. The author of "A Tale of Two Cities" was born on 7th February 1812 in Portsmouth. Who is this famous author?

Answer: Charles Dickens

"A Tale of Two Cities" was written in three books. It is one of the most famous fiction books.
It begins with the famous lines, 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....'

3. "Malgudi Days", a collection of short stories based on trials and tribulations of the residents of a small town in India called Malgudi, was written by whom?

Answer: RK Narayan

R.K. Narayan was born on October 10, 1906 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His higher education was at Maharajah's College in Mysore.
His first novel was "Swami and Friends"(1935). His second novel, "Bachelor of Arts"(1939) was published by Graham Greene, who called Narayan "The novelist I most admire in the English language."

4. The author of "Animal Farm" also wrote, among other titles, "1984" and "Coming up for Air". Who is this Indian-born British author?

Answer: George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair, better known as George Orwell, was born on 25th June 1903 in a British colony in India, and his parents took him back to England when he was one year old.

George was not able to attend university because he didn't have money to pay the fees. He later became a member of the police force in Burma. This experience inspired him to write his very first novel, "Burmese Days".

5. "Treasure Island" is a story of buried gold and treasure. The first name of the author of this famous novel is Robert. What is his remaining part of the name?

Answer: Louis Stevenson

R.L. Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh. He attended Edinburgh University, where he studied engineering and law. He was known for his novels about travel. Those novels include "An Inland Voyage"(1878), "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes"(1879), "Silverado Squatters"(1880), and "In the South Seas".

6. "Gitanjali", which was the first non-European novel to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, was written by which Indian freedom fighter?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore(1869-1941) is a famous poet who is the author of the Indian National Anthem. He built Shantiniketan school in West Bengal. He was referred to as 'Gurudev' by Mahatma Gandhi.

7. "Oliver Twist" is the story of an orphan named Oliver, who unknowingly got into bad company. This novel is written by which author?

Answer: Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was forced to leave school and work in a bootblack factory because his father, John Dickens, was in debt and was imprisoned. It was because of his personal experience at the bootblack factory that he wrote about the struggling classes in Victorian society.

Other famous works of Charles Dickens include "The Pickwick Papers" (1837), "A Christmas Carol" (1843), and "Great Expectations" (1861).

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born in Oct 2, 1869 in Porbander as the son of Karamchand Gandhi and Puthali Bhai. He is lovingly called 'Bapu' by the Indians. He started Salt Satyagraha to fight against salt laws in 1930, and the non-cooperation movement in 1921 to encourage Indians not to buy foreign things.

9. "Panchatantra Tales", written over 2000 years ago, became famous all over the world for its moral stories. Who wrote this collection of stories?

Answer: Vishnu Sharma

"Panchatantra Tales" was believed to have written around the second century BCE.
These moral stories are enjoyed by young and old alike.

10. "Mahabharata" is an epic story of a war between Pandavas (5 brothers) and Kauravas (100 brothers and a sister). Who wrote this epic?

Answer: Veda Vyasa

Vyasa is called 'Veda Vyasa' because he is the person who divided a complex veda into four: Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharveda.

Source: Author hithesh111

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