Books (Live in Warsaw)
What's the title of the sixth book in the Harry Potter series?
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
Which Latin phrase means “great work” and refers to the largest and best achievement of an author?
Magnum Opus
Who wrote the books Matilda and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory?
Roald Dahl
Each of the books in this genre is a true account of the author’s own life.
Memoirs or Autobiographies
This orphan boy gets a shocking revelation on his 11th birthday, who is he?
Harry Potter
In which Neil Gaiman novel do half of the characters have buttons for eyes?
Coraline
"Racecar" is a word that reads the same backwards and forwards. This is an example of what literary device?
Palindrome
Who is the presumed author of The Odyssey and The Iliad?
Homer
This involves world-building and characters who are supernatural, mythological, magical, or a combination of these
Fantasy
This District 12 tribute is known for her bow and arrow skills, who is she?
Katniss Everdeen
Chronologically, this novel comes first in C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia series.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
What's the first story ever written?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Who wrote the plays "Hamlet" and "The Merchant of Venice"?
William Shakespeare
These books focus on solving the question of how a crime was committed.
Howdunnit
This "amature" consulting detective lives at 221B Baker Street, who is he?
Sherlock Holmes
This American classic revolves around four sisters who bear a last name that's the third month.
Little Women
Art Spiegelman’s Maus brought which literary format into the mainstream?
Graphic Novels
Who wrote the Marvel comics?
Stan Lee
This typically centers around a grim society in which everything is as bad as can possibly be.
Dystopian
This hobbit carries the One Ring to Mount Doom, who is he?
Frodo Baggins
Which novel by Jane Austen begins with the line, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"?
Pride and Prejudice
This type of literature requires nontrivial effort for the reader to traverse the text.
Ergodic Literature
Who wrote the plays "Lady Windemere's Fan" and "The Importance of Being Earnest"?
Oscar Wilde
This plays on a reader’s mind and their innermost thoughts, categorized by suspicion, self-doubt, paranoia, and distrust of self and others.
Psychological Horror
This Roman poet appears in Dante's Divine Comedy, serving as the author's "tour guide", who is he?
Virgil