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Who wrote Frankenstein?

Mary Shelley

100

Who directed Metropolis?

Fritz Lang

100

Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

Samuel Beckett

100

The (awful) Novella by Joseph Conrad, 'The Heart of Darkness' takes place along which major river?

The Congo River

100

'The Metamorphosis' was written by who?

Franz Kafka

200

Which 2 characters parallel one another throughout the novel with their epistolary recounts?

Victor & Walton

200

Which biblical creature is seen in the opening scene, personifying the machines which are eating workers?

The Moloch

200

What are the two protagonists names?

Estragon & Vladimir

200

What is the most printed and sold book of all time?

The Bible

200

Finish this TS Eliot quote:


"In the room the women come and go, talking of _______".

Michaelangelo

300

In which city does Dr Frankenstein create his creature?

Ingolstadt, Germany

300

What is Freder Frederson's fathers name?

Joh Frederson

300

Why did Samuel Beckett never cast women in Waiting for Godot?

Women lack a prostate

300

What are Sam, Shu Yie and Ethan's related texts?

The Heart of Darkness, the Picture of Dorian Gray, Slaughterhouse Five

300

Which classical piece of music by Tchaikovsky does Billy Elliot learn Ballet to and mimic his journey?

Swan lake

400

Which year was the Horror Comedy masterpiece 'Lisa Frankenstein' released?

2024

400

Metropolis was readapted as the city for which Superhero franchise?

Superman

400

Finish the quote:


"We are all ____ ____. Some remain so."

Born mad

400

What are the 3 main sections to 'The Divine Comedy'?

- Inferno

- Purgatorio

- Paradiso

400

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

500

Which famous person produced the first ever (but one of the least famous) Frankenstein movies in 1910?


*hint: famous scientist/inventor

Thomas Edison

500

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

500

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

500

What did Time Magazine declare the 'greatest novel'?


*hint: 6.3 million ratings & 4.3 stars on goodreads

'To Kill a Mockingbird' – Harper Lee

500

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)

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