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100

The family that the character Romeo from Romeo and Juliet is from.

Who are the Montagues?

100

This famous ancient library once burned down.

What is the library of Alexandria?

100

This book to movie adaptation starred Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.

What is Twilight?

100

This famous author coined the phrase "star-crossed lovers".

Who is Shakespeare?

100

The term for a word or phrase that means the opposite of its literal meaning.

What is an oxymoron?

200

"What, You _____ !" (Macbeth Act 4, scene 2, line 85a)

What is egg?

200

"Library" in French.

What is "Bibliotheque"?

200

This fantasy book series by Rick Riordan recently had a brand-new TV series released based on the first novel.

What is Percy Jackson and the Olympians?

200

This famous author is considered to have invented the Science Fiction genre.

Who is Mary Shelley?

200

When a comma joins two independent clauses.

What is a comma splice?

300

Shakespeare died on this important day.

What is his birthday?

300

This is the most popular genre in prison libraries.

What is paranormal romance?

300

This novel by Louisa May Alcott became a movie starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Emma Watson.

What is Little Women?

300

This famous author wrote the gothic poem "The Raven".

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

300

A word that joins two independent clauses, remembered with the acronym FANBOYS.

What is a coordinating conjunction?

400

Shakespeare wrote this number of plays in his lifetime.

What is 37?

400

This animal is depicted on two statues in front of the New York Public Library.

What is a lion?

400

The Disney movie The Little Mermaid is based off a short story by this author.

Who is Hans Christian Anderson?

400

Mary Ann Evans wrote under this male pen name.

What is George Eliot?

400

This term is used to describe words formed out of the sounds they make (ex. "Boom!" or "Cuckoo").

What is onomatopoeia?

500

Shakespeare burnt down the original globe theatre during the performance of this play.

What is Henry VIII?

500

This author is the only author to have their own library call number.

Who is Shakespeare?

500

Many Disney movies, including "Sleeping Beauty" and "Snow White" are based on the stories by this author duo.

Who is the Brothers Grimm?

500

This famous author, who only ever published one novel, is known for having been oddly tall and accused of being a sodomite.

Who is Oscar Wilde?

500

The term "colygraphia" is the technical term for this struggle writers often face.

What is writer's block?