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SHS Year 10-13 World Book Day Quiz
SHS Year 10-13 World Book Day Quiz
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A quiz for World Book Day aimed at 14-18 year old students
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1
Which book by Salman Rushdie caused such outrage that he had to be put under police protection?
Shame
Midnight's Children
Fury
The Satanic Verses
2
By what name is Eva Smith also known as in 'An Inspector Calls'?
Daisy Richards
Daisy Rollins
Daisy Renton
Daisy Roberts
3
Who is Katniss Everdeen's mentor in The Hunger Games?
Haymitch Abernathy
Peeta Mellark
Effie Trinket
Cinna
4
Which classic Russian novel was recently adapted for TV?
War and Peace
Crime and Punishment
Anna Karenina
The Brothers Karamazov
5
Big Brother, Room 101 and the Thought Police are all concepts that originate from which novel?
Never Let Me Go
Brave New World
A Clockwork Orange
1984
6
Which book won the most recent Booker Prize?
Bring up the Bodies
The Lie Tree
A Brief History of Seven Killings
The Luminaries
7
Which comes first in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of books?
Casino Royale
Dr. No
Goldeneye
Goldfinger
8
Which of these stories is narrated by Death?
Slaughterhouse Five
Cancer Ward
The Book Thief
The Raven
9
Which Jane Austen book is the movie 'Clueless' based on?
Pride and Prejudice
Persuasion
Emma
Sense and Sensibility
10
Who cut the One Ring from Sauron's finger in Lord of the Rings?
Tom Bombadil
Elrond
Isildur
Boromir
11
What is John Green's debut novel?
Paper Towns
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Looking for Alaska
The Fault In Our Stars
12
What is the sequel to Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall"?
Beyond Black
The Other Boleyn Girl
A Man For All Seasons
Bring up the Bodies
13
Kate Bush had a number one hit with 'Wuthering Heights'. Who wrote the novel that inspired it?
Jane Bronte
Anne Bronte
Charlotte Bronte
Emily Bronte
14
Who or what is the 'Lord of the Flies' in the book of the same name?
A severed pigs' head
The 'Beast'
The conch
Piggy
15
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" is the opening line from which novel?
Rebecca
The Handmaid's Tale
Jane Eyre
To The Lighthouse
16
"Call me Ishmael" is the opening line from which "Great American Novel"?
Moby Dick
Huckleberry Finn
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
17
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
27
37
47
57
18
Who is the author of "Go Set A Watchman"?
Harper Lee
Toni Morrison
Malorie Blackman
Jodi Picoult
19
What is the pseudonym J.K. Rowling uses for her Cormoran Strike detective novels?
Robert Muchamore
Robert Harris
Robert Galbraith
Robert Louis Stevenson
20
Which poet wrote the words of the Christmas Carol 'In the Bleak Midwinter'?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Emily Dickinson
Christina Rossetti
William Blake