Dirty 30 Literature & General

DIRTY 30 OF LITERATURE

1 Which novel by Anthony Hope was set in the fictional kingdom of Ruritania?

2 Who wrote the cookery book Hot Wok?

3 What does OWL stand for with regard to Hogwart’s exams?

4 The title of which Charles Kingsley book is also the name of a town in North Devon?

5 The author Geoffrey Chaucer lived entirely in which century?

6 In which country did the Pied Piper play his pipes?

7 What does the AA stand for in the name of AA Milne?

8 Who narrates the Sherlock Holmes stories?

9 In the Harry Potter tales what is the name of the public house in Diagon Alley?

10 Who penned the 1999 autobiography Managing My Life?

11 Which Dickens novel is sub-titled A Tale of the Riots of Eighty?

12 Who is the hero of the novel Kidnapped?

13 Who wrote the poem Paradise Lost?

14 Which Italian city claims to house the tomb of Shakespeare’s Juliet?

15 Which actor’s 1978 autobiography was entitled More Or Less?

16 Which James Hilton novel is set in the mythical lands of Shangri-La?

17 Who created the character of Walter Mitty?

18 Who does Billy Bones receive the black spot from in Treasure Island?

19 Who wrote the book How To Be A Domestic Goddess?

20 What begins with the Knights Tale and ends with the Parsons Tale?

21 Which novel sees the death of Inspector Morse?

22 Which play is set at Monkswell Manor?

23 Which literary wizard owns a sword called Glamdring?

24 Who created the character of Baron Frankenstein?

25 What five letter word is defined as, written defamation?

26 Who wrote the autobiography, Can You Tell What It Is Yet?

27 Who wrote the book, Everest The Hard Way?

28 How is the literary character of William Fisher otherwise known?

29 Which Stephen King novel is set at the Overlook Hotel?

30 Who wrote the novel Trainspotting?

ANSWERS TO LITERATURE
1 The Prisoner of Zenda
2 Ken Hom
3 Ordinary Wizarding Level
4 Westward Ho
5 14th century
6 Germany
7 Alan Alexander
8 Dr Watson
9 The Leaky Cauldron
10 Alex Ferguson
11 Barnaby Rudge
12 David Balfour
13 John Milton
14 Verona
15 Kenneth More
16 Lost Horizon
17 James Thurber
18 Blind Pew
19 Nigella Lawson
20 The Canterbury Tales
21 The Remorseful Day
22 The Mousetrap
23 Gandalf
24 Mary Shelley
25 Libel
26 Rolf Harris
27 Chris Bonnington
28 Billy Liar
29 The Shining
30 Irvine Welsh

THE DIRTY 30 OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1 What does a petrologist study?

2 By what shorter name is tricholrophenol better known?

3 Which substance in the blood causes clotting?

4 What are the first five words of the 23rd Psalm?

5 What was stolen from the land of Colchis by the son of Aeson and Tyro?

6 Which international language was devised by Ludwig Zamenhof?

7 Which saint is depicted on the back of a £20 along with Edward Elgar?

8 What is the three word motto of Pinkerton’s Detective Agency?

9 What is the bass pipe on a set of bagpipes called?

10 What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?

11 What is entomology the study of?

12 What three letter word can be obtained by adding together the chemical symbols for iron and tungsten?

13 What is the five letter collective noun for a group of bishops?

14 Which Roman road linked Exeter to Lincoln?

15 Which letter of the alphabet is known as the scarlet letter?

16 What three words are inscribed on the badge of the Salvation Army?

17 What is the official language of the Vatican City?

18 What was named Toy of the Century in 2000?

19 What is the more popular name of the drug, sildenafil citrate?

20 Which musical instrument was originally called a sackbut?

21 What word is derived from the Latin for three streets?

22 Galena is the main ore from which metal?

23 What does the acronym VIRUS stand for with regard to computers?

24 The company SEGA takes its name from shortened versions of which two words?

25 The Gay Gentleman was the original title of which painting?

26 Who in the Bible killed 25% of the world’s population?

27What is the legendary King Arthur’s last name?

28 What is the middle name of Homer Simpson?

29 What is Daphne’s surname in Scooby Doo?

30 What total is obtained by adding together all the numbers on a roulette wheel?

ANSWERS TO GENERAL
1 Rocks
2 TCP
3 Fibrin
4 The Lord is my shepherd
5 Golden Fleece
6 Esperanto
7 St Cecilia
8 We Never Sleep
9 Drone
10 Omega
11 Insects
12 Few
13 Bench
14 Fosse Way
15 A, a for adultery
16 Blood And Fire
17 Latin
18 Lego
19 Viagra
20 Trombone
21 Trivia
22 Lead
23 Vital Information Resources Under Siege
24 Service Games
25 The Laughing Cavalier
26 Cain
27 Pendragon
28 Jay
29 Blake
30 666