| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which author created the characters Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot? | Agatha Christie | 90%
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| What kind of creatures are Bilbo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee? | Hobbits | 88%
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| Uther Pendragon was the father of which mythical English king? | King {Arthur} | 88%
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| Which British poet and playwright was married to Anne Hathaway? | William Shakespeare | 88%
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| Ron Weasley and Hermione Grainger are students of which school? | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardrt | 87%
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| Which Prime Minister won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953? | Sir Winston Churchill | 87%
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| The writers George Orwell, Rudyard Kipling and Salman Rushdie were all born in which country? | India | 83%
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| Which fictional bear was created in the 1950s by Michael Bond? | Paddington Bear | 83%
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| P. G. Wodehouse’s books, what is the name of Bertie Wooster’s valet? | Jeeves | 71%
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| Which 20th century poet has the first names Wystan Hugh? | W. H. Auden | 57%
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| Who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755? | Dr. Samuel Johnson | 52%
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| Which novel was the first to feature the hero Richard Hannay? | The Thirty-Nine Steps | 41%
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| Whose plays include The Lady in the Van and The History Boys? | Alan Bennett | 39%
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| “The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy…” is the start of which novel? | Trainspotting | 37%
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| Who wrote the Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books? | Arthur Ransome | 34%
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