LITERATURE QUIZ NO. 16
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:45 pm1. Which book did Alex Haley describe as FACTION, somewhere between fact and fiction?
ROOTS
2. Which of Michael Crichton's books was first to top the New York Times bestseller list?
THE RISING SUN
3. Which 1988 Stephen Hawking book spent over two years on the New York bestsellers list?
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
4. Which Hemingway novel includes the line: 'Oh Jake, we could have had such a damned good time together'?
THE SUN ALSO RISES
5. Who is the central character in Ayn Rand's 'The Fountainhead'?
HOWARD ROARK
6. Which Italian astronomer wrote 'The Starry Messenger'?
GALILEO
7. At which sporting event do terrorists explode a nuclear device, in Tom Clancy's 'The Sum of All Fears'?
THE SUPER BOWL
8. Which of these Stephen King stories was written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman?
A Needful Things B Rose Madder C Thinner D Desperation
C THINNER
9. Which William Golding book was turned down by 21 publishers before its 1954 release?
LORD OF THE FLIES
10. Which was the first John Le Carre spy book about life after glasnost?
THE RUSSIA HOUSE
11. Complete this John Irving title... 'A Prayer for_______ '?
OWEN MEANEY
12. Here's an easy one. Who wrote 'The Grapes of Wrath'?
JOHN STEINBECK
13. Which Daniel Keys novel is about a mentally handicapped man who undergoes an operation to make him smarter?
FLOWERS OF ALGERNON
14. The J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy begins with 'The Fellowship of the Ring'. The second book is 'The Two Towers'. What's the third?
THE RETURN OF THE KING
15. Okay... who wrote 'The Amityville Horror'?
JAY ANSON
16. Which famous book did J.D. Salinger write before disappearing?
CATCHER IN THE RYE
17. Which 'Slaughterhouse Five' author said he wished he'd never been labelled a science-fiction writer?
KURT VONNEGUT
18. Which Bill Cosby book spent 26 weeks atop the New York Times bestseller list in 1986?
FATHERHOOD
19. Which 1989 novel describes how June, Rose, Waverly and Lena learn about their mothers?
JOYLUCK CLUB
20. Okay..Which came first, according to Genesis 1:20-22? The chicken or the egg?
THE CHICKEN
ROOTS
2. Which of Michael Crichton's books was first to top the New York Times bestseller list?
THE RISING SUN
3. Which 1988 Stephen Hawking book spent over two years on the New York bestsellers list?
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
4. Which Hemingway novel includes the line: 'Oh Jake, we could have had such a damned good time together'?
THE SUN ALSO RISES
5. Who is the central character in Ayn Rand's 'The Fountainhead'?
HOWARD ROARK
6. Which Italian astronomer wrote 'The Starry Messenger'?
GALILEO
7. At which sporting event do terrorists explode a nuclear device, in Tom Clancy's 'The Sum of All Fears'?
THE SUPER BOWL
8. Which of these Stephen King stories was written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman?
A Needful Things B Rose Madder C Thinner D Desperation
C THINNER
9. Which William Golding book was turned down by 21 publishers before its 1954 release?
LORD OF THE FLIES
10. Which was the first John Le Carre spy book about life after glasnost?
THE RUSSIA HOUSE
11. Complete this John Irving title... 'A Prayer for_______ '?
OWEN MEANEY
12. Here's an easy one. Who wrote 'The Grapes of Wrath'?
JOHN STEINBECK
13. Which Daniel Keys novel is about a mentally handicapped man who undergoes an operation to make him smarter?
FLOWERS OF ALGERNON
14. The J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy begins with 'The Fellowship of the Ring'. The second book is 'The Two Towers'. What's the third?
THE RETURN OF THE KING
15. Okay... who wrote 'The Amityville Horror'?
JAY ANSON
16. Which famous book did J.D. Salinger write before disappearing?
CATCHER IN THE RYE
17. Which 'Slaughterhouse Five' author said he wished he'd never been labelled a science-fiction writer?
KURT VONNEGUT
18. Which Bill Cosby book spent 26 weeks atop the New York Times bestseller list in 1986?
FATHERHOOD
19. Which 1989 novel describes how June, Rose, Waverly and Lena learn about their mothers?
JOYLUCK CLUB
20. Okay..Which came first, according to Genesis 1:20-22? The chicken or the egg?
THE CHICKEN
