Literature Quiz - KN

For the love of books

• 15 qns – 1 point each• All about books/ literature

1. Named after a character from which book.

2.

• Pseudonym used by the author while in hiding following the fatwa that had been issued by Ayatollah Khomeini.

• Id the author and the two other authors who are honored thus.

3. These 3 numbers were rejected by the author. What won?

42.

• Id author and book series.

5. Lesser known sequel to which “great American novel”?

6.

• It was used as a symbol of the highest status in ancient Greece; was used as the prize at the Pythian Games to honour Apollo, this herb being one of his symbols.

• In Christian tradition, it symbolizes the resurrection of Christ.

• It is predominantly used in cooking as the bay leaf.

• A few modern phrases and expressions still bear this herb.

7. Connect 1/3

• The Nurse's Song, a lovely poem by William Blake:

• "Well, well, go and play till the light fades away,And then go home to bed.The little ones leaped, and shouted, and laughed,And all the hills echoed."

2/3

• Josephine Davis translation of the poem "Kabul", by the 17th-century Iranian poet Saib Tabrizi:

"Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eyeThrough the bazaars, caravans of Egypt passOne could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofsAnd the thousand splendid suns that hide

behind her walls"

3/3

8.

• Which iconic modern literary character supposedly got his name from this movie poster?

9.

• English writer, real name: René Lodge Brabazon Raymond

• Pen-names used: X, James L. Docherty, Raymond Marshall, R. Raymond, and Ambrose Grant.

• Best known thriller writer of all time, nickname “the king of thrillers”.

• Under pen-name X – 90 books, 50 made into movies.

10. Two word answer!

11. Id this Eng author, who wrote a bit about cricket.

12. Unofficial sequels to which classic novel?

13.

• Statue in Germany as a tribute to what?

14. Phoenix like place. Very inspiring. Has only backup of the internet archive!

15. The title of this play paid tribute to a contemporary author in the life and times of OW. Id.