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WHAT THE DICKENS

1 Which novel opens with the line, it was the best of times it was the worst of times?

2 Who was the first ghost to visit Ebenezer Scrooge?

3 Which Dickens novel is set against the Gordon Riots?

4 Agnes Fleming is the mother of which Dickens character?

5 Which novel was left unfinished by Dickens at the time of his death?

POTTY ABOUT POTTER

6 What is the name of Dumbledore’s pet phoenix?

7 In the novels what name is given to non wizard people?

8 What is the name of Hermione’s pet cat?

9 What is Harry’s favourite drink in the Three Broomsticks Inn?

10 Who was revealed as the Half Blood Prince?

THE BARD OF AVON

11 What is the shortest Shakespeare play?

12 What first name is included in the title of seven Shakespeare plays?

13 Which play ended with Benedick marrying Beatrice?

14 Which character in Hamlet is represented by a skull?

15 In which city is Romeo and Juliet set?

TALKING TOLKIEN

16 What is the sub-title of the second novel in the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

17 What do the initials JRR stand for in the name of JRR Tolkien?

18 In which East Sussex coastal town is there a road named after Tolkien?

19 Which story is sub-titled There and Back Again?

20 In which country was JRR Tolkien born?

THE KING OF HORROR

21 The Stephen King short story The Body was later adapted into which film?

22 Under what name did Stephen King write The Running Man?

23 In which US state did King set the majority of his novels?

24 Which Stephen King novel featured Room 237?

25 Which King novel told the story of a rabid St Bernard?

WATCHING THE DETECTIVES

26 What is the name of Sherlock Holmes brother?

27 Who created the character of Lord Peter Wimsey?

28 Who owned a pet bloodhound called Pedro and was assisted by Tinker?

29 What is the first name of Miss Marple?

30 In which story did Hercule Poirot solve a murder in the vicinity of the world’s longest river?

ANSWERS TO READ ALL ABOUT IT

DICKENS
1 A Tale of Two Cities
2 Jacob Marley
3 Barnaby Rudge
4 Oliver Twist
5 The Mystery of Edwin Drood

HARRY POTTER
6 Fawkes
7 Muggles
8 Crookshanks
9 Butterbeer
10 Severus Snape

SHAKESPEARE
11 Macbeth
12 Henry
13 Much Ado About Nothing
14 Yorick
15 Verona

TOLKIEN
16 The Two Towers
17 John Ronald Reuel
18 Eastbourne
19 The Hobbit
20 South Africa

STEPHEN KING
21 Stand By Me
22 Richard Bachman
23 Maine
24 The Shining
25 Cujo

DETECTIVES
26 Mycroft
27 Dorothy L Sayers
28 Sexton Blake
29 Jane
30 Death on the Nile