STRAIGHT FACTS
Which book is based on the real-life murder of the Clutter family?
In Cold Blood
Where was Mary Lennox living before she was sent to England?
India
“All right, then, I’ll go to hell.”
Huck Finn, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Which author was charged with and sent to prison for “gross indecency”?
Oscar Wilde
Which title’s film adaptation was nominated for 13 Academy Awards?
Gone with the Wind
How old is Mary Lennox when she arrives at Misselthwaite?
Ten
Why did Huck Finn fake his own death?
To escape his father and the Watson sisters
“I was cured all right.”
Alex, A Clockwork Orange
Which author only published one novel?
Margaret Mitchell
Which actress played Cecily Cardew in the 2002 film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest?
Reese Witherspoon
Which book blends fantasy with historical realism?
Orlando
What is the name of Edmond’s mentor in prison?
Abbé Faria
“Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything…”
Gerald O'Hara, Gone with the Wind
What was Mark Twain's birth name?
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Which famous filmmaker adapted A Clockwork Orange into a controversial film in 1971?
Stanley Kubrick
In what American city is Native Son primarily set?
Chicago
Who is the aspiring young actress who falls in love with Trigorin?
Nina
“I thought that [he] was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment that I cut his throat.”
Perry Smith, In Cold Blood
Which title was so difficult for the author to write that he never completed a full-length book again in his lifetime?
In Cold Blood
Which actor played Huck in Disney's 1993 film The Adventures of Huck Finn?
Elijah Wood
What is the name of the gang of delinquents that Alex leads?
The Droogs
Why is the 21st chapter in the original UK version of A Clockwork Orange significant?
It gives the novel a redemptive ending or the film adaptation
“I'm in mourning for my life.”
Masha, The Seagull
Which author died of tuberculosis?
Anton Chekhov
Which actress played Orlando in Sally Potter's 1992 film?
Tilda Swinton