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Literature 814 questions.
Shakespeare via Christie to E. L. James
Pub quiz question 9178 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who played Professor Dumbledore in the first movie?
  2. Answer: A: Richard Harris
  3. Categories: Harry Potter (4) Literature (5) Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5)
Pub quiz question 6075 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who wrote the novel Fair Stood the Wind for France?
  2. Answer: A: H.E. Bates
  3. Notes: *: Published 1944
  4. Categories: 1940s (8) Literature (8)
Pub quiz question 8063 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Frogs; Birds; Clouds; Wasps?
  2. Answer: A: Plays by Aristophanes.
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Literature (8)
Pub quiz question 9156 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What does Hermione smell in the amortenia (or love) potion?
  2. Answer: A: Grass, parchment, spearmint toothpaste and Ron Weasley’s hair
  3. Categories: Harry Potter (7) Literature (8) Entertainment (8) MultiAnswer5 (8)
Pub quiz question 5322 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: To which playwright was Anne Hathaway married?
  2. Answer: A: William Shakespeare
  3. Categories: Literature (4)
Pub quiz question 9093 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who removes all the bones from Harry’s arm?
  2. Answer: A: Gilderoy Lockhart
  3. Categories: Harry Potter (3) Literature (4) Entertainment (4)
Pub quiz question 4574 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the first name of Agatha Christie's tweedy sleuth Miss Marple?
  2. Answer: A: Jane
  3. Categories: Literature (3) Names (3)
Pub quiz question 7526 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: The 120 Days of Sodom and Venus in Furs?
  2. Answer: A: Sadism and masochism - the origins of the words
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Literature (7) Language (6)
Pub quiz question 2575 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which character was played by Masha Skorobogatov, and Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs and by Julianne Moore in Hannibal?
  2. Answer: A: Clarice M. Starling
  3. Categories: Literature (5) Film/Movies (5) Entertainment (5)
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Pub quiz question 5726 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which novel by Wilkie Collins features the detective Sergeant Cuff?
  2. Answer: A: The Moonstone
  3. Notes: *: 1868
  4. Categories: Literature (8)