Books/ authors
Who wrote The Remains of the Day?
Kazuo Ishiguro
What is the name of the wizarding school attended by Ged in A Wizard of Earthsea?
Roke
Who wrote the poem “The Road Not Taken”?
Robert Frost
Which Shakespeare play features the doomed lovers Troilus and Cressida?
Troilus and Cressida
Who is the king of the Greek Gods?
Zeus
Which dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury centres on the burning of books?
Fahrenheit 451
Which fictional detective is famous for using his “little grey cells”?
Hercule Poirot
Which poet is famous for the sonnet sequence Sonnets from the Portuguese?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
In which play would you find the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Hamlet
Achilles is best known for being vulnerable in which part of his body?
His heel
Which novel by Albert Camus opens with the death of the protagonist’s mother?
The Stranger
Which fictional land is ruled by the Dark Lord Sauron in The Lord of the Rings?
Mordor
Which poet wrote the collection Ariel, known for confessional poetry?
Sylvia Plath
Which play popularised the Theatre of the Absurd and features two men waiting endlessly?
Waiting for Godot
Which epic poem follows a hero’s return home after the Trojan War?
The Odyssey
Which author wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Gabriel Garćia Márquez
Which character says “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”?
Napoleon (the pig)
Which epic poem by John Milton explores the fall of Satan and humanity?
Paradise Lost
Which playwright wrote A Streetcar Named Desire and is associated with American psychological realism?
Tennessee Williams
Which mythological figure was punished for revealing divine secrets by having his liver eaten daily?
Prometheus
Which novel by H. G. Wells explores invisibility and scientific ethics?
The Invisible Man
What is the Elvish name for Rivendell in The Lord of the Rings?
Imladris
Which Modernist poet wrote The Waste Land?
T. S. Eliot
Which greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?
Sophocles
Which Roman epic poem serves as a primary source for Greco-Roman myths and transformations?
Metamorphoses