Which 1986 film had the tagline 'One mans struggle to take it easy.'?
Ferris Bueller�s Day Off
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In the movie Zulu, starring Michael Caine, which battle of the Anglo-Zulu War is represented?
The Battle of Rorke's Drift
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What was the name of the hotel in the book and movie of The Shining?
The Overlook Hotel
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The movie 10 Things I Hate About You was based on which Shakespeare comedy?
The Taming Of The Shrew
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Which 'parsnip' is the author of the book Doctor Zhivago?
Boris Pasternak - Pasternak means Parsnip in Russian.
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Which of her own characters did Agatha Christie call a detestable, bombastic, tiresome, egocentric little creep?
Hercules Poirot
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What book opens with the line "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold"?
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
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What was the surname of famous literary brothers Jacob and Wilhelm?
Grimm
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Which book introduced the computer hacker character, Lisbeth Salander?
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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By what name is author Robert Galbraith better known as?
JK Rowling
She writes the Cormoran Strike novels as Robert Galbraith
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The play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is set during which historical event?
The Salem Witch Trials
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Which colour is missing from this James Ellroy book title - The ___ Dahlia?
Black
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In the Harry Potter books, who is Hedwig?
Harry�s pet owl
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Who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia series of books?
CS Lewis
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Which writer was responsible for The Three Laws of Robotics?
Isaac Asimov
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Which book opens with the line "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."?
1984 by George Orwell
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Which novel has sold the most copies from the following?
- Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
It has sold over 500 million copies, nearly more than the other 4 combined. The book is over 400 years old though, which has probably helped!
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In Enid Blyton's 'Famous' series of books, how many children were there?
4
The fifth character was a dog called Timmy
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter", what was the letter?
A
It stands for adulteress
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Released on April 5, 1974, what was Stephen King's first published novel?
Carrie
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Who wrote the book Catch-22?
Joseph Heller
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Who wrote the 1886 gothic novella 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'?
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Who created the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy?
Douglas Adams
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Which epic movie, based on a real historical character, was the only film to have won the Oscar for Best Picture without a single female speaking role?
Lawrence of Arabia
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Which famous diarist wrote a diary in the form of letters to a person named Kitty?
Anne Frank
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Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness features a narrated voyage up which African river?
Congo River
The Congo river was formerly known as the Zaire River
Tags: Africa,The aerial bombardment of which German city is described in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five?
Dresden
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Which king in a pack of cards does not have a moustache?
King Of Hearts
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In the game Scrabble, how many bonus squares are there on a board, including the central square (i.e. double word, triple letter etc)
- 67
- 72
- 77
77
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How many differently coloured sets of residential properties are there in a game of Monopoly?
Eight
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