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100
He was the only man who stayed true to Beowulf when fighting the dragon.
Who was Wiglaf?
100
This is the meaning behind Little Red Riding Hood?
What is 'there is a wolf inside every man' ... or person.
100
Don Quixote: The first one of these.
What are the wannabes?
100
Odin essentially traded an eye for this.
What is wisdom?
100
Meaning idealistic to the point of absurdity.
What is quixotic?
200
For Don Quixote, the windmills represent these.
What are giants?
200
In Jack Zipe's collection of stories, this story is considered to be the most disturbing.
What is Bluebeard's Egg by Margaret Atwood?
200
What three words does Shippey use to describe the fairy tale characters?
What are transparent, suggestive, and pliable?
200
These are the two religions that are found in the story of Beowulf.
What are Christianity and Paganism?
200
The list of members of the T.C.B.S.
Who are J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert Gilson, Christopher Wiseman, Bache Smith.
300
This is the amount of time Robinson Crusoe spent on the island without hearing another human voice.
What is twenty years?
300
Aeneas seduces and then leaves her.
Who is Dido?
300
Professor Shippey says this is the main theme of 'Pride and Prejudice'.
What is Husband-hunting?
300
The son of Anchises and Aphrodite.
Who is Aeneas?
300
A famous World War One battle that J. R. R. Tolkien fought in.
What is The Battle Of Somme.
400
The first two things Crusoe takes from his wrecked ship.
What are bread and a shot of rum?
400
What Crusoe called calls Native Americans.
What is 'naked savages'?
400
"the straight arrow"
Who is Aeneas?
400
These are Thor’s parents.
Who are Jord and Odin?
400
The name of the marooned Scottish sailor on which Robinson Crusoe was based.
Who was Alexander Selkirk?
500
After fighting Iormangandr, Thor takes this many steps before he dies.
What is 9 steps?
500
The cave creature from the chapter 'Riddles in the Dark' in the book The Hobbit.
Who is Gollum?
500
Another word for a desert island story.
What is 'robinsonade'?
500
These are the nine realms.
What is are Asgard, Midgard, Hel, Vanaheim, Nidavelir, Alfheim, Jotunheim, Svartalfheim, Muspelheim?
500
In addition to being a writer, Snorri Sturluson was also this.
What is a Politician?