Free Quiz Questions on Authors. Topics include names, habits, awards, etc.
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Who wrote Brave New World (full name)?
Aldus Huxley
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Who wrote the 'Man in the Iron Mask'?
Alexander Dumas
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Who wrote 2001, A Space Odyssey? Arthur C Clarke, Jules Verne or Isaac Asimov?
Arthur C Clarke
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Who wrote the classic children’s novel “Swallows and Amazons”
Arthur Ransome
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Terry Pratchett is one of the best-selling authors in the world today (author of the Discworld series) But is he a Christian, a Buddhist or an Atheist?
Atheist
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Who was the most borrowed author from Scottish libraries in the 1990s: John Grisham, Catherine Cookson or Roald Dahl?
Cookson
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Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
Daniel Defoe
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When Anthony Burgess wrote A Clockwork Orange was he mainly tripping on acid, drunk on alcohol or straight and sober?
Drunk on booze
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What famous horror story, first published in 1816, was written by Mary Shelley?
Frankenstein
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Which of these books was written by a woman: Dracula, Frankenstein or The Curse of The Mummy?
Frankenstein, (written by Mary Shelley)
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Which famous English author’s real name was Eric Blair?
George Orwell
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Who wrote the books 'Billy Budd' and 'Moby Dick'?
Herman Melville
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Who created the James Bond character and wrote the original books?
Ian Fleming
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Who is the most borrowed author from Scottish libraries in the last year [2005]: John Grisham, Ian Rankin or JK Rowling?
Ian Rankin
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Who wrote Northanger Abbey
Jayne Austin
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What do the letters J and K stand for in the authour J. K. Rowling`s name?
Joanne Kathleen
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In literature, who wrote 'The 39 Steps'?
John Buchan
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Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels (both names)
Jonathon Swift
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Who wrote Catch 22 (both names)
Joseph Heller
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Who wrote `20,000 Leagues Under The Sea`?
Jules Verne
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Which famous author’s real name was Charles Dodgson?
Lewis Caroll (author of Alice in Wonderland)
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Who wrote 'Gone with the Wind'?
Margaret Mitchell
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What type of books have been written by Samuel Delaney, Fredrick Pohl, and Harlan Ellison?
Science Fiction
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Who is the author of ‘The Dark Tower’ series of fantasy novels?
Stephen King
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The mystery of Edwin Drood was whose last (but unfinished) novel?
Charles Dickens