Poetry
A Greek epic that tells of the heroic exploits and adventures of the Trojan Wars.
The IIiad
This author’s real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he’s better known by a riverboat term meaning “two fathoms deep.”
Mark Twain
The horrors of World War I seep through every surreal, fragmented sentence in this modernist novel published in 1922.
Ulysses
Which teen flick about a matchmaking high school student was based on Jane Austen's 'Emma'?
Clueless
How many major genres of books are there?
30 - 50
A tragedy about a woman who kills her own children to spite her unfaithful husband.
Medea
Which author destroyed many of their letters and asked their sister to burn their unpublished work after their death?
Jane Austen
Which novel explores the American Dream and a troubled romance?
The Great Gatsby
Which Walt Disney movie, based on the Conrad Richter book, told the story of a kidnapped child raised by Mohawks who, at age 14, had to return to his birth family?
The Light in the Forest
What is the most popular book genre?
Romance
This tragic trilogy by Aeschylus centers on the House of Atreus and includes Agamemnon.
Oresteia
Name 5 famous authors.
Stephen King, Colleen Hoover, Colson Whitehead, George Orwell, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, Lynn Painter, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Sarah J. Mass, Jane Austin, Charles Dickens, Stephanie Garner.
During the Civil Rights Movement, this novel was written to present the racial injustice in the American South through a child’s eyes. (To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
What was the first Shakespeare play adapted for film?
King John
What is the average length of a book?
250 - 350
When was poetry first created?
2500 - 2000 BCE
An American poet who only published 10 out of 1800 poems while alive, yet became a legend after death.
Emily Dickinson
The Scottish general who receives witch prophecies.
Macbeth
Name the Hemingway adapted movie in which Santiago goes for 84 days without making a catch.
The Old Man and the Sea
Name the 2 social media book communities.
Booktok and Booksta
This Norse epic includes the story of Ragnarök.
Prose Edda
What Japanese author vanished while climbing Mount Aso in 1945, leaving behind No Longer Human?
Osamu Dazai
The story of an old man who hates Christmas until he’s visited by the ghost of his business partner.
A Christmas Carol
The novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" was adapted into a film, what was the movie's name?
Blade Runner
Who is the most popular authour right now?
Colleen Hoover