Literally Logical

1 Whose birth date of April 2 is celebrated as International Children’s Book Day?

2 Which DH Lawrence novel had the working title of Paul Morel?

3 What was the best selling novel in the USA in the 19th century?

4 Which Stephen King novel features a temperamental writer called Jack Torrance?

5 Which novel features a wealthy prostitute called Belle Watling?

6 Which autobiographical novel by Lucy Irving was adapted into a 1986 film with Amanda Donahoe playing the role of Lucy?

7 The Sunless Sea is located in which mythical realm?

8 He put a glass to his lips and drank one gulp. A cry followed, he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on. Which character is this text referring to?

9 The opening line of which novel mentions the Parish of Oare, the county of Somerset and the character of John Ridd?

10 Which Shakespeare play opens with the line, “When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning or rain”?

11 Whose final novel published in 1899 was entitled Resurrection?

12 What is the most famous creation of the children’s author Anne Wood?

13 The beginning of which novel describes a building called the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre?

14 Which Shakespeare character delivers the line, “Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war”?

15 In which 19th century novel did the lead character accept a £20,000 wager at the Reform Club?

16 Genesis Chapter 19 chronicles the destruction of which two cities?

17 Which publishing company was founded by Sir Allen Lane in 1935?

18 Which renowned writer lived in a house called Green Edges?

19 What four animals are the lead characters in The Wind In The Willows?

20 In the Bible who is said to have been cured of seven demons by Jesus?

Answers

1 Hans Christian Andersen

2 Sons and Lovers

3 Uncle Tom’s Cabin

4 The Shining

5 Gone With The Wind

6 Castaway

7 Narnia

8 Dr Jekyll

9 Lorna Doone

10 Macbeth

11 Leo Tolstoy

12 Teletubbies

13 Brave New World

14 Othello

15 Around the World In 80 Days

16 Sodom and Gomorrah

17 Penguin

18 Enid Blyton

19 Toad, Rat, Mole, Badger

20 Mary Magdalene