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100

How many ghosts visited Scrooge?

Four

100

What title did Jane Austen originally give to the book that was eventually published as Pride and Prejudice?

First Impressions.

100

Who wrote the young adult dystopian book Divergent?

Veronica Roth

100

What book inspired the movie clueless?

Emma, by Jane austen

100

Which American author famously wrote standing up because he believed it was healthier?

Ernest Hemmingway

200

What color are the slippers in the book The Wonderful Wizard of OZ?

Silver

200

What is the first name of Dr. Jekyll in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Henry

200

What book's first line is "When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold."

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

200

What book inspired the movie and book Bridget Jones's Diary?

Pride and Prejudice

200

Which famous author’s major novels survive only because a close friend disobeyed his dying wish that the manuscripts be burned?

Franz Kafka

300

Which of her own characters did Agatha Christie call “a detestable, bombastic, tiresome, egocentric little creep”?

Hercule Poirot.

300

 What was Mark Twain’s real name?

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

300

How many siblings does America Singer have in The Selection?

4

300

Who played Mr. Darcy in two different movies?

Colin Firth

300

Which 19th-century novelist accepted a marriage proposal one day only to change her mind the following morning.

Jane Austen

400

Which fictional book character has featured as a major character in more films than any other?


Sherlock Holmes

400

What books first line is "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

400

What color is the Gray Book in The Mortal Instruments?  

Green

400

 In the modern version of "Taming of the Shrew", what is the name of the high school the main stars attend?

Padua High School

400

Which famous author failed out of West Point?

Edgar Allan Poe

500

What is the shared birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins from The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings?

22 September

500

Victor Hugo's 'Les Miserables' contains a sentence that consists of how many words?

823

500

What is Jane of the Volturis vampire ability in The Twilight Saga?

illusions of pain

500

What was the first Shakespeare play adapted for film?

King John

500

Which American author wasn't expected to live as a child. He worked on steam boats for many years and his pen name came from a term used to mean two fathoms (12 feet): a safe depth for steam boats.

Mark Twain

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