Authors
A YA author who also runs a popular YouTube channel with his brother.
Who is John Green?
In Kafka's "Metamorphosis," Gregor Samsa finds himself turned into what?
A giant insect.
The Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King.
The poetic meter favored by Shakespeare and Chaucer.
What is iambic pentameter?
Features Forks, WA.
What is Twilight?
Called the most important figure of the 19th century civil rights movement, this author is most famous for his autobiography about life in slavery.
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
In an emotionless dystopian future, one person is responsible for holding all of humanity's memories. The title of this job is:
The Giver.
"Life will find a way."
Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton.
____is often called the first ever novel.
The Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu (~1000 A.D.)
Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes (first modern novel)
This film features the poem, "Do not go gentle into that good night," by Dylan Thomas.
What is Interstellar?
Anti-totalitarian dystopia writer whose books have been censored in the US for being "pro-communist," and censored in China for being "anti-communist."
Who is George Orwell?
The city of Verona is most famous for being the setting of which story?
Romeo and Juliet.
"And so we beat on, boats against the current, bourne back ceaselessly into the past."
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hated his most popular character to much, he is commonly quoted as saying he'd consider himself a failure if this series was what he was remembered for.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock
Has two famous adaptations:
A TV miniseries from 1995 and a movie from 2005.
What is Pride and Prejudice?
Who is Toni Morrison?
In Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family faces challenges when they move where?
An all-white neighborhood.
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in their own way."
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy.
Celebrity who runs a charity distributing free books to children from birth to first grade.
Who is Dolly Parton?
Starring Viola Davis, this movie is based on a book about writing a book.
Richard Bachman is a pen name of this well-known author.
What kind of creature took Beowulf's life?
A dragon.
"So it goes..."
Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut.
This author currently holds the Guinness World Record for "Most published works by one author," and also founded Scientology.
Who is L. Ron Hubbard?
This semi-historical TV series takes some creative liberties when telling the story of the Franklin voyage.
What is The Terror?