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Famous First Lines
Shakespearean Quotes
Milton, Shakespeare, or the Bible
Science Fiction
Harry Potter
100
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..."
What is A TALE OF TWO CITIES (by Charles Dickens)?
100
The title character of this play ponders "To be, or not to be."
What is HAMLET?
100
“… And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Who is Shakespeare (in HAMLET)?
100
This author is credited with popularizing the idea of the “three laws of robotics.”
Who is Isaac Asimov?
100
Mrs. Norris belongs to this Squib.
Who is Filch?
200
"Call me Ishmael."
What is MOBY-DICK, OR, THE WHALE (by Herman Melville)?
200
A famous joke was spawned when the Porter says "Knock, knock! Who's there ... ?" in this play.
What is MACBETH?
200
“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.”
Who is Milton (in PARADISE LOST)?
200
This French author predicted men walking on the moon and electric submarines.
Who is Jules Verne?
200
This individual was the previous owner of the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Who is Nicholas Flamel?
300
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
What is PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (by Jane Austen)?
300
Miranda utters the famous phrase "brave new world" in this play.
What is THE TEMPEST?
300
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels …”
What is THE BIBLE (in 1 Corinthians 13:1)?
300
Ray Bradbury wrote this dystopian novel in which books are burned by firemen.
What is FAHRENHEIT 451?
300
This is Luna Lovegood’s house.
What is Ravenclaw?
400
“He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.”
What is THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (by Ernest Hemingway)?
400
Gloucester famously states, "Now is the winter of our discontent ..." in this play.
What is RICHARD III?
400
"How the mighty have fallen!"
What is THE BIBLE (in 2 Samuel 1:19)?
400
NEUROMANCER, by this author, has been called the archetype of the cyberpunk genre.
Who is William Gibson?
400
In Godric’s Hollow Graveyard, not far from James and Lily’s grave, is laid to rest this sibling of Dumbledore.
Who is Kendra Dumbledore?
500
“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the house-tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.”
What is PAUL CLIFFORD (by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton)?
500
The Prince of Morocco states, "All that glisters is not gold" in this play.
What is THE MERCHANT OF VENICE?
500
“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.”
Who is Shakespeare (in MEASURE FOR MEASURE)?
500
Philip K. Dick wrote this short story in which Deckard identifies androids through an “empathy test.”
What is “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”
500
This rebound effect happens when two brother wands are forced to duel.
What is Priori Incantatem?