Children's Literature
Hans Christian Andersen was responsible for popularizing this tale about an underwater dweller who exchanges her voice for a chance to gain a human soul.
What is "The Little Mermaid"?
Who is Pinocchio?
This opening line completes this famous nonsense nursery rhyme:
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
What is "Hey diddle diddle"?
This famous playwright was sentenced to prison for being queer, something that was illegal in the Victorian Era.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
Scottish author, J.M. Barrie, wrote about this character who could fly and never aged.
Who is Peter Pan?
This is the author of The Jungle Book Mowgli, his bear friend Baloo, his panther friend Bagheera, and their attempts to avoid Kaa the python and Shere Khan the tiger.
Who was Rudyard Kipling?
This is the name of Dr. Seuss, an American author from Massachusetts who was inspired by literary nonsense.
What is Theodore Seuss Geisel?
This duo was famous for the operas and plays that they wrote such as The Pirates of Penzance.
Who were Gilbert and Sullivan?
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island in which the protagonist, Jim Hawkins, forms a bond with this one-legged pirate antagonist.
Who is Long John Silver?
Author Beatrix Potter both wrote and illustrated stories about Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and this titular brother.
Who is Peter Rabbit?
This is the author of The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic which were inspired by literary nonsense.
Who is Shel Silverstein?
These are the names of the Bronte sisters who all became Victorian authors.
What was Charlotte, Emily, and Anne?
Like most novels, this one was written from the main character's perspective.
Unlike most novels, this one's main character is a horse.
What is Black Beauty?
In The Wind in the Willows, Moley the Mole and Ratty the water vole attempt to help their friend who is this type of animal.
What is a toad?
Roald Dahl, author of James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Matilda had this job during World War II.
What is pilot/spy?
Wilkie Collins's wrote The Moonstone described as 'The first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels.'
This is what the "moonstone" was.
What is a diamond stolen the Hindu god of the Moon, Chandra
This duo was responsible for popularizing European folklore in the their 1812 Children's and Household Tales.
Bonus: These are there first names.
Who were the Brothers Grimm?
Jacob and Wilhelm
Author A.A. Milne and illustrator popularized stories about the Hundred Acre Wood, this is the names and species of five of the eight friends who Christopher Robin played with.
Winnie-the-Pooh --> teddy bear
Piglet --> pig
Eeyore --> donkey
Owl --> ...
Rabbit -->...
Kanga --> kangaroo
Roo --> see above
This character was adapted to English from French and is often associated with fairytales and nursery rhymes such as "Little Red Riding Hood", "Puss in Boots", and "Cinderella".
Who is Mother Goose?
This was the real name of the author who wrote under the name George Eliot.
Who was Mary Ann Evans?