Literature trivia questions and answers
The Quickfire pack has 50 Literature questions, all written in English and Spanish. Here are 15 of them. Hosts get the full set, ready to put on a TV with players answering on their phones.
Tap a question to reveal the answer. The sample runs from very easy to very hard, like the pack itself. Showing 15 of 50 questions.
Who wrote Harry Potter?Very easy
Answer: J.K. Rowling.
Who created Sherlock Holmes?Very easy
Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle.
In 'Charlotte's Web', what kind of animal is Charlotte?Very easy
Answer: A spider.
Which Shakespeare play, set on a remote island, features the magician Prospero?Easy
Answer: The Tempest.
Who wrote 'The Odyssey'?Easy
Answer: Homer.
Who wrote 'Frankenstein'?Easy
Answer: Mary Shelley.
Who wrote 'The Brothers Karamazov'?Intermediate
Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Who wrote 'The Metamorphosis', in which Gregor Samsa wakes up as a giant insect?Intermediate
Answer: Franz Kafka.
Who wrote 'Wuthering Heights'?Intermediate
Answer: Emily Brontë.
Who wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?Hard
Answer: Gabriel García Márquez.
Who wrote the novel 'The Stranger'?Hard
Answer: Albert Camus.
Who wrote 'Mrs. Dalloway'?Hard
Answer: Virginia Woolf.
Under which male pen name did Charlotte Brontë first publish 'Jane Eyre'?Very hard
Answer: Currer Bell.
Who wrote 'The Bell Jar'?Very hard
Answer: Sylvia Plath.
Which Japanese author wrote 'The Tale of Genji', often called the world's first novel?Very hard
Answer: Murasaki Shikibu.
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