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[NSC] REMF Quiz - LITERATURE



The Large One

Who's Next?
Jul 7, 2003
52,343
97.2FM
1. What does BFG stand for in Roald Dahl’s 1982 children’s book?

2. What was the first name of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple?

3. First published in 1997, which was the first Harry Potter novel, written by JK Rowling?

4. What are the two cities in Charles Dickens’ ‘A Tale of Two Cities’?

5. Who was the creator of the character Caractacus Pott, and in which book?

6. Frederick Forsyth’s ‘The Day of the Jackal’ is a fictionalised account of the assassination attempt of which European political leader?

7. According to the poem by Samuel Taylor-Coleridge, what kind of building in Xanadu did Kubla Khan decree?

8. Which novel of 1898 tells of an alien invasion in Woking?

9. Who, according to the German folk tales emanating from the 15th Century onwards, made a pact with Mephistopheles, a representative of the Devil?

10. Borachio is a villian in which Shakespeare play?
 


catfish

North Stand Brighton Boy
Dec 17, 2010
7,677
Worthing
1- Big Friendly Giant
2 - Jane
3 - The Philosopher's Stone
4 - London & Paris
5 - Ian Fleming in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
6 - Charles DeGaule
7 - A Stately Pleasure Dome
8 - War Of The Worlds
9 - Dunno
10 - Dunno
 


Questions

Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
24,721
Worthing
1- Big Friendly Giant
2 - Jane
3 - The Philosopher's Stone
4 - London & Paris
5 - Ian Fleming in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
6 - Charles DeGaule
7 - A Stately Pleasure Dome
8 - War Of The Worlds
9 - Dunno
10 - Dunno

And in swoops swatty
 


Goldstone1976

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Apr 30, 2013
13,765
Herts
1- Big Friendly Giant
2 - Jane
3 - The Philosopher's Stone
4 - London & Paris
5 - Ian Fleming in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
6 - Charles DeGaule
7 - A Stately Pleasure Dome
8 - War Of The Worlds
9 - Dunno
10 - Dunno

Faust.
Much ado about nothing
 








Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003
25,398
In a pile of football shirts
We got 9/10 in that round, got the last one wrong.
 


Albalbion

Well-known member
Feb 24, 2009
1,242
Kingston
1. What does BFG stand for in Roald Dahl’s 1982 children’s book? - Big Friendly Giant

2. What was the first name of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple? - No idea

3. First published in 1997, which was the first Harry Potter novel, written by JK Rowling? - Philosophers Stone

4. What are the two cities in Charles Dickens’ ‘A Tale of Two Cities’? - London and New York?

5. Who was the creator of the character Caractacus Pott, and in which book? - Ian Fleming, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

6. Frederick Forsyth’s ‘The Day of the Jackal’ is a fictionalised account of the assassination attempt of which European political leader? - Hitler

7. According to the poem by Samuel Taylor-Coleridge, what kind of building in Xanadu did Kubla Khan decree? - No Idea

8. Which novel of 1898 tells of an alien invasion in Woking? - ??

9. Who, according to the German folk tales emanating from the 15th Century onwards, made a pact with Mephistopheles, a representative of the Devil? ?

10. Borachio is a villian in which Shakespeare play? - Merchant of Venice?
Not a clue with most of them
 








hart's shirt

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
10,123
Kitbag in Dubai
1. What does BFG stand for in Roald Dahl’s 1982 children’s book? Big ******* German

2. What was the first name of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple? Miss

3. First published in 1997, which was the first Harry Potter novel, written by JK Rowling? Harry Pothead and the Philosopher's Stoned

4. What are the two cities in Charles Dickens’ ‘A Tale of Two Cities’? Brighton and Croydon

5. Who was the creator of the character Caractacus Pott, and in which book? Brian Cant in The 1975 Playaway Annual

6. Frederick Forsyth’s ‘The Day of the Jackal’ is a fictionalised account of the assassination attempt of which European political leader? Jeremy Corbyn

7. According to the poem by Samuel Taylor-Coleridge, what kind of building in Xanadu did Kubla Khan decree? Olivia Newton John's house

8. Which novel of 1898 tells of an alien invasion in Woking? The 1898 UKIP Manifesto

9. Who, according to the German folk tales emanating from the 15th Century onwards, made a pact with Mephistopheles, a representative of the Devil? Bill Archer

10. Borachio is a villain in which Shakespeare play? The long boring one
 












Thunder Bolt

Ordinary Supporter
Same here. Although I didn't actually attend the real thing.

We knew the 'stately' bit and thought it was stately home rather than pleasure dome.

10 We just guessed at something Italian, like Merchant of Venice or Two Gentlemen of Verona.
 






hart's shirt

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tinycowboy

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Aug 9, 2008
4,002
Canterbury
10 We just guessed at something Italian, like Merchant of Venice or Two Gentlemen of Verona.

The problem is that you can read the play, but you can forget the names of all the major characters unless you're starring in a production or you studied it at school. I could name all the major characters of Macbeth (studied for O level) very easily, but virtually none of the characters in any other play, apart from the obvious ones, despite having read most of them at some point or another....
 



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