Lit Trivia

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

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

In what country were the Smurfs books originally published?

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

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

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

War and Peace

Lessons In Chemistry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What year were the first Pulitzer Prizes awarded?

The Godfather

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

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

The Age of Innocence

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fourth Wing

Daisy Jones & The Six

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

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

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

Happy Place

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

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

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

A Shakespearean sonnet consists of how many lines?

The Little Mermaid

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

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

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

Who is the most translated author of all time?

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

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

Which Nella Larsen novel was adapted for Netflix in 2021?

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

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

The Hunger Games

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

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

How many ghosts visited Scrooge?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Katniss Everdeen is a character in which trilogy?

In what city would you find the Wizard of Oz?

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

The writer Eric Blair went by what pen name?

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

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What musical instrument did Sherlock Holmes play?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Diana Prince is the public persona of which fictional superhero?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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