Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Who directed Metropolis?
Fritz Lang
Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
Samuel Beckett
The (awful) Novella by Joseph Conrad, 'The Heart of Darkness' takes place along which major river?
The Congo River
'The Metamorphosis' was written by who?
Franz Kafka
Which 2 characters parallel one another throughout the novel with their epistolary recounts?
Victor & Walton
Which biblical creature is seen in the opening scene, personifying the machines which are eating workers?
The Moloch
What are the two protagonists names?
Estragon & Vladimir
What is the most printed and sold book of all time?
The Bible
Finish this TS Eliot quote:
"In the room the women come and go, talking of _______".
Michaelangelo
In which city does Dr Frankenstein create his creature?
Ingolstadt, Germany
What is Freder Frederson's fathers name?
Joh Frederson
Why did Samuel Beckett never cast women in Waiting for Godot?
Women lack a prostate
What are Sam, Shu Yie and Ethan's related texts?
The Heart of Darkness, the Picture of Dorian Gray, Slaughterhouse Five
Which classical piece of music by Tchaikovsky does Billy Elliot learn Ballet to and mimic his journey?
Swan lake
Which year was the Horror Comedy masterpiece 'Lisa Frankenstein' released?
2024
Metropolis was readapted as the city for which Superhero franchise?
Superman
Finish the quote:
"We are all ____ ____. Some remain so."
Born mad
What are the 3 main sections to 'The Divine Comedy'?
- Inferno
- Purgatorio
- Paradiso
A famous poet we studied is TS Eliot. What does the T & S stand for in his name (what is his full name)?
Thomas Stearns Eliot
Which famous person produced the first ever (but one of the least famous) Frankenstein movies in 1910?
*hint: famous scientist/inventor
Thomas Edison
Approximately how much did Metropolis cost to produce (in ringgit adjusted to inflation for today's value)?
*hint: rounded to nearest 100 million ringgit
800 million ringgit
Waiting for Godot was originally written in French, despite English being Beckett's mother tongue. What is the word that means to produce literature in a language other than the authors mother tongue?
*hint: exo______.
Exophonic
What did Time Magazine declare the 'greatest novel'?
*hint: 6.3 million ratings & 4.3 stars on goodreads
'To Kill a Mockingbird' – Harper Lee
The Tempest is Shakespeares 5th shortest play at 2275 lines. Name one Shakespearean play which is shorter than The Tempest.
*hint: I (Ethan) only know 2 of them by name, and none of their contents
Answer could be:
- Double Falsehood (1771)
- Comedy of Errors (1786)
- Midsummer Night's Dream (2165)
- Two Gentlemen of Verona (2233)