Question 1

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This is the first line of which Jane Austen novel?

Accepted Answer

Pride and Prejudice

Question 2

In the Bible, who is Adam and Eve’s youngest son?

Accepted Answer

Seth

Question 3

In James Joyce's Ulysses, the narrative unfolds over the course of a single day in the life of its protagonist, Leopold Bloom. What is the specific date on which the events of Ulysses take place?

Accepted Answer

June 16, 1904

Question 4

If you add the number of lines in a sonnet to the number of lines in a limerick, you get the number of lines in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Villanelle

Question 5

This Marshallese poet and climate change activist performed her poem “Dear Matafele Peinem” at the United Nations Climate Summit in 2014. What is her name?

Accepted Answer

Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner

Question 6

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were the basis for which Arthur Miller play?

Accepted Answer

The Crucible

Question 7

This is one of the earliest English-language acronyms. The 1st letters of the surnames or titles of 5 ministers of Charles II were arranged to form this word describing a political, secretive clique.

Accepted Answer

cabal

Question 8

“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog” is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Pangram

Question 9

The Imagination Library is a free children's book gifting program started by what famous singer in 1995?

Accepted Answer

Dolly Parton

Question 10

Literally the study of whales, "Cetology" is the title of the 32nd chapter of what American novel?

Accepted Answer

Moby Dick

Question 11

Heathcliff is the landlord of which property in a famous novel by Emily Brontë?

Accepted Answer

Wuthering Heights

Question 12

“124 was spiteful. Full of Baby’s venom.” These are the first lines of which Toni Morrison novel?

Accepted Answer

Beloved

Question 13

Which 3rd century saint, usually depicted as a young man pierced by arrows, became a gay icon (as well as giving his name to a city in Spain)?

Accepted Answer

Saint Sebastian

Question 14

Which author, who is far more famous for creating another character of page and screen, wrote the novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1964?

Accepted Answer

Ian Fleming

Question 15

Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei are the three familial title characters in what 1879 novel?

Accepted Answer

The Brothers Karamazov

Question 16

Honorificabilitudinitatibus is notable for being the longest word in whose body of work?

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 17

This Chamorro/CHamoru poet is the first Pacific Islander to win a National Book Award. He won the award for his collection of poems entitled from unincorporated territory [åmot]. What is his name?

Accepted Answer

Craig Santos Perez

Question 18

Which Shakespearean character says, "Out, damn'd spot! out, I say!"?

Accepted Answer

Lady Macbeth

Question 19

Chortle, galumph and Jabberwock are words coined by which children’s author?

Accepted Answer

Lewis Carroll

Question 20

What would you spend a lot of time doing if you were a rhinotillexomaniac?

Accepted Answer

Picking your nose

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2) In the Bible, who is Adam and Eve’s youngest son?

3) In James Joyce's Ulysses, the narrative unfolds over the course of a single day in the life of its protagonist, Leopold Bloom. What is the specific date on which the events of Ulysses take place?

4) If you add the number of lines in a sonnet to the number of lines in a limerick, you get the number of lines in which of the following?

5) This Marshallese poet and climate change activist performed her poem “Dear Matafele Peinem” at the United Nations Climate Summit in 2014. What is her name?

6) The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were the basis for which Arthur Miller play?

7) This is one of the earliest English-language acronyms. The 1st letters of the surnames or titles of 5 ministers of Charles II were arranged to form this word describing a political, secretive clique.

8) “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog” is an example of which of the following?

9) The Imagination Library is a free children's book gifting program started by what famous singer in 1995?

10) Literally the study of whales, "Cetology" is the title of the 32nd chapter of what American novel?

11) Heathcliff is the landlord of which property in a famous novel by Emily Brontë?

12) “124 was spiteful. Full of Baby’s venom.” These are the first lines of which Toni Morrison novel?

13) Which 3rd century saint, usually depicted as a young man pierced by arrows, became a gay icon (as well as giving his name to a city in Spain)?

14) Which author, who is far more famous for creating another character of page and screen, wrote the novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1964?

15) Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei are the three familial title characters in what 1879 novel?

16) Honorificabilitudinitatibus is notable for being the longest word in whose body of work?

17) This Chamorro/CHamoru poet is the first Pacific Islander to win a National Book Award. He won the award for his collection of poems entitled from unincorporated territory [åmot]. What is his name?

18) Which Shakespearean character says, "Out, damn'd spot! out, I say!"?

19) Chortle, galumph and Jabberwock are words coined by which children’s author?

20) What would you spend a lot of time doing if you were a rhinotillexomaniac?