Lit Trivia

Which Jane Austen novel does Bridget Jones’ Diary use for inspiration?

Which Nella Larsen novel was adapted for Netflix in 2021?

In what country were the Smurfs books originally published?

What is the name of Stephen King’s first published novel?

Where is Charles Dickens said to have found his inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge?

The Hunger Games

Lessons In Chemistry

 In the novel 'Pride and Prejudice', what is the name of Mr. Darcy's estate?

This 1990 nonfiction book follows the Permian High School football as they make a run for the state championship

What is the name of Jane Austen’s last unfinished novel?

Which novelist is known for sparse use of punctuation and claimed that to use quotation marks is to "blot the page up"

A Shakespearean sonnet consists of how many lines?

Who is the youngest of the March sisters in Little Women?

In Dickens’s Oliver Twist, what food does Oliver famously ask for more of when he says: “Please, Sir, I want some more”?

P. L. Travers wrote a series of children's stories featuring this character, which was later adapted by Disney Studios

Which came first: Nineteen Eighty-Four or Brave New World?

 In The Hobbit, what sort of creature is a Smaug?

Which book holds the record of being the most stolen book from public libraries?

In the ‘Harry Potter’ novels, what must a Hogwarts student do to enter the Ravenclaw Common Room?

How many unique words are in the Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss?

In what novel did Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes character first appear?

 In what Philip K. Dick novel does bounty hunter Rick Deckard track down a group of rogue androids?

In the book Freaky Friday, Annabel changes bodies with whom?

Which ‘kid’ is author Jeff Kinney famous for creating?

Happy Place

What classic novelist wrote the short story that the 2008 movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was based on?

In Anne of Green Gables, what is Anne’s surname?

Who or what are lonely in the title of Sam Selvon’s 1956 Brixton-based novel?

War and Peace

Veronica Roth’s Divergent book series is set in a post-apocalyptic version of which U. S. city?

In The Lord of the Rings series, how many rings were given to the race of Men?

In the novel 'Romeo and Juliet', who is Romeo's first love interest?

Schindler's List' was based on a book called what?

Kiss Me Kate and 10 Things I Hate About You were both based on which Shakespeare comedy?

What musical instrument did Sherlock Holmes play?

From ‘To to Kill a Mockingbird’, what was Scout Finch's real name?

Ichabod Crane rode a partially blind, old horse in Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow. What's the horse's name?

And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street was the first book published by which children’s author?

The fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut is the setting for which book series by Ann M. Martin?

When a young boy is stranded alone in the Canadian wilderness, he only has one tool (that is also the title of the book)

In what city would you find the Wizard of Oz?

What year were the first Pulitzer Prizes awarded?

What was the name of John Steinbeck's dog, who destroyed the original manuscript of Of Mice and Men?

What passage of time does Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway span?

In the Harry Potter series, what is the name of Harry’s pet owl?

Which insect was so ‘Very Hungry’ it ate through the pages of Eric Carle’s book?

In this suspense thriller by Gillian Flynn, Nick’s wife Amy goes missing and he is the main suspect.

How many ghosts visited Scrooge?

In 2023, this book by Prince Harry broke the record for the fastest-selling nonfiction book ever.

The Girl with the Dragoon Tattoo was originally published in which language?

Fourth Wing

What did Aldous Huxley and C. S. Lewis have in common?

 If you give a mouse a cookie, what will he ask for next?

In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, what names do the handmaids take?

In Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, two star-crossed lovers are rivals. What profession do they share?

 What is the name of the narrator in The Great Gatsby?

Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for which of her works in 1988?

What’s the name of the oldest sister in Little Women?

 The title of Richard Osman's best-selling crime novel refers to what day of the week?

In the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, what Greek God/Goddess is Percy's parent?

What is the occupation of Janet Evanovich’s character Stephanie Plum in the series by the same name?

Who is the only author to publish books in 9 of the 10 Dewey Decimal categories?

The Little Mermaid

Before the Harry Potter Series, which series was the best-selling children's series of all time?

Which fictional book character has featured as a major character in more films than any other?

What Stephen King novel takes place mostly in the Overlook Hotel?

What 2014 Liane Moriarty novel is set in Australia, but its TV adaptation is set in California?

In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne wears this on her bodice

The writer Eric Blair went by what pen name?

In Michael Crichton’s novel ‘Jurassic Park’, John Hammond meets his demise at the claws of which dinosaur?

How Many Feature Film Adaptions of Little Women have there been?

Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood takes its name from which Shakespeare creation?

How does Dorian destroy the painting in The Picture of Dorian Gray?

From ‘Pride and Prejudice’, the Bennet sisters are Lydia, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, and?

In A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon, what food does Camilla love?

 The U2 song "Shadows and Tall Trees" is taken from a chapter title in what famous book?

This stowaway bear is discovered by the Brown family at the train station.

At the end of the book, Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, what did he have left?

What is the shared birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins from The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings?

The Age of Innocence

In L. Frank Baum’s original 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, what color were Dorothy’s shoes?

In The Catcher in the Rye, protagonist Holden Caulfield worries about how this animal survives the winter in New York.

Which of these are not a house at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in which famous museum?

Which of these was not a potential title for The Great Gatsby?

Who is the most translated author of all time?

Daisy Jones & The Six

The Godfather

In Stephen King‘s 11/22/63, a high school teacher hurtles back in time and attempts to stop what monumental event?

 Which of Shakespeare's plays features a sorcerer named Prospero?

What kind of hat does the cat wear in the Dr. Seuss book The Cat in the Hat?

Katniss Everdeen is a character in which trilogy?

What other novels did Margaret Mitchell have published before Gone with the Wind?

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

This was the first novel by an Australian author to debut at number one on The New York Times bestseller list.

In Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, what’s Romeo’s last name?

Diana Prince is the public persona of which fictional superhero?