| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Classic book about Ahab and the White Whale | Moby Dick | 97%
|
| Victor Hugo novel about the life of Jean Valjean | Les {Misérables} | 94%
|
| Mythical king. Everything he touched turned to gold | Midas | 91%
|
| Wonderland resident who invited Alice to an "unbirthday" party | Mad Hatter | 83%
|
| Performers of this tragedy call it "the Scottish play", as saying its name is supposedly bad luck | Macbeth | 82%
|
| Roald Dahl book about a girl with telekinetic powers | Matilda | 75%
|
| The nine daughters of Zeus with the power to inspire poetry, theatre, and music | Muses | 73%
|
| Where Sauron dwells in "The Lord of the Rings" | Mordor | 67%
|
| Novel featuring hard-boiled detective Sam Spade; Humphrey Bogart made a movie version | {Maltese} Falcon, the | 64%
|
| The story of the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban | I am {Malala} | 59%
|
| 17th-century English poet who wrote "Paradise Lost" | John Milton | 57%
|
| Romeo's friend who shouts, "A plague on both your houses!" | Mercutio | 56%
|
| First of the Aubrey-Maturin 20-book series that describes sea life during the Napoleonic wars | {Master} and Commander | 55%
|
| "Midnight's Children" and "Shantaram" were set in this Asian city | Mumbai | 55%
|
| Playwright who wrote "The Crucible" and "Death of a Salesman" | Arthur Miller | 51%
|
| Stephen King novel about an obsessive fan who torments an author | Misery | 49%
|
| Style of writing that includes supernatural elements. Gabriel García Márquez was a practicioner | {Magic} Realism | 45%
|
| Author of "Gone with the Wind" | Margaret Mitchell | 38%
|
| Author of "Beloved" and "The Bluest Eye" | Toni Morrison | 34%
|
| "The Naked and the Dead" author and wife-stabber | Norman Mailer | 15%
|