Quiz 73a

Quiz 73a

1. Which famous Irish author, wrote a book that was described by a critic as ‘the foulest book ever printed' (give book title also)? - Ulysses by James Joyce.
2. Who was Sir Henry Morton Stanley? - The journalist and explorer who went to Africa in search of David Livingstone.
3. Who wrote Of Mice and Men? - John Steinbeck.
4. Which author wrote a series of essays called Virginibus Puerisque? - Robert Louis Stevenson.
5. Who wrote Republic and Phaedo? - Plato. (Ancient Greek thinker)
6. Which 1978 movie featured two gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies? - Grease
7. Can you name the author of the novel My Brother Jonathan, written in 1928? - Francis Brett Young.
8. Who played Jim Morrison  in the film The Doors? - Val Kilmer
9. Who was the author who at the age of nine, wrote The Young Visiters? - Daisy Ashford
10. Which actress played Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques? - Julie Walters.
11. Who wrote Moll Flanders? - Daniel Defoe.
12. Which of the Brontë sisters wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in 1848? - Anne Brontë.
13. Who starred in the title role in the 2002 film, Mr Deeds? - Adam Sandler.
14. Edward Gibbon was famed for which great historical work? - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
15. Who was the author of Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited? - Samuel Butler, in 1872 and 1901. (For a bonus point give the years of each work)
16. What is the first name of the character Crocodile Dundee? - Mick.
17. Marmalade is which bear’s favourite sandwich filling? - Paddington Bear.
18. In which year did Tom Hanks fall in love with a mermaid in the film Splash? - 1984
19. Which famous actor has played a scarecrow and a Time Lord on TV? - Jon Pertwee.
20. Which former Neighbours star played soon to be Edward V111 in 'The King's Speech'? - Guy Pearce.

 

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