Romantic Poets
The Iliad
Caesar
Modern Literature
Whatever I found interesting in the moment
100

William Wordsworth had a very serious issue.  What was it?

Drugs.  Drugs. 

100

Who were the 'boat-buddies'?

Achilles and Patroclus 

100

Who is the main character?

Caesar

100

In the classic book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, what is the name of the town that the Grinch thieves from?

Whoville

100

What author, famous for writing “The Outsiders” and “Rumble Fish”, set her 2004 novel, “Hawkes Harbor”, in Delaware?

S.E. Hinton

200

Which poet wrote Kubla Khan?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

200

Who does Achilles kill in revenge?  (DOUBLE POINT OPPURTUNITY): How does he kill him?

Hector, Spear through the neck

200

What do the people want for Caesar?

They want him to be king

200

What is the name of the third book in the Twilight Series?

Eclipse

200

In her novel "Bridget Jones's Diary," author Helen Fielding named love interest Mark Darcy after a character from what classic Jane Austen novel?

Pride and Prejudice

300

Who wrote Don Juan?

Lord Byron

300

Who kills Patroclus?

Hector

300

What finally convinces Brutus to join the team that murders Cesar? (DOUBLE POINT OPPURTUNITY): who told him/gave it to him?

Forged letters, Cassius

300

Thestrals and Floo Powder are both forms of transportation invented by what internationally-renowned author?

JK Rowling

300

Famed American author Louisa May Alcott lived in Boston for much of her life, but based her most famous novel on events from her childhood in Concord, MA. This novel about the March sisters had its eighth film rendition released in December 2019. What is this novel?

Little Women

400

What was the name of Wordsworths' sister?

Dorthy

400

Which immortal/god does Achilles fight in one-on-one combat?

The river god, Xanthus.

400

What does Brutus do when he loses the battle?

He kills himself

400

Where does the Wizard live in The Wizard of Oz?

The Emerald City

400

What author, famous for writing “The Outsiders” and “Rumble Fish”, set her 2004 novel, “Hawkes Harbor”, in Delaware?

Clive Staples Lewis

500

How old was John Keats when he died, and where was he at the time of his passing?  (Must answer both to receive points!)

26, Rome

500

Who is Helen's brother-in-law?

Agamemnon

500

What three omens that Cesar sees the night that Antony meets him in the marketplace? (no partial points)

A dead man walking, lions strolling in the marketplace, and lightning.  

500

What British author wrote the classic 1964 children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?"

Ronald Dahl

500

Who wrote poems such as, The City of Man, The Assumption, and Emigravit?

Charles Williams