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New Year's Book Quiz
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1
Complete the title of Catherine Ryan Howard's thriller 'The _____ Man'.
Nothing
Fifth
Second
Third
2
Complete the title of Richard Osman's bestselling novel 'The _______ Murder Club.
Thursday
Tuesday
Monday
Wednesday
3
Who illustrated 'The Snow Queen' by Hans Christian Anderson along with other classic children's books.
P. J. Reid
P. J. Gallagher
J. P. Donleavy
P. J. Lynch
4
Complete the title of the fantasy book by Matt Haig 'The Midnight _______'.
Express
Cat
Runner
Library
5
'A Promised Land' is the first volume of the widely anticipated memoir by which American president?
Donald Trump
Richard Nixon
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
6
What film starring Rooney Mara is based on the Patricia Highsmith book 'The Price of Salt'?
Patricia
Carol
Cathy
Kate
7
What are the names of two characters in Sally Rooney's bestselling novel 'Normal People'?
Marianne and Leonard
Bridget and Eamon
Harry and Sally
Connell and Marianne
8
Who wrote the true-crime book 'In Cold Blood' often called the first non-fiction novel?
Harper Lee
Arthur Miller
Truman Capote
Rebecca DuMaurier
9
Who is the well-known author and artist behind the universe of the Moomins.
Kristina Carlson
Sandman Lilius
Tove Jansson
Irmelin Sandman Lilius
10
'A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart' describes what book by Charlie Mackesy
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
War Horse
The Horse Whisperer
A Horse and His Boy
11
"Once you are real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always." is a quote from what children's book.
The Velveteen Rabbit
Guess How Much I Love You
Goodnight Little Bear
Watership Down
12
"Yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes." is from what novel by James Joyce?
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Dubliners
Finnegans Wake
Ulysses
13
Complete the title of the book by Patrick Freyne 'OK, Let's Do Your ______ Idea'.
Stupid
Bad
Silly
Great
14
Who wrote the 1958 novel 'Things Fall Apart, one of the first African novels to receive global acclaim?
Chinua Achebe
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ben Okri
Naguib Mahfouz
15
What film director adapted Daphne du Maurier's short story 'The Birds' in 1963?
Alfred Hitchcock
Eli Roth
Mel Brooks
Guillermo del Toro
16
What contemporary Irish short-story writer featured in Samantha Power' s top ten last week?
Eibhlín Ní Dhuibhne
Sinéad Gleeson
Enda O'Brien
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
17
What popular Netflix show is adapted from the regency romance novels by Julia Collins?
Featherington
The Duke and I
Bridgerton
The King and I
18
Eric Bana will star in the film adaptation of 'The Dry' by what author?
Lisa Jewell
Jane Austen
Jane Harper
Jane Casey
19
Complete the title of the book by John Grisham 'A Time for _____'.
Mercy
Court
Killing
Rain
20
'The Social Network' starring Jesse Eisenberg is based on what book by Ben Mezrich?
American Marriage
Billionaire Boy
The Net
The Accidental Billionaires
21
What is the title of the One Dublin, One Book 2021 by writer and musician Rónán Hessian?
Mildred Pierce
Leonard and Hungry Paul
George and Mildred
Arthur and George
22
What Irish writer won the An Post Book of the Year 2020 for her autofiction novel 'A Ghost in the Throat'?
Marian Keyes
Claire Keegan
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Louise O'Neill
23
What book award did Colm Tóibín win in 2009 for his historical novel 'Brooklyn'?
Costa Novel Award
International Dublin Literary Award
An Post Book of the Year
Man Booker Prize
24
Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 for which book?
Home
Beloved
Song of Solomon
Paradise
25
'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' by Philip K. Dick inspired what film starring Harrison Ford?
Road Runner
Blade Runner
Stand By Me
Cool Runnings