For the Bookworms

1 Which novel by James Jones was adapted into a film starring Burt Lancaster?

2 In which novel did Becky Sharpe marry Rawldon Crawley?

3 What is the first book of the Bible that does not have a title ending with S?

4 Which actress penned the autobiography Wrinkles and All?

5 Who wrote the book How to Be a Domestic Goddess?

6 Which Shakespeare play asks the question, “What news on the Rialto”?

7 Who created Babar the Elephant?

8 Whose 1988 autobiography was entitled, That’s Not All Folks?

9 Catherine Morland is the heroine of which novel?

10 Who did Andrew Motion succeed as Poet Laureate?

11 How is King Rudolf V otherwise known in the title of a classic novel?

12 Which country did Mark Twain describe as, “Mother of history, grandmother of legend and great grandmother of tradition”?

13 Which fictional car bears the registration plate of GEN 11?

14 The TV drama Midsomer Murders is based on the novels of which writer?

15 Which poem ends with the words, “a sadder and a wiser man he rose the morrow morn”?

16 In the Bible how is Exodus chapter 20 otherwise known?

17 What is the first name of the Scarlet Pimpernel?

18 What are the first seven words of the poem Casabianca, a work that recounts the Battle of the Nile?

19 John Ridd is the hero of which novel?

20 Which ex-Cabinet Minister penned the political thriller Vote to Kill?

21 Beatrice Bryant is the lead female character of which novel?

22 Which comic strip character is described as, “Always in disgrace, this tomboy with the funny face”?

23 Who wrote the 2005 autobiography Extreme?

24 Which Dickens novel was serialised on TV in 2005, starring Gillian Anderson as Lady Dedlock?

25 Which theatre is known as The Bard’s Wooden O?

26 What is the first name of Rumpole of the Bailey?

27 What type of animal is the Beatrix Potter creation Timmy Tiptoes?

28 Which writer was imprisoned as a result of his relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas?

29 In the Bible who is thrown out of a window and eaten by dogs?

30 Balance is the title of a magazine for people suffering from which complaint?

31 In which controversial novel is a language called Nasdat spoken?

32 What did the poet Keats describe as, “of mists and yellow fruitfulness”?

33 According to Harper Lee what is it a sin to kill when all they do is sing?

34 Who returned from his voyages on a ship called the Great Snail?

35 Who said, “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”?

36 Who is the famous son of Mary Arden?

37 Who narrates the Brer Rabbit tales?

38 Which nursery rhyme was said to be inspired by Queen Caroline, who bore King George II eight children?

39 What is Cathy’s surname in Wuthering Heights?

40 Crockford’s Directory is a reference book for which profession?

41 Which was the first novel written in the English language to top the Best Sellers List in France?

42 Which novel features a group of employees called Oompa Loompas?

43 Which novel opens with the line, “On January 6th 1482, the people of Paris were awakened by the tumultuous clanging of all the bells in the city”?

44 Which politician penned the autobiography Fighting Talk?

45 Who published his memoirs A Royal Duty?

46 Which state of the USA is mentioned in the opening line of the novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

47 Who wrote down his prophecies in a book called Centuries?

48 Which female literary character was arrested at Stonehenge and charged with murder?

49 Which author created the CIA operative Jack Ryan?

50 Which six books of the Old Testament begin with the letter J?

Answers to Bookworms

1 From Here to Eternity
2 Vanity Fair
3 Deuteronomy
4 Kathy Staff
5 Nigella Lawson
6 The Merchant of Venice
7 Jean de Brunhoff
8 Mel Blanc
9 Northanger Abbey
10 Ted Hughes
11 The Prisoner of Zenda
12 India
13 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
14 Caroline Graham
15 Rime of the Ancient Mariner
16 The Ten Commandments
17 Percy
18 The boy stood on the burning deck
19 Lorna Doone
20 Douglas Hurd
21 Roots
22 Beryl the Peril
23 Sharon Osbourne
24 Bleak House
25 Globe Theatre
26 Horace
27 Squirrel
28 Oscar Wilde
29 Jezebel
30 Diabetes
31 A Clockwork Orange
32 Autumn
33 Mockingbird
34 Dr Doolittle
35 Mark Twain, after reading his own obituary
36 William Shakespeare
37 Uncle Remus
38 There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
39 Earnshaw
40 Clergy
41 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
42 Charlie and Chocolate Factory
43 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
44 John Prescott
45 Paul Burrell
46 Kansas
47 Nostradamus
48 Tess of the D’Urbervilles
49 Tom Clancy
50 Job, Joel, Jeremiah, Judges, Jonah, Joshua