Series
riddles/poems
East Asian / mainly china and japan
gen (easy)
Sci-fi
100

This famous detective series' author widely hated the franchise, which features a genius and his assistant roommate solving unsolvable crimes and taunting British police. 

Sherlock Holmes

100

Famous poet known for dark romanticism and his most known work, The Raven

Edgar Allen Poe

100

This collection of war advice was written by a successful Chinese general under the alias "Sun Tsu"

art of war

100

In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov murders the two Ivanovna woman with what?

What is an axe?

100

This famous Russian author wrote Notes from the Underground.

Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?

200

This famous contemporary series is aimed at middle schoolers and tells the story of the son of poseidon. The new TV series now also features Lin Manuel miranda. 

Will accept a shortened title. 

Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

200

Name a poetry book written by Shel Silverstein.

Many answers: a few are runny babbit, where the sidewalk ends, a light in the attic, etc. 

200

These yokai take the form of beautiful women and foxes with several tails

kitsune

200

In the book "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" this number is described as being the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything".

42

200

In the novel Dune, what do the rich Atreides family have a monopoly on when they move to Arrakis? There are multiple possible answers. Answer with one. 


Water, Spice, Palm trees.

300

This series was reordered, and contains the story of four siblings who travel to another world via a magical wardrobe. They are guided by a lion representing Jesus.

Must give the series, not the book name. 

Narnia. 

300

This famous poet wrote "Still I rise". Must answer with first and last name.

Maya Angelou

300

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osamu dazai

300

These famous relatives compiled a list of fairy tales under their names. One of the lesser known includes a cat and a mouse in a tragic romance, and a more famous story includes a woman with long hair whose lover goes blind. 

Brothers grimm

300

Name a pig from George Orwell's Animal Farm.

Who is Snowball, Napoleon, Squealer.

400

This third book from a famous series about wizards features a subplot of a mythical creature, the hippogriff, being tried and sentenced to death.

Prisoner of Azkaban 

400

One half of a famous criminal duo, specializing in robberies, this woman also wrote poetry, the most famous which ends with the line, "Some day they’ll go down together/And they’ll bury them side by side/To few it’ll be grief, to the law a relief/But it’s death for [answer and her lover]" 

Bonnie Parker

400

This is the code samurai followed in ancient Japan.

Bushido code

400

This character is known for turning into a beetle, and is the main character of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

(Accept first name, last, or both)

Who is Gregor Samsa?

400

What alien race does Ender Wiggin commit genocide to exterminate in the novel Ender's game? Provide the common name used, not the scientific one. 

What/who are the buggers?
500

This science-fantasy series features a young girl, Meg Murry, and her brother, Charles Wallace. The series has many overtly religious themes. The first book deals with dimensional travel, the second includes mitochondria as a major plot point, the third includes pregnancy and a unicorn, the fourth is about Noah's arc, and the fifth wraps together minor subplots from the previous. 

Honestly, this series is wild and I don't think yall will get it so. If you get close (name one of the books) you get points. 

Time Quintet, AKA a wrinkle in time series. 

500

As I was going to St Ives, I met a man with seven wives, every wife had seven sacks, every sack had seven cats, every cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St Ives?

1

500

A famously hard mandarin tongue twister features this repetitive sound with varying intonations. 

Shi/si

500

This West African spider is famous from folktales all over the continent, and is known for being a trickster. 

who is Anansi?

500

Where is the first challenge found in the book Ready Player One? An accurate description will be accepted, but must be somewhat specific. 

The school area.